Tuesday and Wednesday is the Kansas State Future Business Leaders of America Conference in Topeka. In attendance there 94 schools, and Western Plains High School is one of those schools. This is WPHS’s first year to take part in the state competition. They are all pretty nervous and signed up to compete in several events each, including team events such as scrapbook and banner. This picture is of the WPHS banner. Isn’t it sweet? I sure think so. It incorporates this year’s conference theme – “Simply The Best” – quite well. Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry
Todd R. Vogts, Ph.D., is an assistant professor of media at Sterling College in Kansas. Previously, he taught yearbook, newspaper, newsmagazine, and online journalism in various Kansas high schools, and he ran a weekly newspaper in rural Kansas. He continues to freelance as a professional journalist from time to time. Also, Vogts is a member of the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ), the Journalism Education Association (JEA), and the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC), among others. He earned his Master Journalism Educator (MJE) certification from JEA in 2022. When he’s not teaching or writing, he runs his mobile disk jockey service and takes part in other entrepreneurial ventures. He can be reached at twitter.com/toddvogts or via his website at www.toddvogts.com.
