UNO's Future Business Leaders of America - Collegiate (FBLA-C) Chapter Wins Big at the Nebraska FBLA-C State Leadership Conference

UNO FBLA-C sent a team of 11 individuals to the State Leadership Conference in Kearney, Nebraska March 29th-30th. The team had a great time networking, competing, attending workshops, and meeting state-wide business professional volunteers. This event attendance was made possible largely through community (personal and business) donations made through Wear Black, Give Back, UNO’s annual giving day.

With 7 State Champion wins and 21 Top 5 Placements, with 7 individuals qualifying for competition at the National Leadership Conference happening in May in Dallas, Texas.

State Champions:

Savannah Boedigheimer: Future Business Facilitator

Aditi Rai: Technology and Computer Science Case Competition

Josh Varner: Retail Management, Project Management, Foundations of Finance, International Business, Foundations of Marketing

Top 5 Placements:

Aubrey Bailey*: 4th- Foundations of Management*, 5th- Foundations of Communication

Daniel Bargholz*: 4th- State of the Chapter (Team Representing UNO FBLA-C)

Savannah Boedigheimer*: 1st- Future Business Facilitator, 2nd- Entrepreneurship Pitch, 2nd- Community Service Project (Representing UNO FBLA-C), 3rd- Public Speaking, 3rd- Business Presentation

McCartney Fitzgerald*: 3rd- Accounting Case Competition

Sophia Kouba*: 3rd- Accounting Case Competition, 4th- State of the Chapter (Team Representing UNO FBLA-C), 5th- Business Ethics

Suker Mendoza-Calmo: 5th- Foundations of Accounting

Aditi Rai*: 1st- Technology and Computer Science Case Competition, 3rd- Future Business Executive, 3rd- Parliamentary Procedure

Bailey Skeahan: Parliamentary Procedure

Josh Varner*: 1st- Retail Management, 1st- Project Management, 1st- Foundations of Finance, 1st- International Business,1st- Foundations of Marketing, 2nd- Foundations of Entrepreneurship

(*National Qualifier)

Award Winners:

Savannah Boedigheimer: Nebraska FBLA-C Member of the Year, Chapter Representative- Nebraska Who’s Who Award

Isabel Soto-Luna: NE FBLA-C Business Person of the Year

UNO FBLA-C is extremely proud of their state champions, top 5 placement winners, national qualifiers, and NE FBLA-C award recipients. This success helps grow the chapter even further, and each team member is honored to be representing UNO at the National Leadership Conference in May.