Best of the West draws 60 high school students to campus

The top three winners pose for a photo
The top three winners in the Best of the West Business Invitational, accounting division, pose in the ºÚÁÏ´óÊÂ¼Ç State College Student Center Feb. 2, 2018. From left, Dean Joel Hyer, Teresa Gottwald, first, ºÚÁÏ´óÊÂ¼Ç High School, Kaelob Marx, second, Hay Springs High School, Brooklyn Stack, third, ºÚÁÏ´óÊÂ¼Ç High School, and CSCEE administrator Gary Dusek. (Photo by Tena L. Cook/ºÚÁÏ´óÊÂ¼Ç State College)

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CHADRON – Sixty students from five high schools participated in Best of the West Business Invitational Friday, Feb. 2, hosted by the ºÚÁÏ´óÊÂ¼Ç State Center on Economic Education. Attending schools were Alliance, Bridgeport, ºÚÁÏ´óʼÇ, Hay Springs and Hemingford.

The competition included written tests in seven subjects, as well as a job interview contest for seniors. In the team standings, ºÚÁÏ´óÊÂ¼Ç High School placed first, followed by Alliance and Hemingford.

CSC faculty members Dr. Wendy Waugh, Dr. Richard Koza and Terrie Wood judged the job interview contest. CSC student members of Phi Beta Lambda volunteered to assist with the event.

ºÚÁÏ´óÊÂ¼Ç State College and the Nebraska Council on Economic Education  co-sponsored the competition. NCEE field representative Josh Hinrichs said by following Future Business Leaders of America rules, the competition served to prepare the competitors for the FBLA State Leadership Conference in Omaha in April.

Dr. Gary Dusek, center administrator for the CSCEE, one of five throughout the state, thanked the NCEE staff and administrators for their assistance in planning the event. Dr. Joel Hyer, dean of the School of Business, Entrepreneurship, Applied and Mathematical Sciences, and Sciences, said he was impressed with the turnout and the quality of the participants.

Individual results:

Accounting: 1, Teresa Gottwald, ºÚÁÏ´óÊÂ¼Ç High School, 2, Kaelob Marx, Hay Springs High School, 3, Brooklyn Stack, ºÚÁÏ´óÊÂ¼Ç High School

Business Calculations: 1, Hunter Hawk, ºÚÁÏ´óÊÂ¼Ç High School, 2, Molly Lambert, Bridgeport High School, 3, Jensen Curtis, Alliance High School

Business Communications: 1, Hunter Hawk, ºÚÁÏ´óÊÂ¼Ç High School, 2, Hannah Middleton, Alliance High School, 3, Rayleigh Farrenkopf, Bridgeport High School

Financial Math: 1, Kenneth Wyland, Hemingford High School, 2, Rebecca Hanson, Hemingford High School, 3, Alex Neefe, Hemingford High School

FBLA Principles and Procedures: 1, Kelsey Horton, Alliance High School, 2, Abigail Gardner, ºÚÁÏ´óÊÂ¼Ç High School, 3, Ashley Burrows, Hay Springs High School

Introduction of Business: 1, Abigail Gardner, ºÚÁÏ´óÊÂ¼Ç High School, 2, Trace Bilby, Hay Springs High School, 3, Danea Hanson, Hemingford High School

Job Interview: 1, Aubree Noble, ºÚÁÏ´óÊÂ¼Ç High School, 2, Sarah Kesterson, Bridgeport High School

Personal Finance: 1, Sarah Kesterson, Bridgeport High School, 2, Kaelob Marx, Hay Springs High School, 3, Jensen Curtis, Alliance High School

-CSC College Relations

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