BPA Students Bring Home 65 Awards from State Competition

Eleven BPA students advance to national conference

Students from Dakota County Technical College took part in the 2015 Minnesota BPA State Leadership Conference at Alexandria Technical and Community College in Alexandria, Minnesota, Feb. 19–21, 2015, taking home 65 awards in the top 10 placings. Eleven participants advanced to the National Leadership Conference to be held in Anaheim, California, in May 2015.

Lyle Stelter, DCTC accounting instructor and BPA faculty advisor, is honored to be a part of the teaching process that leads outstanding students to their respective career fields. “I am so proud of our students for winning so many awards at the BPA State Leadership Conference,” Stelter said. “The students gave their best and it paid off.” Added Marie Saunders, program advisor, “We encourage all students enrolled at DCTC to consider becoming a member of Business Professionals of America.”

About BPA

Business Professionals of America is the leading CTSO (Career and Technical Student Organization) for students pursuing careers in business management, office administration, information technology and other related career fields. BPA has 43,000 members in over 2,300 chapters in 23 states. BPA is a co-curricular organization that supports business and information technology educators by offering co-curricular exercises based on national standards. — Courtesy of the BPA website

DCTC BPA Chapter Winners at the MN BPA Spring Leadership Conference:

Accounting Specialist 1^st – Willow Weckwerth 3^rd – Linda Shaull

College Accounting 1^th – Sierra Furlong* 4^th – Linda Shaull* 5^th – Victoria Mode* 7^th – Stephanie Kosen

Advanced College Accounting 9^th – Chontae Koonkaew

College Payroll Accounting 2^nd – Sierra Furlong* 9^th – Willow Weckworth

Managerial Accounting 10^th – Kimberley Hardwick

Federal Income Tax Accounting 7^th – Kimberley Hardwick

Banking and Finance 2^rd – Linda Shaull* 5^th – Stephanie Kosen*

Financial Math and Analysis-Open Event 8^th – Sierra Furlong 9^th – Linda Shaull 10^th – Victoria Mode

Personal Financial Management 1^st – Linda Shaull 7^th – Mathew McCrillis 9^th – Willow Weckwerth

Keyboarding 1^st – Heidi Bailly* 10^th – Willow Weckwerth

Fundamental Spreadsheets 1^st – Linda Shaull* 3^rd – Sierra Furlong* 7^th – Heidi Bailly

Basic Office Systems and Procedures 4^th – Heidi Bailly*

Medical Office Procedures 6^th – Heidi Bailly

Administrative Support Team 5^th – Heidi Bailly, Willow Weckwerth, Linda Shaull

Administrative Support Concepts 1^st – Heidi Bailly 2^nd – Mathew McCrillis 3^rd – Linda Shaull 7^th – Kevin Day 9^th – Victoria Mode

Computer Network Technology 6^th – Kevin Day

PC Servicing and Troubleshooting 8^TH – Jacob Komolo

Computer Security 5^th – Kevin Day*

Visual Basic Programming 1^st – Kevin Day*

C++ Programming 1^st – Kevin Day*

Java Programming 1^st – Kevin Day*

Computer Programming Concepts-Open Event 1^st – Kevin Day 3^rd – Jacob Komolo

Information Technology 5^th – Kevin Day 10^th – Mathew McCrillis

Entrepreneurship 2^nd – Samantha Hrbek*

Small Business Management Team 1^st – Chontae Koonkaew, Jacob Komolo, Kimberley Hardwick, Samantha Hrbek*

Interview Skills 2^nd – Heidi Bailly* 8^th – Mathew McCrillis 9^th – Stephanie Kosen

Human Resource Management 1^st – Chontae Koonkaew*

Ethics and Professionalism 2^nd – Jacob Komolo*

Prepared Speech 9^th – Kevin Day

Presentation Management Team 1^st – Mathew McCrillis, Sierra Furlong, Stephanie Kosen, Victoria Mode*

Business Meeting Management – Open Event 3^rd – Mathew McCrillis 8^th – Sierra Furlong 10^{th –} Heidi Bailly

Management, Marketing, HR – Open Event 1^st – Samantha Hrbek 2^nd – Sierra Furlong 3^rd – Chontae Koonkaew 4^th – Jacob Komolo

Parliamentary Procedure Concepts 1^st – Mathew McCrillis 2^nd – Sierra Furlong 4^th – Stephanie Kosen

Project Management Concepts 1^st – Jacob Komolo 2^ND – Kevin Day 5^rd – Chontae Koonkaew 8^th – Willow Weckwerth

Accounting Specialist 1^st – Willow Weckwerth 3^rd – Linda Shaull

*Denotes National Qualifiers

To learn more about Business Professionals of America at DCTC, contact:

Lyle Stelter
Accounting Instructor
BPA Faculty Advisor
651-423-8423

Marie Saunders
Accounting Instructor
BPA Faculty Advisor
651-423-8390