SCTCC Advertising, Sales and Management, and Business Management degree students create “Thunder Over Louisville” as big winners at this year’s 2010 International DEX Career Development Conference held in Louisville, KY.

DEX is the collegiate division of a professional student organization that provides leadership and career-oriented opportunities to help develop the business leaders of tomorrow. The events in which the students compete involve comprehensive exams, critical thinking and problem solving case situations and business simulations, prepared sales presentations, and role-plays. They are also afforded the opportunity to attend Career Academies where they participate in networking activities and learn from business professionals in their chosen career.

We are proud to report that 24 students competed in various business events. Nine (9) of these students qualified to compete in the Final Round of competition. Of the total participants 6 of the 9 Finalists placed in the top 10-12 in the nation for their events. Top winners included:

• 2 – 2nd place winners in Advertising Campaign
• 1 – 3rd place winner in Sales Representative
• 4 – Top 10 place in Sales Representative
• 2 – Top 10 place in Design Presentation

Congratulations to these award-winning students and their advisors/instructors! Thank you SCTCC for your continued support of these amazing student opportunities!

Louisville, Kentucky was booming with excitement during ICDC – starting with the Thunder Over Louisville to the Grand Awards Ceremony!

Alexandria Technical College was recognized for its achievements in the Passport Award Program receiving the Executive Award.

Chapter advisor, Christine Storms, former Globe University – Woodbury chapter advisor, was recognized as one of the Advisors of the Year.

Minnesota was well recognized with winning team members in the National Management Institute. Team members are from various colleges attending the conference:

• Matt Houck, North Hennepin Community College and Karissa Knutson, Globe University – Woodbury were members of the first place team
• Frankie Young, North Hennepin Community College was on the second place team
• Juliya Kovalenko, North Hennepin Community College was a member on the third place team. Each of these students will be receiving a cash award.
• Jon Rosnow and Christian O’Neil, students at the Art Institute International Minneapolis were the third place team in the Culinary Management Institute.

Certificates of Excellence are awarded to those competitors that receive a score of 70% or higher during the preliminary competition.

In the Business Simulation event they are presented when the total score on comprehensive exam and the preliminary role play is 70% or higher.

Click here to see all certificates of excellence as well as a list of award winners and New Name and Logo.

By DEX Advisor, Becky Shand

Thursday, January 21st, brought together 100 plus business students at the 2010 SCTC DEX Invitational. The DEX Invitational is sponsored by our corporate partner, MARCO and supported by 50 plus St. Cloud area alumni and business people who generously volunteer their time to judge. The event affords students from the Advertising, Credit and Finance, and Sales and Management Programs from SCTC and 8 other Minnesota colleges to practice problem solving and critical thinking skills in real business situations. They presented to professionals from related business fields and were well prepared and presented their skills with pride and confidence.

Students competed in events such as Design, Advertising Campaign, Sales Manager Meeting, Employment Interview, Retail Management, Human Resource Management, Marketing and several Sales events. First, second, and third place awards were earned by numerous students along with certificates of participation.

MARCO Awards were also earned by outstanding students competing in both categories of 1st year and 2nd year Sales Representative. The 1st year award was earned by Jackie Tendrup of the Sales and Management Program and the 2nd year award was earned by Holly Landwehr, Vice President of DEX and student in the Finance and Credit Program.

A special Thank You to the advisors, instructors, staff, administrators, and maintenance folks who helped bring this large event together with such success. Some of you gave up a classroom, some of you helped students practice, while others served as judges, many of you helped with set up and take down, while others supported the students with comments of encouragement.

The students are now preparing for the MN DEX Career Development Conference which will be held February 23 – 25, in Mankato. Thank you for your continued support of the students in the DEX Student Organization!

Below: Students with advisor, Michelle Laumb, from Rasmussen College – Brooklyn Park attended for the first time. (Click for larger view)

   

Click here to view more 2010 DEX Invitational Pictures

By: Mike Haney, DEX Public Relations Officer

The SCTC Sales and Management students and Delta Epsilon Chi Chapter members put on a successful Coat Drive again this year. They collected 60 coats and 35 hats/mittens/scarves for their neighbors at Hands Across The World. The students had a great time collecting, organizing, and delivering the warm items. This event was chaired by SAMG student, Joe Stimack, who did an awesome job! We had a great turnout and would like to thank all of YOU who donated. A special thank you is also extended to Linda Kotschevar from the SCTC BookStop for her continued support of this “warm” effort.

By: Mike Haney, DEX Public Relations Officer

This fall the six person officer team consisting of Ashley Raisanen (President), Holly Landwehr (Vice President), Nathan Kohorst (Student Senate Rep), Kevin Harrison (Student Senate Rep), Sara Gram (Recorder) and Mike Haney (Public Relations) attended DEX Leadership Officer Training held at the St. Cloud Civic Center.

Left to right: Kevin Harrison, Ashley Raisenen, Mike Haney, Sara Gram, Nate Kohorst, Holly Landwher.

Training was a day full of team building activities and networking with fellow DEX officers from all over the state. The DEX Officer Team worked on their “Plan of Work” for the year establishing goals in four areas of the DEX Diamond. The DEX State Officers did an awesome job of organizing the day for us!

Welcome to the new decade. We hope the holiday season was a time for everyone to spend
time with friends and family, and to remember what is important in life. Thank you to
everyone for being a Delta Epsilon Chi member as we enter a new year, your future can really
begin through your activities in DEX.

