Carly Uuskallio Qualifies for National Business Competition

2012 Mar 13

Carly Uuskallio, from Cedarburg, won 2nd Place: International Business at the annual Wisconsin Future Business Leaders of America / Phi Beta Lambda (FBLA/PBL) Conference held March 10-11 in Madison, Wis. Uuskallio is a Management Information Systems major at Milwaukee School of Engineering.

MSOE students won first place in five events and finished in second or third place in 10 other categories at the state conference, which served as a qualifying round for the FBLA/PBL National Conference to be held in June in San Antonio. By virtue of placing first or second in her event, Uuskallio and all of the MSOE students competing at the state conference qualified for the national competitions this summer. Students earning third place awards are considered national competition alternates.

This year's event marked MSOE Rader School of Business' sixth year of competition at the state level. Competitive events included both written examinations and judged demonstrations in business and information technology subjects.

More than 100 college students attended this year's state conference and competitions. The 10 students representing MSOE are members of the university's Phi Beta Lambda Chapter, a student organization open to all MSOE majors. Several Midwest business schools were represented at the state event including UW-Madison, UW-Oshkosh, UW-Whitewater, UW-Green Bay and University of Minnesota-Twin Cities. The Rader School of Business has been affiliated with FBLA/PBL since 2006. Dr. Michael Payne, assistant professor, is the group's advisor.

MSOE is an independent, non-profit university with 2,500 students. MSOE offers 18 bachelor's degrees and nine master's degrees in the engineering, engineering technology, building and infrastructure engineering, health-related engineering, computer, business and nursing fields. The university has a national academic reputation; longstanding ties to business and industry; dedicated professors with real-world experience; extremely high placement rates; and the highest starting salaries of any Wisconsin university according to PayScale Inc. MSOE graduates are well-rounded, technologically experienced and highly productive professionals and leaders.