The 2008 State Leadership Conference is now over. While we’re packing up in Grand Rapids, we wanted to let you know of a couple important links you should check out. First, photos from the weekend are available on our Web site at www.michiganbpa.org/slc. Also, the list of all winners from the Workplace Skills Assessment Program is now available here.
See you next year!
Just to let everyone know, a full list of the Workplace Skills Assessment Program winners, which are going to be announced tomorrow morning at the Awards Session, will be available on our Web site at www.michiganbpa.org/slc immediately following that session.
We’ll also be posting tomorrow’s daily photo update at that time, likely between 12:00 noon - 1 p.m., since that is the final event for the conference.
We’re at DeVos Place getting set for tonight’s Dinner Session, a formal event where, among other things, the new State Executive Council will be installed for the coming year. Things are coming together nicely, and it’s sure to be a great session! Doors open at 6:15, and it’s important for students to note that if they leave the ballroom for any reason during the session, they must have their conference name badge and wristband in order to come back into the room. For security purposes, no person will be allowed in the room without proper credentials at any time.
If you were wondering, tonight’s menu includes chicken cordon bleu, and a delicious grilled tofu dish for our vegetarian friends!
It’s Saturday morning, March 15, and here is all the information you need for today:
Today’s highlights on the schedule include the Open Competitive Events, as well as Saturday judged events and finals for many competitions. We’ve got 6 more Legacy Launcher workshops in store today on a broad range of topics sure to be of interest to student leaders. This afternoon, the Meet the Candidates Campaign Rally will give chapter Voting Delegates and other members the chance to meet and interact with the students running for State Officer positions. Later this evening is the Dinner Session, a formal session where, among other things, the 2008-2009 State Executive Council will be installed. This is a really fun event, and we’re excited to tell you more about it later today.
Good luck to all students competing today, as well as all the State Executive Council candidates!
The Opening Session has just been adjourned, and the events of the 2008 SLC are over for the night. We’ll be back tomorrow morning to give you a run-down of what Saturday has in store.
Don’t forget that you can see photos from all of today’s events exclusively at www.michiganbpa.org/slc! Photos from today will be posted later this evening, and each day’s photos will be available on that site at the end of the day. Our conference photographer has been hard at work capturing the excitement of all of today’s events, and we hope you enjoy being able to see what’s going on at the SLC each day!
Congratulations to all the Statesman Torch Award winners, who have just been announced! This is a VERY prestigious award, and students had to put in countless hours of community service, leadership development, and school activity work to be recognized. Students winning the Statesman award receive a certificate and lapel pin and recognition on stage during the Opening Session for receiving this honor. The 2008 Statesman Torch Award Winners are:
| Keriann Alexis Ford | Adams HS |
| Matthew Boyd | Adams HS |
| Melissa Megerian | Adams HS |
| Amy Li | Ann Arbor Huron HS |
| Jacob Kim | Ann Arbor Huron HS |
| Leeda Wang | Ann Arbor Huron HS |
| Sean Ji | Ann Arbor Huron HS |
| Renee Crane | Capac HS |
| Miguel Garcia | Cass Tech HS |
| Blair Williams | Clare HS |
| Jenae Finney | Clare HS |
| Megan Clute | Clare HS |
| Megan Lickman | Clare HS |
| Myung Sook Walton | Clare HS |
| Sarah Sargent | Clare HS |
| Wrae Bacon | Clare HS |
| Derrian Douglas | Detroit Northwestern HS |
| Daniel Tratt | DeWitt HS |
| Greg Beaton | DeWitt HS |
| Kiley Kyser | DeWitt HS |
| Olga Romantsova | DeWitt HS |
| Troy Burnie | DeWitt HS |
| D’Ante T. Chambers | Flint Central HS |
| Gina Nichols | Flint Central HS |
| Noelle Marshall | Flint Central HS |
| Tiara Newton | Flint Central HS |
| Tyeisha Cox | Flint Central HS |
| Tymesha Pittman | Flint Southwestern Academy |
| Anthony Coles | Fruitport HS |
| Hannah Bartels | Fruitport HS |
| Angela Bright | GASC Technology Center |
| Anthony Owens | GASC Technology Center |
| Ashley Calloway | GASC Technology Center |
| Daniel Wisenbaugh | GASC Technology Center |
| George Joubran | GASC Technology Center |
| Jeff Horning | GASC Technology Center |
| MarQuis Ragland | GASC Technology Center |
