Delta Epsilon Chi Proposal Letter Draft

Part One: Summary

Utah Delta Epsilon Chi provides valuable and practical experience to college and university students across the state of Utah and needs to raise $5,000 for each of our two development conferences in October and February. We are asking companies of interest for financial support for our 2008-2009 school year.

Part Two: Sponsor Appeal

We have considers Franklin Covey as a potential contributor because of the current business relationship we have forged. You have partnered with us to conduct our annual Chapter Officer Leadership Academy (COLA) at our 2008 Fall Leadership Conference to be held in Ogden, Utah, at the Ogden Marriott. We value the principles that your company runs by. Our organization’s purpose is to train and prepare students for the business world which they are expected to enter. Experience that we can offer gives students a significant step forward in the career field.

Part Three: Problem

The economy has suffered in the past year and the need for the most experienced employees is heightened. Only the best ought to be working in positions in your company. We, as a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization, have great need of financial support. Membership is down due to high costs. Our conferences cost us between four and five thousand dollars each, making it difficult for students to attend. We require a registration fee to help offset these costs; however, this is not enough.

Part Four: Solution

With financial support from your company and others in the Greater Salt Lake area, we plan to reduce the students’ registration fees to encourage growth in the organization. This allows for more to participate and our organization to continue producing experienced leaders to work in various industries.

Part Five: Capabilities

A real benefit to YOU is that you would get a good first hand look at the competent, capable and confident students participating in Utah Delta Epsilon Chi (DEX). This benefit certainly enhances YOUR recruiting process. You are invited to distribute company brochures and materials with our conference participants.

We hold two conferences during the year: our Fall Leadership Conference (FLC) in October allows students to participate in leadership seminars and workshops and our State Career Development Conference (SCDC) held in February. Students compete at these conferences in marketing/management/entrepreneurship events with other students from around the state. State winners are invited to participate in our International Career Development Conference (ICDC) in April/May.

Part Six: Budget

Donations

Conference Sponsor $3,000.00

Event Sponsor (reception/meal) $1,500.00

Event Sponsor (Training or Competitive Event) $1,050.00

COLA Luncheon (during Fall Leadership Conference) $ 800.00

Recruitment Campaign Your Choice ($50 min.)

Part Seven: Conclusion

The contributions to our professional organization are a tax-deductible donation for your company. The various pre-conference promotional materials will be distributed to students, faculty and many of the administrators at the nine (9) institutions. This puts your name in front of our DEX students and the support system at our educational institutions. It also presents your name to the various marketing, management and entrepreneurship faculty and college/university administration throughout the state as a strong supporter to our professional student organization.

DEX Student Demographics

Internationally there are 14,000 postsecondary Delta Epsilon Chi (DEX) members with some 240-270 students represented in the State of Utah. The gender distinction varies, but it is close to a 60 female/40 male ratio. Utah currently has nine active chapters:

Utah State University

Utah Valley State College

Weber State University

Snow College

University of Utah

College of Eastern Utah

Salt Lake Community College

Southern Utah University

Dixie State College

Typically, DEX students (varying in age from 19-50 +) are enthusiastic and dedicated students, mainly focusing on their career in business marketing, management, sales and entrepreneurship. These students are not only concerned with learning the skills and concepts in the classroom, but are keenly aware of the valuable experience in applying those skills in a real or simulated experience that offered by DEX. Most of these students receive national “Outstanding Student” recognition throughout the school year. Please contact the State Advisor at Curtis.Youngman@slcc.edu.

PBL

Published Originally in the Utah Statesman on Mar. 26, 2008; Online at Utah Statesman.

By JP Parrish
Staff Writer

 

OGDEN, UT --Business students from across the state of Utah applied their education in role-play situations and competency tests at the Utah Phi Beta Lambda State Conference Thursday, where seven USU students placed in first or second in different events, qualifying them for the National Leadership Conference in Atlanta, GA.

The state conference, this year held at the Ogden Eccles Conference Center, tests and recognizes members’ skills.

