Feb. 10, 2005
Media Advisory
To: News Directors and News Editors
From: Veronika Avery, Assistant Director of Media Relations, 342-5444

ULM To Host FBLA Leadership Conference

Eight - hundred students from across the region are expected to attend the 30th Annual High School District 11 Future Business Leaders of America Leadership Conference on Wednesday, February 16, on the campus of ULM.

Hosted by the College of Business Administration at ULM, a full day of activities will begin at 7 a.m. in Fant-Ewing Coliseum. Faculty and staff from ULM as well as the local business community, will judge participants on their knowledge of public speaking, accounting, technology and entrepreneurship. The day will conclude with an awards ceremony that afternoon.

Future Business Leaders of America is a vocational organization composed of high school students pursuing a curriculum in Business Education. The Louisiana Chapter of this organization is an integral part of the Business Education Section of the State Department of Education.

For more information contact Dr. Mike Parker in the College of Business Administration at 318-342-1168.

For this and other ULM news online visit www.ulm.edu. While there, check out ULM's on-line calendar for all of ULM's upcoming events.