{"id":7146,"date":"2013-05-01T07:32:03","date_gmt":"2013-05-01T14:32:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/?p=7146"},"modified":"2013-05-01T08:47:23","modified_gmt":"2013-05-01T15:47:23","slug":"student-nama-award-winners-at-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/?p=7146","title":{"rendered":"Student NAMA Award Winners at Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>The winner of the 2013 Student Marketing Competition sponsored by Monsanto and FMC \u00c2\u00a0is … University of Minnesota!<\/p>\n

The University of Minnesota marketing team had nearly a dozen students involved with this year’s project to provide home brewers with a distinct northern experience – hops that are locally grown and privately trademarked.<\/p>\n

Marketing Competition Results:<\/p>\n

2nd place – University of Guelph
\n3rd place – Kansas State University
\n4th place – University of Illinois-Urbana\/Champaign
\n5th place – Michigan State University
\n6th place – University of Wisconsin – Platteville<\/p>\n

Students decide on a project and develop a plan to successfully bring the product or service to the marketplace. In developing their marketing plan, students follow the same practices and principles used by today\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s marketing professionals. Teams submit a written plan summary prior to the competition and then make a formal presentation of their marketing plan to a panel of judges at the competition. The judges\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 panel consists of marketing and agribusiness professionals.<\/p>\n

Overall,\u00c2\u00a029 student NAMA chapters participated in the marketing competition. The competition is part of the annual Agri-Marketing Conference. Over 350 student members attended the conference.<\/p>\n

For a list of the Student Marketing Competition Winners\/Finalists and to view their Executive Summaries visit http:\/\/www.nama.org\/student\/marketing.html<\/a>.<\/p>\n

J<\/strong>ohn Deere Signature Award<\/strong>
\nIllinois State University won the 2013 John Deere Signature Award, which recognizes the chapters that have accumulated the most points for outstanding student chapter, student marketing competition, ABEF scholarships, membership and participation, and projects and activities.<\/p>\n

Other winners of the 2013 John Deere Signature Award included:<\/p>\n

2nd place – Iowa State University
\n3rd place – University of\u00c2\u00a0 Florida
\n4th place – Michigan State University
\n5th place – University of Wisconsin-Madison<\/p>\n

NAMA’s Choice Awards<\/strong>
\nNAMA’s Choice Awards are voted on by the students during finals of the student marketing competition. This year’s winners were:<\/p>\n

Favorite team — Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo
\nBest-dressed team — University of Illinois
\nTeam I’d like to be friends with on Facebook — University of Guelph
\nToughest judge — Kim Lang, Water Street Solutions<\/p>\n

2013 Chapter Performance Awards<\/strong>
\nCongratulations to the winners of the 2013 Chapter Performance Awards!<\/p>\n

Chapter Management – University of Nebraska-Lincoln
\nChapter Programs – University of Florida
\nMembership Recruitment – Iowa State University
\nFundraising\/Financial Management – Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo
\nChapter Communications – Iowa State University
\nCareer Development – Illinois\u00c2\u00a0 State University<\/p>\n

Outstanding Student Chapter<\/strong>
\nFirst Place – Illinois State University
\nSecond Place – Iowa State University
\nThird Place – Michigan State University
\nFourth Place – University of Florida<\/p>\n

Dr. John B. Riley Outstanding Advisor Award
\n<\/strong>Dr. Aslihan Spaulding – Illinois State Univ.<\/p>\n

Outstanding Professional<\/strong>
\nMelissa Rogers, GreenStone Farm Credit Services
\nNominated by Michigan State University<\/p>\n

Outstanding Professional Chapter<\/strong>
\nFlorida Chapter
\nNominated by University of Florida<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The winner of the 2013 Student Marketing Competition sponsored by Monsanto and FMC \u00c2\u00a0is … University of Minnesota! The University of Minnesota marketing team had nearly a dozen students involved with this year’s project to provide home brewers with a distinct northern experience – hops that are locally grown and privately trademarked. Marketing Competition Results: […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41,36,277],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7146","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-agri-marketing-conf","category-general","category-student-nama"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7146","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7146"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7146\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7243,"href":"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7146\/revisions\/7243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}