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FSC student named top performer 
in internship program

LAKELAND, Fla. (Nov. 6, 2002) - Zachary Schlobohm, a Florida Southern College senior, has been named one of the top ten performers in the Northwestern Mutual Financial Network internship program. The business administration major, who finished eighth in the nation, is the son of Joseph and Vicki Gex of Atlanta, Ga. 

More than 1,000 college students participate in the Northwestern internship program each year, which is ranked among the top ten internships in the nation by the Princeton Review's annual publication, America's Top Internships. Schlobohm received this distinction by selling 21 financial products, such as life insurance, disability insurance, annuities, and IRAs, in a contest that ran from May to August. 

Schlobohm has participated in Northwestern's internship program since March 2001. The program is designed to provide interns with intensive personal and professional career development and to give them real-world experience in the financial world. Interns become licensed and work alongside full-time financial representatives who mentor the interns on succeeding in sales and the business world. Schlobohm says his mentor, John Byczek, "taught me not only business etiquette and sales techniques, but lessons on life and the power of positive thinking. He also taught me the importance of goal-setting and to do whatever it takes to accomplish them." 

As Northwestern's top-producing intern in the Tampa Bay area in 2001, Schlobohm received a promotion to College Unit Director. In this position, Schlobohm supervises, recruits, trains, and mentors new interns. Because of his successful and extensive internship experience, Schlobohm was also nominated by the FSC Career Center for the 2002 Florida Career Professionals Association Student of the Year Award.

About Florida Southern College
Florida Southern is a four-year, private, co-educational liberal arts college affiliated with the United Methodist Church. The college offers more than 40 undergraduate majors and a master of business administration degree accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. Located in Lakeland, Fla., the college is home to the largest, single-site collection of Frank Lloyd Wright architecture in the world.

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