Thank you to all who attended the ACBSP Region 4 Great Lakes Council 2012 Conference. We had 33 colleges in all six U.S. member states in the Great Lakes Council represented at the conference! For next year, we'd like to reach out to ACBSP institutions in the Canadian province of Ontario so that we can hopefully also welcome our Canadian neighbors across the Great Lakes to our Region 4 conference in 2013.

Special congratulations to our presenters, who did a fantastic job! The conference committee would like to especially thank the contributors to our raffle prizes -- the t-shirts, mugs, gift baskets, and other great prize items were a fun addition to our lunch program. The opening reception at McDonald's corporate headquarters and the tour of Hamburger University's worldwide leadership development and training facilities were a memorable highlight of the conference as well. Many thanks to Melissa Stutz and Tom Head for spearheading the smooth flow of venue arrangements at Roosevelt University.

A Region 4 Conference Slideshare site has been set up, so you can view the Conference program, copies of the presentations and pictures of the fun, fellowship, and conference activities. To see the conference program and photos, use the following links:

• http://www.slideshare.net/ACBSPregion4/2012-acbsp-region-4-conference-program
• http://www.slideshare.net/ACBSPregion4/acbsp-region-4-conference-2012-pictures
• http://www.slideshare.net/ACBSPregion4/acbsp-region-4-conference-2012-fun-times-photos

Also, we would like to announce Laura Foote and Jamillee Krob of Malone University as the recipients of the ACBSP Best of the Region award for Region 4 for their presentation on "Teaching Sustainability and Corporate Responsibility through Service Learning Projects". They will be representing the Great Lakes Council in the 2013 ACSBP International Best of Regions Presentation Award competition. Congratulations Laura and Jamillee and best wishes for the international competition!

Please join us for the next Region 4 meeting which will be held during the ACBSP Annual Conference in Salt Lake City from June 21-24, 2013.

Looking forward to seeing you in Salt Lake City!

Josephine Kershaw, PhD
ACBSP Region 4 President-Elect
Associate Professor of Health Care Management
The University of Findlay
Findlay, OH 45840
419-434-5463
kershaw@findlay.edu