Six Lake Superior College students took home 13 awards during the National Leadership/Competitive Event Conference of Business Professionals of America (BPA) in Dallas, Texas June 17-21.

Melodie Schultz, Mandy Newell, Tim Klande, Ryan Waterhouse, Jake Pogorelec and Andrea Johnson represented programs in Computer Information Systems, Accounting, Business, and the Administrative Support at LSC. The skill-based contests pitted the students against nearly 3,000 colleagues from similar college program areas from around the nation at the event.

Of the 13 national placement awards won by LSC, first place awards were won by Pogorelec and Klande for the Database and Fundamentals of XTHML categories, respectively. A second place award went to the Web site design team of Pogolerec, Waterhouse and Klande.

All six LSC students earned finalist status for at least one national award.

“The fact that every student came home with some kind of hardware is extremely impressive.” said BPA Advisor and LSC instructor Barb Struck. “They truly are a snapshot of the high level of learning and dedication shown by Lake Superior College students. I’m so proud of each one.”

Photo caption: Top row, L-R: Tim Klande, Ryan Waterhouse, Jake Pogorelec and Barb Struck. Bottom row, L-R: Melodie Schultz, Mandy Newell and Andrea Johnson.

Tags: Business Professionals of America

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