Students rack up 13 top three finishes at competitions in Dallas, Texas
Business Professionals of America (BPA) students from Dakota County Technical College, joined thousands of students from across the U.S. at the 2018 BPA National Leadership Conference (NLC) May 9–13 in Dallas, Texas.
BPA State Officers Marta Roth & Ryan Monio
“The theme for this year’s NLC was Dream Bigger,” said Marie Saunders, DCTC accounting faculty and BPA chapter advisor. “The conference provided four days of competitions, leadership development, workshops, National Officer Elections and tours. We stayed at the Gaylord Texan in Dallas.”
Marta Roth, 22, of Rosemount, Minnesota, placed first in four events, second in one and third in another (see below for details). Marta double-majored at DCTC, earning an A.S. in Business Administration and an A.A.S. in Accounting.
Kevin Day, Ryan Monio, Shelby Roth and Juan Vega took third place in Network Design Team; Kevin Day also took third in C++ Programming; Wendy Bahr took third in Parliamentary Procedure Concepts and Shelby Roth took third in PC Servicing and Troubleshooting.
BPA NLC 2018 conference objectives:
- Participate in educational seminars and workshops.
- Hear nationally prominent speakers.
- Elect national student officers.
- Participate in the Workplace Skills Assessment Program.
- Participate in general assemblies designed to conduct the business of Business Professionals of America.
- Transact business of the association.
- Participate in leadership programs.
— Courtesy of BPA
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DCTC BPA NLC student competitors
Administrative Support Concepts
Marta Roth – 3rd place
Advanced Office Systems and Procedures
Wendy Bahr – 7th place
Advanced Spreadsheet Applications
Marta Roth – 1st place
Banking and Finance
Marta Roth – 1st place
Business Meeting and Management Concepts
Marta Roth – 2nd place
C++ Programming
Kevin Day – 3rd place
College Accounting
Eric Skarman – 4th place
Computer Programming Concepts
Kevin Day – 10th place
Computer Security
Ryan Monio – 10th place
Financial Math and Analysis Concepts
Marta Roth – Top 10
IDC-10 Diagnostic Coding
Wendy Bahr – 7th place
Integrated Office Applications
Sarah Escamilla – 6th place
JAVA Programming
Kevin Day – 9th place
Legal Office Procedures
Sarah Escamilla – 6th place
Management/Marketing/HR Concepts
Marta Roth – 7th place
Eric Skarman – 8th place
Network Administration using Microsoft
Shelby Roth – 4th place
Network Design Team
Kevin Day, Ryan Monio, Shelby Roth, Juan Vega – 3rd place
Parliamentary Procedure Concepts
Wendy Bahr – 3rd place
PC Servicing and Troubleshooting
Shelby Roth – 3rd place
Ryan Monio – 8th place
Personal Financial Management
Marta Roth – 1st place
Project Management Concepts
Marta Roth – 1st place
Wendy Bahr – 5th place
To learn more about BPA at DCTC, contact:
Marie Saunders
Accounting Faculty
BPA Faculty Advisor
651-423-8390
Candace Carlstrom
Administrative Technology Faculty
BPA Faculty Advisor
651-423-8389
Dream Bigger opening ceremony
