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Conference to focus on future of Kansas exports
U.S. Trade Undersecretary Francisco Sanchez and his trade team, a senior official at the Export-Import Bank of the United States, Gov. Sam Brownback, Kansas Commerce Secretary Pat George, Wichita Mayor Carl Brewer and representatives from the U.S. Small Business Administration are just some of the officials who will be at NEI ExportNOW: New Markets, New Jobs for Kansas, a conference designed to help connect businesses with the resources they need to export more.
The conference will be June 2 at the Wichita Hyatt Regency, and the registration fee is $130. Topics to be discussed include Kansas’ export future and exporting aerospace and agri-business.
To register, visit http://www.regonline.com/ExportNOWconference, or call the Kansas World Trade Center at 264-5982.
Prudential Dinning-Beard has new employee at Newton office
Prudential Dinning–Beard Realtors announced the addition of Ian van der Weg to its sales staff in the Newton office.
New employee van der Weg is a member of the Newton Board of Realtors and the Kansas Association of Realtors. He is a graduate of Wichita State University with a bachelor of science degree in nursing. He resides in Newton.
He is looking forward to serving his customers’ real estate needs in Newton, Wichita and surrounding areas.
Students receive scholarships for ‘business smarts’
WICHITA — At the Youth Entrepreneurs “Dreams to Dividends” regional events, more than $100,000 will be awarded to high school students in Kansas and Missouri. The Dreams to Dividends award ceremonies celebrate the best business minds in the program.
Youth Entrepreneurs is a nonprofit organization that teaches entrepreneurship and business fundamentals to students in 28 high schools in Kansas and Missouri.
Scholarships and venture capital grants ranging from $50 to $8,000 will be awarded to more than 70 Youth Entrepreneurs students. These awards, made available by individual and corporate donors, provide students with the opportunity to continue their business ventures or pursue higher education.
“The students, volunteers, teachers and donors were phenomenal this year,” Youth Entrepreneurs executive director Kylie Stupka said in a news release. “Thanks to the overwhelming generosity of donors, many students will be receiving scholarships for higher education and venture capital grants to follow their passion for business.”
Youth Entrepreneurs’ Wichita/South-Central Kansas Region had its Dreams to Dividends awards ceremony May 10 at the Abode Venue in Wichita. Local winners include:
Wichita Area Technical College Scholarship: Brenda Valvidia, Newton High School
Youth Entrepreneurs Scholarships $1,000:
Conference to focus on future of Kansas exports
U.S. Trade Undersecretary Francisco Sanchez and his trade team, a senior official at the Export-Import Bank of the United States, Gov. Sam Brownback, Kansas Commerce Secretary Pat George, Wichita Mayor Carl Brewer and representatives from the U.S. Small Business Administration are just some of the officials who will be at NEI ExportNOW: New Markets, New Jobs for Kansas, a conference designed to help connect businesses with the resources they need to export more.
The conference will be June 2 at the Wichita Hyatt Regency, and the registration fee is $130. Topics to be discussed include Kansas’ export future and exporting aerospace and agri-business.
To register, visit http://www.regonline.com/ExportNOWconference, or call the Kansas World Trade Center at 264-5982.
Prudential Dinning-Beard has new employee at Newton office
Prudential Dinning–Beard Realtors announced the addition of Ian van der Weg to its sales staff in the Newton office.
New employee van der Weg is a member of the Newton Board of Realtors and the Kansas Association of Realtors. He is a graduate of Wichita State University with a bachelor of science degree in nursing. He resides in Newton.
He is looking forward to serving his customers’ real estate needs in Newton, Wichita and surrounding areas.
Students receive scholarships for ‘business smarts’
WICHITA — At the Youth Entrepreneurs “Dreams to Dividends” regional events, more than $100,000 will be awarded to high school students in Kansas and Missouri. The Dreams to Dividends award ceremonies celebrate the best business minds in the program.
Youth Entrepreneurs is a nonprofit organization that teaches entrepreneurship and business fundamentals to students in 28 high schools in Kansas and Missouri.
Scholarships and venture capital grants ranging from $50 to $8,000 will be awarded to more than 70 Youth Entrepreneurs students. These awards, made available by individual and corporate donors, provide students with the opportunity to continue their business ventures or pursue higher education.
“The students, volunteers, teachers and donors were phenomenal this year,” Youth Entrepreneurs executive director Kylie Stupka said in a news release. “Thanks to the overwhelming generosity of donors, many students will be receiving scholarships for higher education and venture capital grants to follow their passion for business.”
Youth Entrepreneurs’ Wichita/South-Central Kansas Region had its Dreams to Dividends awards ceremony May 10 at the Abode Venue in Wichita. Local winners include:
Wichita Area Technical College Scholarship: Brenda Valvidia, Newton High School
Youth Entrepreneurs Scholarships $1,000:
- Kaysee Baron, Newton High School
- Jessica Crumrine, Newton High School
- Kyle Fiedler, Newton High School
- Chelsea Grosch, Newton High School
- Hugh McConnell, Newton High School
- Kendall Schmidt, Newton High School
- Rusten Weaver, Newton High School
Youth Entrepreneurs Scholarships $2,500: Carly Willis, Newton High School
Business Plan Competition Winners/South-Central Region: Cassoday Harder, Newton High School, second place, $750
Halstead Chamber of Commerce to meet next week
HALSTEAD — The Halstead Chamber of Commerce will have a quarterly meeting at 6 p.m. Thursday at Halstead City Hall. Featured speaker will be Dennis Brown of the Halstead Police Department. The topic will be “Business Safety.” Cost is $8 per person. RSVP to chamber@discoverhalstead.com or call 217-4996 by Monday.
Newton Sears Hometown Store receives national honor
The Sears Hometown Store of Newton was named a 2011 Sears Hometown Store Premier Dealer. This annual award recognizes Sears Hometown Stores across the country “that consistently offer the greatest customer service, outstanding store performance and standards, as well as exceptional demonstrations of local community involvement,” a news release stated.
In January, the Newton store was one of only 190 locations throughout the United States to receive this national recognition at the annual Hometown Celebration in Orlando.
Only 20 percent of Sears Hometown Stores receive this annual award, and this year, each store receiving Premier Dealer status will be given the opportunity to participate in an exclusive charitable event in 2011 to help support their community.
