DWC Hosts NH's Future Business Leaders of America
More than 350 students from 25 Granite State high schools attend fall leadership conference

October 23, 2003 - They are our future business leaders and they arrived at Daniel Webster College (DWC) by the busload to attend New Hampshire's Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) fall leadership conference. This is the third year that DWC has hosted the fall conference, which is supported by the its collegiate equivalent, Phi Beta Lambda. Now in its second year, Phi Beta Lambda at DWC is comprised of 20 students, led by president Jeff Vocell, of Atkinson, a DWC Business Management senior. The DWC team will participate in a spring college competition.

The October 23rd FBLA event featured workshops and presentations, many conducted by Daniel Webster College staff, including the abbreviated Meyers-Briggs Type Indicator, an indispensable tool for pulling work teams together and creating better understanding of how to take advantage of individual strengths. Students also enjoyed the "DWC Cannonball Run," an activity where groups navigated their way through a series of checkpoints around the DWC campus. The activity mirrored what happens in the "real world," as students utilized skills in leadership, cooperative and creative thinking, managerial and group decision-making, and problem solving. DWC students also volunteered during the day's programming.

FBLAs mission is to bring education and business together in a positive working relationship, helping to prepare students for careers in business and business-related fields. The high-school level alone has over 200,000 members. FBLA students gain valuable skills and abilities necessary in today's business world. FBLA is designed around five points of achievement: Professional Development, Community Service, Civic Work, Fundraising, and Social Activities. Chapters in New Hampshire work on these points to improve their chapters and their minds.

Daniel Webster College is an independent undergraduate four-year college founded in 1965. With a primary focus on experiential learning, the college prepares students for individual excellence through a commitment to individual attention.  The Colleges innovative academic programs in aviation, business management, computer science, information systems, social science, sport management and engineering equip students with the knowledge and skills necessary to become tomorrows industry leaders. Additionally, DWC offers an EXCEL degree completion program and unique MBA program at both its Nashua and Portsmouth campuses, as well as various certificate and associate degree programs.