Lake Superior College News Releases

(Duluth, Minn.) — Ten Business Professionals of America (BPA) student members from Lake Superior College (LSC) earned 14 national honors representing LSC’s Administrative Support, Accounting, Computer Information Systems, and Business programs. They competed against more than 1500 of the top winners from community, technical, and four-year colleges throughout the U.S. Competition was held in Reno, Nevada from May 6-10 at the BPA National Leadership Conference.

Keyboarding Production
1st place Heather Urbaniak

Medical Office Procedures
2nd Kayla Edwards
3rd Heather Urbaniak
Finalist Stephanie Buria
Finalist Mandy Newell

Database Applications
1st James Suess
3rd Lynette Kraskey

Medical Transcription
1st Kayla Edwards
4th Stephanie Buria

Fundamentals of XHTML
5th James Suess

C++ Programming
Finalist Lynette Kraskey
Finalist James Suess

VB.NET Programming
1st Lynette Kraskey

Banking & Finance
Finalist Jamie Luedtke

(Finalist indicates in top 10 but not 1st – 5th.)

Group photo of LSC BPA students: Top row, left to right: Heather Urbaniak, Andrea Johnson, Bill Walz, James Suess, Ryan Waterhouse
Bottom row, left to right: Stephanie Buria, Lynette Kraskey, Jamie Luedtke, Mandy Newell, Kayla Edwards

LSC is a member of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system. With more than 4,800 students enrolled this spring semester, LSC is northeastern Minnesota’s largest two-year college. LSC provides a wide range of programs and services, including liberal arts and science courses for transfer, technical programs intended to provide occupational skills, continuing education, and customized training for business and industry. LSC is also a leader in Internet-delivered courses and programs in Minnesota.