BIT Student Recognitions

Congratulations to CNM Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) Team - First Runner-Up in National Competition

SIFE, a student organization that is active in over 1800 college and university campuses in over 40 countries throughout the world,  plan, organize, and implement projects designed to teach the benefits of the free enterprise economic system in their communities and to global audiences.  Students present their efforts in regional, national, and global competitions that are judged by Presidents, CEOs, and other officers of some of the largest companies in the world.

On May 13 through May 15, CNM's Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) participated, along with teams from 165 colleges and universities, at the National Exposition in Chicago.   Our students created and delivered a professional presentation enumerating their efforts during the academic year.  CNM's SIFE Team was awarded First Runner-up in this national competition.  Congratulations to our students Anna Ballenger, Scott Tillman, Aimee Powers, Andrea Lujan, Javier Corrales, Rosenda Flores, and Janet Quintanilla.  A special thanks goes to KLindemann, BIT instructor and SIFE faculty advisor for his endeavors in enabling the SIFE team to represent CNM at its best!

Business Graphics Students
Business graphics students have designed and published this year's Leonardo magazine.  Leonardo is CNM's student arts and literary magazine and is published by Cathleen Tiefa's business graphics students once a year in the spring.  This year's publication features the work of over 20 talented student authors and 20 creative student artists.

IAAP Student Chapter Selected for Team Excellence Award
In connection with the "Love Your Job Career Fair Team," IAAP is one of six teams representing 80 CNM employees who participated in departmental, divisional, or institute-wide teams resulting in an improved process or system.  The job fair contributed to CNM's College Success and Sustainability that supports the overall goal Innovate to Sustain CNM's Success for Future Generations.  Members of our organization will be recognized at a luncheon on Wednesday, May 7.

SkillsUSA Competitions from Culinary Arts
Congratulations to these students who were winners in the recent state SkillsUSA competitions.  Gold medalists will go on to compete nationally in Kansas City in June.

Congratulations to all who participated!  Special thanks goes to all the Culinary Arts and Hospitality faculty and staff for their mentorship and support!

Scholarships Awarded
Brian Werling and James Marino will be receiving the 2008 Worthy Goal Scholarships at the national convention for the International Food Service Executives Association (IFSEA) in Denver.  Congratulations to Paul Reynaga and Brian Werling for receiving scholarships from the New Mexico Restaurant Association.

Students  in Free Enterprise (SIFE) - Regional Competition
CNM's SIFE Team was recently awarded as First Runner-Up in the Denver Regional Competition.  Our students performed very favorably as compared to students at other colleges and universities.  Please congratulate members of the CNM SIFE Presentation Team as noted below:  Aimee Powers, Javier Corrales, Anna Ballenger, Rosenda Flores, Scott Tillman, Andrea Lujan, and Janet Quintanilla. These students performed so well that officers of JC Penney and SAM'sClub personally invited every member of this team to be employed as managerial candidates in their companies.