Last week 235 Delaware students were among about 6,500 middle-level, secondary-level and post-secondary level business students from 25 states, Puerto Rico, China, Haiti, and Peru who participated in the 2023 Business Professionals of America National Leadership Conference held in Anaheim, California.

Students demonstrated professionalism during the conference and competed in 52 events in the categories of: management, marketing and communications, digital communications and design, management information systems, business administration, and finance. Delaware also had one student, Cara Huang, campaign for the Executive Officer Leadership Team.

Presentation of the BPA Cares Awards, Ambassador Torch Awards, service awards, and scholarships took place on Friday at the National Honor Awards Ceremony.  You can watch the live stream at www.thinkcybis.com/bpa-live/.

Students were recognized on Saturday at the Middle Level/Secondary Awards Finale.  You can watch the live stream at www.thinkcybis.com/bpa-live/.  Find a list of Delaware’s Top 10 winners below.

Special thanks to Delaware BPA’s Gold Sponsor, JP Morgan Chase (JPMC) and Board of Director Chair Rich Jester.  JPMC Managing Directors Glen McFarlane and Jamal Brown provided a $1,500 award to the 1^st place Website Design Team from Newark Charter High School – Kinga Gul, Alanna Denault, Natalie Keach and Srujan Yamali and the $1,500 McFarlane Scholarship to Jennae Overton.

Thank you to sponsors, Mike Stanley of Wildwich Food Truck and Rob Schumacher of Schuprints Screen Printing for contributing to the purchase of state flags for all Delaware delegates.

BPA is a career and technical student organization for students pursuing careers in business management, office administration, information technology and other related career fields. For more information, please visit the BPA web site at www.bpa.org or contact Dr. Lisa Wilson, Delaware BPA state advisor, at lisa.wilson@doe.k12.de.us.

Top 10 awardees: High school

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Top 10 awardees: Middle School

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Media contact: Alison May, alison.may@doe.k12.de.us, 302-735-4006

Business students from across Delaware won state awards at last month’s Business Professionals of America State Leadership Conference.

 

About 360 high school business students from 20 high schools in the state participated in the conference at the Chase Center on the Riverfront in Wilmington, competing in 52 events in the categories of management; marketing and communications; digital communications and design; management information systems; business administration; and finance. Students also campaigned for the state officer leadership team.

 

About 260 business students from 20 middle schools statewide also participated. The middle level students competed in 15 events.

 

Find a list of state qualifiers here and here.

Students were recognized Friday at the 2023 Business Professionals of America, Delaware Association Awards Ceremony. The ceremony culminated with the celebration of leadership, recognition of community services, and the presentation of the 2023– 2024 State Officer Leadership Team with school representatives and families in attendance.

 

The following student members were elected to serve on the State Officer Leadership Team for 2023 – 2024:

• President – Jennae Overton from Middletown High School (Appoquinimink School District)
• Vice President – Kinga Gul from Newark Charter High School (charter)
• Secretary – Manushri Gupta from MOT Charter High School (charter)
• Middle Level Representative – Anusha Sarwadi from Alfred G. Waters Middle School (Appoquinimink School District)

 

The Secondary Advisor of the Year was Jeffrey Bunting of Indian River High School in the Indian River School District. Jennifer Rhudd, formerly of Kirk Middle School, received the Honorary Life Award. The State Professional Cup is awarded to the chapter from each division most actively involved in Special Recognition and Torch Awards. This year’s recipient of the Middle Level Professional Cup is Mariner Middle School in Cape Henlopen School District and the Secondary Level Professional Cup is Cape Henlopen High School.

 

State Auditor Lydia York and state Rep. Michael Smith served as judges.

 

Gold sponsor JP Morgan Chase is represented on the Board of Directors and contributed about 35 judge volunteers including Managing Directors Glen McFarlane and Jamal Brown as well as a $1,500 award to the 1st place Website Design Team from Newark Charter High School (Kinga Gul, Alanna Denault, Natalie Keach and Srujan Yamali).

 

In addition, about 40 BPA members submitted more than 70 logo designs for the JPMC Design Challenge. Four winners were selected: Srinidhi Kotteswaran, Daniel La Rose, Rajat Bhaskaran, and Leo Yan. Each student received a $75 Amazon gift card, certificate, and an opportunity to meet a User Experience designer at JPMC to get a closer look at building a brand from scratch.

 

BPA is a leading Career and Technical Student Organization (CTSO) for students pursuing careers in business management, office administration, information technology and other related career fields. For more information, please visit the BPA Web site at www.bpa.org or contact Lisa Wilson, Delaware BPA State Advisor at lisa.wilson@doe.k12.de.us.

 

Media contact: Alison May, alison.may@doe.k12.de.us, 302-735-4006

Students from across the state took home honors from the BPA State Conference in Dover last week.

Lists of the winners in each category for both middle and high school competitions are available here.

About 415 high school business students from 25 high schools in the state participated Tuesday. Students demonstrated professionalism during the day and competed in 65 events in the categories of management; marketing and communications; digital communications and design; management information systems; business administration; and finance. These students also attended various workshops and campaigned for the State Officer Leadership Team.

The evening culminated with the celebration of leadership, recognition of community services, and the presentation of the 2019 – 2020 State Officer Leadership Team at the awards ceremony with school representatives and parents in attendance.

The following student members were elected to serve on the State Officer Leadership Team for 2019 – 2020:

• President – Ryan Nkongnyu from Appoquinimink High School
• Vice President – Pankti Desai from Appoquinimink High School
• Secretary – Nidhi Patel from Odyssey Charter High School
• Treasurer – David Koval from Delmar High School
• Historian/Parliamentarian – Aaron Cave from Delmar High School

The Student of the Year was Noelle Kuhoric of Seaford High School and the Secondary Advisor of the Year was Jonathan Layton of Delmar High School.  The Outstanding Service award was presented to local businessman Samir Patel.

On Wednesday about 495 business students from 24 middle schools statewide participated in the Business Professionals of America (BPA) State Leadership Conference at the Dover Downs Hotel and Conference Center in Dover.  The middle level students spent the day competing in 15 events and attending a variety of workshops.  The evening culminated with the presentation of the middle level representative to the State Officer Leadership Team.

• Middle Level Representative – Jennae Overton from Redding Middle School

About 73 middle level students and 175 secondary students qualified to attend the 2019 BPA National Leadership Conference that will take place in Anaheim, California from May 1 – 5, 2019. There, students will have the opportunity to participate in competitive events, BPA Academy, college and career exhibits, in addition to networking with business professionals.

Thank you to Platinum Sponsor JP Morgan Chase, Gold Sponsor Delaware State University, and Bronze Sponsors Samir Patel of Dunkin Donuts and Wing Stop and Robbie Jester of Full Circle Foods.

BPA is the leading Career and Technical Student Organization (CTSO) for students pursuing careers in business management, office administration, information technology and other related career fields. For more information, please visit the BPA Web site at www.bpa.org or contact Lisa Wilson, Delaware BPA state advisor, at lisa.wilson@doe.k12.de.us.