In PBL, students compete in events ranging from accounting principles to Web site development. The PBL national Web site states competitive events fall into three categories: individual, team and chapter. Individual and team events focus on skills useful in leadership and career development, and chapter events recognize overall achievement and performance in chapter management and growth.

“We have a total of 30 members,” said Paige Geslin, USU PBL adviser. “Our chapter won first place in the Largest Increase in Chapter Membership for the 2007-2008 school year.”

David Alder, junior in accounting; Kada Carlisle, junior in speech communication; James Hillstead, senior in finance and economics; Daren Larsen, junior in accounting and economics; Teresa Palacios, senior in business administration and human resources; JP Parrish, junior in public relations; and Tyler Smith, senior in managerial economics, qualified for the national competitions in Atlanta.

“We have an excellent group of students representing Utah State University for the PBL Nationals in Atlanta,” Geslin said. “Last year, the combined chapters from Utah placed more students in the top 10 finishers than any other state.”

According to PBL guidelines, each state may take two members in each event. A student may only compete in two events. Utah will fill all of the events with the highest ranking competitor attending, allowing the most opportunity for career building and valuable experience.

PBL’s mission statement states they strive to bring business and education together in a positive working relationship through innovative leadership and career development programs. FBLA-PBL is the largest business career student organization in the world. Future Business Leaders of America is the high school division of PBL. FBLA-PBL’s National Awards Program recognizes and rewards excellence in a broad range of business and career-related areas, the FBLA-PBL Web site states.

To get involved with USU’s PBL chapter, contact Geslin at paige.geslin@usu.edu or 797-2272. 
–j.p@aggiemail.usu.edu

Chinese student likes ‘Gone with the Wind’

Published Originally in the Utah Statesman on Mar. 26, 2008; Online at Utah Statesman.

By JP Parrish
Staff Writer

Yan Guo

doctorate program

Sociology

Utah Statesman: Where are you from?
Yan Guo: China, the southern part.

US: How did you choose Utah State, of all places, to study?
YG: Their research. My research background I had in China matches up real well.

 

US: How, financially, are you able to be here?
YG: They waive tuition basically by working, being an instructor or research assistant.

US: How long have you been here?
YG: This is my fourth year

 

US: What is your favorite kind of food?
YG: I guess Chinese food. You don’t get a lot of authentic food here.

US: What is the most fun you’ve had on a weekend?
YG: I guess you can do a lot of things if you’re an outdoors person. I guess you could have a lot of fun. I like to ski. I don’t go often but I like it a lot. I like hiking, going to the canyons. I enjoy the view. Hiking with friends and doing fun outdoor activities. I love it.

 

US: How did you spend your Spring Break?
YG: Well, actually, working.

US: Who is your personal hero?
YG: Well, I haven’t really thought about that question. The person can change over time. I admire the prime minister of China. He has an open mind. He’s not corrupted. He has taken care of a lot of people during our 10 years cultural revolution. A lot of families suffered during that era, and he was the one to take care of people during that era.

 

US: If you had a super power, what would it be and what would you do with it?
YG: It’s kind of cliché, but I would really want every child to be healthy and have enough to eat. So they can have their basic human rights: to go to school, to be taken care of medically.

US: What is the weather like in China?
YG: It has distinct four seasons. I love it.

 

US: What is one of your favorite movies?
YG: “Gone with the Wind”

US: What is one of your least favorite movies?
YG: I have definitely seen a lot of lousy movies. That would be a long list.

 

US: What is the most interesting thing you’ve ever eaten?
YG: Not my experience, but other people’s experience, grasshopper. Also cocoon. I’ve never eaten that. I never dared. They come on a stick and you buy four or five.

US: What is your favorite sport?
YG: I like swimming a lot. Hiking, skiing.

 

US: What do you plan to do once you finish school?
YG: I want to do international development. I don’t have experience, so I will see if I can work for an international organization for experience. Possibly, ideally, become a developmental consultant.

US: How do you feel about the Olympics being in China?
YG: I don’t know why, but there seems to be more political issues involved with this year. I don’t think they should play that much in the Olympics. I think they are trying to make this as successful as possible. They need to do a lot of things, like environmental issues, which has been a concern for many people.
–j.p@aggiemail.usu.edu