| Nidal Ishaq | GASC Technology Center |
| Robert Dent | GASC Technology Center |
| Roslynn Lane | GASC Technology Center |
| Sean Gale | GASC Technology Center |
| Shelby Brooks | GASC Technology Center |
| Stephanie Ollie | GASC Technology Center |
| Sydney White | GASC Technology Center |
| Teeanna Maria Evans | GASC Technology Center |
| Timothy Allen Heller | GASC Technology Center |
| Andrea Jones | Grand Blanc HS |
| Gordon Lawcock | Grand Blanc HS |
| Katy Fluke | Hastings HS |
| Amanda Briggs | Lakewood HS |
| Jared Secor | Lakewood HS |
| Markus Gonzales | Lakewood HS |
| Matthew Risk | Lakewood HS |
| Zack Woodman | Lakewood HS |
| David Watta | Marine City HS |
| Benjamin Putt | Midland HS |
| Christina Andersen | Midland HS |
| Jessica Weyburne | Midland HS |
| Jonathan Plotzke | Midland HS |
| Justin Zablocki | Midland HS |
| Kevin Roach | Midland HS |
| Victoria Pendred | Midland HS |
| Brent Money | Mio AuSable HS |
| Kayla Harris | Mio AuSable HS |
| Nicholas Gravlin | Mount Clemens HS |
| Amy Thompson | Mt. Pleasant Area Tech Center |
| Christian Roehmer | Mt. Pleasant Area Tech Center |
| Heather Burch | Mt. Pleasant Area Tech Center |
| Kyle Quinn | Mt. Pleasant Area Tech Center |
| Lauren Fabian | Mt. Pleasant Area Tech Center |
| Jeannie Wilson | Randolph CTC |
| Lauren Roberts | Saline HS |
| Stacey Bauer | Saline HS |
| Jonathan Smith | Sault Area Career Center |
| Abby Jones | Shepherd HS |
| Alexa Snyder | Shepherd HS |
| Anne Coughlin | Shepherd HS |
| Christine Robinson | Shepherd HS |
| Corbin Martinez | Shepherd HS |
| Emily Bryant | Shepherd HS |
| Jason Gill | Shepherd HS |
| Jenn Lilly | Shepherd HS |
| Jessica Warner | Shepherd HS |
| Kortney Casper | Shepherd HS |
| Liesl Schmidt | Shepherd HS |
| Melissa Ellis | Shepherd HS |
| Rebecca Wiles | Shepherd HS |
| Sami Gross | Shepherd HS |
| Stephanie Snyder | Shepherd HS |
| Theresa Doty | Shepherd HS |
| Timothy Blaxton | Shepherd HS |
| Yancy Cobb | Southfield HS |
| Emily Beeler | St. Clair TEC |
| Jessica Willis | St. Clair TEC |
| Louis Lamb | St. Clair TEC |
| Trisha Kure | St. Clair TEC |
| Kimberly Stowe | St. Johns HS |
| Lasey Siel | St. Johns HS |
| Adam Furore | St. Mary HS |
| Erin Stillin | St. Mary HS |
| Sarah Schaub | St. Mary HS |
| Susan Herman | St. Mary HS |
| Christina Santi | Stoney Creek HS |
| Alexa Kauffman | Sturgis HS |
| Analyse Seely | Sturgis HS |
| Audrey Mifsud | Sturgis HS |
| Breann Maystead | Sturgis HS |
| Carter Brown | Sturgis HS |
| Jason Russell | Sturgis HS |
| Kaitlynn Schultz | Sturgis HS |
| Kayla Doe | Sturgis HS |
| Samantha Carr | Sturgis HS |
| Samantha Sanford | Sturgis HS |
| Shelby Westra | Sturgis HS |
| Steven Davidson | Sturgis HS |
| Randi Olson | Woodhaven-Brownstown/DCTC |
Congratulations to all Statesman Torch Award Winners on a job well done!
Congratulations to the Detroit Northwestern High School chapter, just announced as the 2008 Michigan BPA Chapter of the Year!
State President Kiley Kyser from DeWitt High School has just officially opened the 2008 State Leadership Conference! This Opening Session is a highlight of the SLC experience. The Parade of Presidents, special recognition awards, Statesman Torch Awards, and State Executive Council Candidate Speeches are the main events during this enthusiastic session. This is the first time that all 2,000+ delegates of the conference are together, and it’s exciting to see everyone! We’ll post more about this session as it continues for the next 90 minutes.
The organizational business of the conference is transacted each year at the Annual Business Meeting, which is happening right now. At this meeting, Voting Delegates (two members per chapter, selected by the chapter to vote as representatives of the school) are deciding on a number of revisions to the Michigan BPA Bylaws, and they’re also hearing briefly from each of the SEC candidates, who are each answering a brief impromptu question on stage as part of their election procedure.
After this session concludes at 7:00, the Opening Session and Parade of Presidents officially kicks off the SLC with a bang!
We’re at DeVos Place, Grand Rapids’s premier convention center getting ready for tonight’s Annual Business Meeting and Opening Session!
While we get set for everyone to come for tonight’s events, we thought you might like to take a look at photos from yesterday’s conference events. Don’t forget you can visit our Web site at www.michiganbpa.org/slc each night for daily photo updates, a new feature where we post all the photos our conference photographer took that day so parents and friends back home can see what the SLC experience is all about and keep up on what’s going on!
