BPA Students Excel at Nationals

Business Professionals of America (BPA), a student organization for business and IT students, held its National Leadership Conference from April 26 - May 8.  The virtual conference, which was originally slated to be held in Orlando, involved workshops, demonstrations, and competitions. Four Blackhawk Technical College students - Mallory Worden, Natalie Sullivan, Josh Lichtfuss, and Dave Jaeckel - competed and were very successful!  They earned numerous awards, including two 1st place finishes, three 2nd place finishes, and five 3rd place finishes.  Congratulations to these students for representing Blackhawk Technical College so well!  We're proud of you!

Here are their results:

Josh, Natalie, Mallory:

• 2nd-Small Business Management Team

Mallory:

• 3rd-Fundamental Word Processing
• 6th-Project Management Concepts
• 7th-Business Law and Ethics
• 8th- Parliamentary Procedure Concepts

Natalie:

• 1st-Administrative Support Concepts
• 2nd-Fundamental Spreadsheet Applications
• 3rd-Advanced College Accounting
• 3rd-Financial Math and Analysis Concepts
• 4th-Project Management Concepts

Josh:

• 1st-Advanced Interview Skills
• 2nd-Ethics and Professionalism
• 7th-Management, Marketing, and HR Concepts

Dave:

• 3rd-Ethics and Professionalism
• 3rd-Entrepreneurship 
• 5th-Banking and Finance

Other Awards:

• Certified Student Member Award - Mallory
• Quality Chapter Award - Blackhawk Technical College

Learn more about BPA and all our fantastic student organizations at https://blackhawk.edu/Student-Resources/Student-Life/Student-Organizations.

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