Ten students break top 10 in 25 events at national competition
Students and faculty from Dakota County Technical College attended the 2017 Business Professionals of America (BPA) National Leadership Conference (NLC), “Spread Your Wings,” May 9–14 in Orlando, Florida, joining thousands of students from across the U.S. The DCTC students participated in a range of competitions, tours and workshops, showcasing their business acumen while developing their leadership skills.
Lyle Stelter and Marie Saunders, DCTC Accounting faculty and BPA co-advisors, attended the four-day conference with the college’s BPA student members. Lyle and Marie have years of experience guiding business, accounting and IT students who take advantage of membership in the national organization, which was formed in 1966 to produce “global professionals through the advancement of leadership, citizenship, academic and technological skills for students at the middle, secondary and postsecondary levels.”
“We are so proud of the excellence and professionalism our students displayed as they competed at the BPA National Leadership Conference,” Lyle said. “Every student competing at the 51st annual event placed in the top ten. All ten students were called to the stage to accept their awards.”
“We are very proud of our students and happy to see another great year of their hard work pay off,” Marie added. “Stephanie Hunt, a former DCTC student and BPA member, was elected to the BPA National Officer Team at the conference. She is serving as secretary-treasurer, post-secondary division.”
About BPA
Business Professionals of America is the premier CTSO (Career and Technical Student Organization) for students pursuing careers in business management, office administration, information technology and other related career fields.
BPA has 45,000 members in more than 1,800 chapters in 25 states and Puerto Rico. BPA is a co-curricular organization that supports business and information technology educators by offering co-curricular exercises based on national standards. (read more…)
— Courtesy of BPA
DCTC BPA NLC competitors
Network Design Team
1st place: Dan Nguyen, Kevin Day, Ryan Monio, Shelby Roth
Project Management Concepts-Open
1st place: Anthony House
2nd place: Marta Roth
Managerial Accounting
2nd place: Marta Roth
Parliamentary Procedure Concepts-Open
2nd place: Anthony House
Computer Security
2nd place: Dan Nguyen
9th place: Ryan Monio
Banking and Finance
3rd place: Marta Roth
Java Programming
3rd place: Anthony House
10th place: Kevin Day
Fundamentals of Web Design
3rd place: Anthony House
C++ Programming
4th place: Kevin Day
Information Technology Concepts-Open
4th place: Anthony House
Ambassador Award
Marta Roth$650 BPA Scholarship
Marta Roth
ICD-10-CM Diagnostic Coding
5th place: Wendy Bahr
Advanced Accounting
6th place: Marta Roth
PC Servicing and Troubleshooting
6th place: Shelby Roth
Accounting Mathematics Concepts
7th place: Marta Roth
Business Meeting Management-Open
7th place: Marta Roth
Management, Marketing, Human Resources-Open
7th place: Marta Roth
Visual Basic/C# Programming
8th place: Anthony House
College Accounting
9th place: Viktor Goncharenko
Computer Programming Concepts-Open
9th place: Kevin Day
Ethics and Professionalism
9th place: Ayuba Dansoho
Systems Administration Using Cisco
9th place: Shelby Roth
10th place: Dan Nguyen
College Payroll Accounting
10th place: Viktor Goncharenko
Financial Math and Analysis-Open
10th place: Marta Roth
Integrated Office Applications
10th place: Cheryl Brogger
Advanced Interview Skills
10th place: Cheryl Brogger
To learn more about BPA at DCTC, contact:
Lyle Stelter
Accounting Instructor
BPA Faculty Co-Advisor
651-423-8423
Marie Saunders
Accounting Instructor
BPA Faculty Co-Advisor
651-423-8390