Invitational competition is a great way to get some experience in DEX competitive events to
prepare for the Career Development Conference. Invitational will take place on the St. Cloud
Technical College campus on Thursday, January 21st. I hope everyone takes advantage of this
opportunity to hone your skills so you can really perform well at the state level. This is also a
great experience in that you can do multiple events, learning which ones may or may not be
your specialty.

The state officer team is also still looking for candidates for being a state officer from
campuses across the state. We hope to see a candidate from every chapter, so step out of
your comfort zone and take advantage of an opportunity for personal growth! Please feel
welcome to contact your state officers with any questions or reservations that you may have
regarding becoming a state officer.

As always, keep recruiting members to join the Facebook group. This is not just a great tool
for state officers to contact all the members in the state, but also a valuable tool in your
professional future. This social networking group will allow you to have access to a range of
members that are going into the world of business; it is one of the key points of DEX, and it’s
fun! Thank you for your help in developing the state and local Delta Epsilon Chi chapters.

By Becky Shand, DEX Advisor

TEN Student Organizations, 110+ students, and ONE dedicated alumni, gather together
in force on behalf of the American Cancer Society to raise funds and walk for the cancer
survivors and those who have lost their battle with cancer.

DEX ~ Sales & Management
SADAA ~ Dental Assistant
SADHA ~ Dental Hygiene
SKILLS USA ~ Auto Body
SKILLS USA ~ Auto Technician
SKILLS USA ~ Culinary
ADDA ~ Am Design Drafting Assn
CMBA ~ Architectural Construction
CACE ~ Child &Adult Care
PTK ~ Phi Theta Kappa

This year’s Walk included several Cancer Survivors who were recognized by pink arm
bands and joined by Cancer Walk Supporters who adorned purple arm bands.
We were honored to have them these amazing survivors in our presence. Everyone shared
how cancer has touched their lives. It was an emotional yet successful day bringing us
closer to cancer cures!

Students united and succeeded together raising $4,041.00 for this year’s WALK FOR
THE CURES! Congratulations everyone!! Click here to view pictures.

Thank you to the Team Captains, Walkers, and Generous Donors of the
6th Annual CAMPUS CANCER WALK 2009!

May your holiday season be filled with love and peace ~
SCTC Campus Cancer Walk Teams

November is fast approaching its close and December is knocking on the door.  I apologize to snowmobilers and ice-fishers across the state for these warm, snowless days.  There are a few topics to be covered in this article including running for state office, the statewide food drive, competition preparation, and some updates about what your state action team is up to.

Running for state office is an amazing opportunity to network with fellow students.  Campaigning at the competition is a great way for you to meet new people, and exercise skills in time management.  Then, once elected, you can use those skills, and develop many new ones, by leading the great state of Minnesota in Delta Epsilon Chi.  You truly get out of DEX what you put into it, and being a state officer provides one of the highest possibilities for growth within the organization as well as one of the biggest opportunities to give back.  DEX can catapult you into a professional career and shorten the steps in your ladder to success, what can you give to DEX?  The wonderful discover y is that as you give back to DEX, it works even harder for you.  Is anyone building a résumé, developing soft skills, or hoping to get a professional job at some point?  If so, being a state officer is something you should consider.  For an informational PDF file about becoming a state officer candidate, click here also, the State Action Team will give you feedback or answer any questions you may have.  I believe this state is full of people who would be excellent in a state officer role, so campaign and you just may be writing an article like this one next year!

I hope all schools are really starting to collect A LOT of food for your local food drives.  If you haven’t heard, need for food shelves have rapidly exploded, while many corporate sponsorships (that were major contributors to the shelves) are being reduced or eliminated.  DEX helps you develop skills and gain experiences that can help you jumpstart your career and personal development.  Here is an opportunity to use our statewide network of business professionals to give back to those who are unable to feed themselves, who are forced to skip meals.  Please everyone; reach out to your campuses AND your DEX members. Besides, your school may have the winning team for the largest donation; though every school has a winning team for participating in the drive.

Also, I know it seems far away, but competition is right around the corner.  January invitational may find many of you in St. Cloud on the 21st unprepared.  If you have goals to do well at CDC and ICDC, it is never too early to start practicing.  Everything you need to practice and prepare is available on the national website.  Also, ask your local or state officers if you are new to competitive events and they will be glad to help you prepare.  Keep an eye out as well for articles as we get nearer to these events as I’m sure we will be sharing some helpful hints.  If you are starting now, you have time to set-up practice sessions with local businesspeople; the ultimate practice experience.

The state action team is working to create things that will promote Delta Epsilon Chi.  We are asking students to help by sending us your photos of professional, delta-related activities.  If your chapter did a fundraiser, or a social networking/recruitment activity, please let us know.  We would love to include every chapter in the state so send us your photos and a brief description of whom and what is happening in the photo.  We are also trying to make sure that everyone in the state gets these updates and has access to the state action team; PLEASE invite your fellow members to join the Facebook group.

1. Benefits of taking the time to click a button or two and be added to the group:
2. Networking: If you meet someone at invitational but only learned their first name, you can find them on the Facebook group.
3. Updates: Know what’s important and when important deadlines are.
4. Voice: It’s a place where you can tell other chapters ideas, ask other chapters a question, or just let your voice be heard.
5. Ideas: Listen to what other chapters are doing, see answers to other people’s questions, experience a different perspective.

Also, please tell us how we can serve your DEX needs better or what we could do differently.  Don’t be afraid to tell us what we are doing well either.  We love feedback so keep it coming!  Enjoy the holiday season!

The 2009-2010 State Officer Team has created a comprehensive handbook for new chapters to use.  This handbook will be very useful in developing and managing a new chapter.   Please download this resource and let the State Officer Team know if there are things you feel should be added.  Download Now