Alumna recognized for volunteer work

From the Fremont Tribune:

Cindy Bojanski, trust administrator, Fremont National Bank, was named 2008 Volunteer of the Year by Nebraska Main Street.

Bojanski has been volunteering with MainStreet of Fremont for over seven years. She served five years on the MainStreet of Fremont Promotions Committee and has served on the Organization Committee for two years.

Over the years Bojanski has been a MainStreet of Fremont volunteer, she has helped volunteer at many events such as the Christmas walk, Easter egg hunt, pumpkin decorating, caramel apple fundraiser and much more…

With 10 years experience in the financial industry, Bojanski holds a bachelor of science degree in business administration from Midland Lutheran College.

Stewardship: A Core Value well-demonstrated by Cindy Bojanski.

Congratulacion, Dr. Valle De Anton

Midland foreign language professor, Dr. Antonio Valle de Anton was recently re-elected to the board of the Nebraska Association for Translators and Interpreters.

As if that were not honor enough, the NATI board also elected Dr. Valle de Anton to the presidency of the group.

WarriorWay commends Antonio on his commitment to serve his field outside the classroom. In addition to helping serve the community, his work on this board also benefits his students by ensuring that he not only is abreast of the needs and issues facing the translator community, he’s helping craft that policy.

Another game, another win, another player honored

Continuing the streak, this week’s GPAC Defensive player of the Week is Midland’s own Eric Frenzen.

Linebacker extraordinaire, Frenzen made seven solo tackles, assisted on six more… Oh, and sealed the deal against Doane by picking off a pass with 24 seconds left.

Not bad for an afternoon’s work.

UNO honors Midland alumni, trustee

The University of Nebraska at Omaha College of Arts and Sciences has bestowed its Alumni Excellence in Teaching Award upon Dr. Steven Bullock, an assistant professor of political science.

Oh, he’s also an Alumni of Midland Lutheran College who serves on our Board of Trustees.

And most importantly… He’s written a book on baseball. How cool is that?

Alumni honored for volunteer work

Jim Weblemoe (Class of ’39) was honored for his volunteer work with the HELP of Ojai group.

HELP of Ojai provides services to the less fortunate.

Weblemoe’s Warrior Spirit drives him to continue to serve, from building welding and carpentry shops to installing locks, fixing trailers, repairing buildings, and assembling tables… and “whatever else needs to be done,” he told a local reporter.

Check out Jim Weblemoe’s story HERE

Phi Beta Lambda takes care of business at nationals

Thanks to Nick Schreck for the heads up:

Midland Lutheran College’s Phi Beta Lambda chapter finished first in the Professional Division membership for the Mountain Plains region at the business organization’s National Leadership Conference in Atlanta, GA on June 21-24th.

In addition, several members received individual and group honors. The winners are:

2nd Place-American Enterprise Project: Jen Roeber (Ashland, NE), Mike Fabry (Omaha, NE), JJ Bell (Elkhorn, NE)

5th Place-Community Service Project: Jen Roeber (Ashland, NE), Allison Kuszak (Dannebrog, NE) and Nick Schreck (Arlington, NE)

5th Place- Help Desk: Mike Fabry

7th Place- Sports Marketing and Management: Marc Feala (Gretna, NE)

9th Place-Local Chapter Annual Business Report: Mike Fabry

Gold Seal winners are selected based on several criteria including: membership, project success, project management, activity on state level, attendance at state and national conferences as well as Career Member Achievement Program (CMAP) winners.  Professional Division award was given to Midland because the chapter had the largest amount of Professional Division members in the region.

At the conference, members attended leadership sessions, voted for national officers, and competed in several events.  Midland was represented at the conference by seven members and one advisor.

In addition to the National Leadership Conference, Midland PBL members attended the Institute for Leaders workshop that took place prior to the conference.  The Institute for Leaders is a three-day workshop in which attendees actively learn about a specific tract of leadership.  Members attending included: Fabry, Roeber, Bell, Kuszak, Schreck and Aaryn Schultz (Superior, NE).

Rita Bristol is the advisor for the Midland Lutheran College Phi Beta Lambda program.  The members of this trip were graciously supported by Midland Lutheran College and the Midland Lutheran College Business Department.