08/26/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 08/26/2024 07:50
John Shultz
VP for marketing and admissions
[email protected]
913-758-6329
(Leavenworth, Kan.) - The University of Saint Mary had three top 10 finishes during competitions at the FBLA-Collegiate National Leadership Conference this summer in Orlando, Florida.
Charley Monahan finished sixth in the Future Business Executive competition. Ava Vanderweit placed seventh in Organizational Behavior & Leadership and ninth in Foundations of Communication. The competition was held June 24-27.
The annual conference draws college students from across the nation to showcase their skills in a variety of business-related disciplines, including management, marketing, sales, finance, accounting, and more.
The USM students earned a chance to compete at the national level after their success at the Kansas State competition earlier this year. The attendees included Monahan, Vanderweit, Justin Johnson, Alejandro Martinez, Colton Underwood, Garrison Woodall, and Brian Quintanilla.
For more information on the Saint Mary FBLA-Collegiate Chapter, please contact Chapter Faculty Advisor Dave Pullin at [email protected].
About FBLA
Future Business Leaders of America, Inc. is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) education association with more than 200,000 middle school, high school, and college members worldwide. FBLA inspires and prepares students to become community-minded business leaders in a global society through relevant career preparation and leadership experiences. The association is headquartered in Reston, Virginia, just outside of Washington, D.C. For more information, visit fbla.org.
The University of Saint Mary is a Catholic co-educational applied liberal arts university founded and sponsored by the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth. The University of Saint Mary main campus is located at 4100 South 4th Street, Leavenworth, Kan. USM - Johnson County at 11221 Roe Ave. offers evening accelerated graduate and undergraduate degree-completion programs. The university also offers online programs. Visit stmary.edu for more information.