Volume 103 Number 50
ˇ ´ VESTNIK S P J S T Benevolence
H E R A L D
★ Humanity
ISSN —07458800
★ Brotherhood
December 30, 2015
Grace Dusek Named Finalist for NRF Next Generation Scholarship
Seeking the Treasures of SPJST 2016 Membership Program to be featured in January 13 Vestnik
State Royalty Represents SPJST in Christmas Parades
2015-2016 State King Brady Alexander and State Duke Seth Martinez, both of Lodge 47, Seaton, and State Queen Kacie Vanecek and State Duchess Makayla Newsom, both of Lodge 48, Beyersville, are pictured next to the SPJST Float at the Salado Christmas Parade. The royalty court also participated in Christmas parades in Taylor, Temple, and Killeen during the holiday season.
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Important Dates ...................................3 Interest Rates ......................................3 Readers Write ......................................3 From the By-Law Committee..............4 Supreme Lodge Minutes.....................4 Lodge Section......................................6
2009 SPJST State Queen Grace Dusek of Lodge 17, New Tabor was recently named one of the top five finalists for the NRF Next Generation Scholarship. The NRF (National Retail Federation) Foundation will award $125,000 in scholarships to 25 outstanding students as a part of its Next Generation Scholarship program. The NRF Foundation has named the top five finalists, who will interview with a panel of executive judges to determine the four $10,000 scholarship recipients and the top $25,000 recipient of the Next Generation Scholarship. The top recipient will be revealed on stage in front of hundreds of retail CEOs and retail insiders at the NRF Foundation Gala in New York City on Sunday, January 17, 2016. Grace will graduate with a master of science in marketing from Mays Business School at Texas A&M University in 2017. She is active on campus in the Student Retailing Association and as a student worker at the Center for Retailing Studies. In the summer of 2015, she interned at Global Brands Group, an international branded apparel, footwear, fashion accessories, and lifestyle products company in New York City. Former positions Grace has
Inside Th is Week’s Vestnik
In Memoriam ......................................26 Youth Section ....................................21 Czech Culture ....................................27 Svacina Time .....................................28 Advertisements .................................29 Lodge Calendar .................................30
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Lodge 32 Victoria shares Christmas party scenes
held include combining her passion for dance and retail as a sales associate at Attitude Dance Boutique in College Station and helping students tell their stories through personal portfolios as a consultant at the Mays Business School Communication Lab. In 2014, Grace attended the Mays Marketing Study Abroad trip to seven European countries and was voted by her peers as “Most Outstanding Female Student” for representing Texas A&M University overseas. During her summer internship with Global Brand Groups in New York City, Grace realized that her “career aspiration had expanded beyond working in fashion to working for a company “where I can marry data with creativity to successfully market a brand’s story and optimize its interpretation for retailers.” According to the vice president of sales for the Rosetti Handbag division of Global Brands Group, “Grace is the type of young employee we would hire in a heartbeat — energetic, willing to learn, positive, mature and full of ambition and personality.” Grace is the daughter of Ted Dusek and Roxanne (Hromcik) Moody, both of SPJST Lodge 17, New Tabor.
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Lodge 155 Austin presents scenes from Christmas party
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Lodge 180 Burleson presents donations