Prairie’s Business Professionals of America (BPA) students continued their pursuit of National Qualification by competing at the State Leadership Conference Sunday, February 20 – Tuesday, February 22 in Des Moines. This year’s chapter has 60+ members, with the majority attending and competing at State. Prairie delegates placed in numerous contests thus qualifying 33+ to attend the National Leadership Conference in Dallas in May.
While at State, students registered in 70+ events in areas including Finance, Management Information Systems, Business Administration, Digital Communications and Design, Marketing/ Management/Communications. While area schools were snowed in Tuesday, Prairie students dedicated a no-school day to attending candidate caucuses, listening to candidate speeches, and electing the 2022-2023 state officer slate. The conference ended with a closing session and awards ceremony.
Advisors Kim Hynek, Mary Gudenkauf and Matt Sima worked with students in preparation for this competition. Prairie’s chapter began in 1998 with just four members. Today Prairie has 60+ members, and is proud to have the largest state chapter and most participants in Des Moines.
Business Professionals of America is the leading CTSO (Career and Technical Student Organization) for students pursuing careers in business management, office administration, information technology and other related career fields. BPA has 43,000 members in over 2,300 chapters in 23 states. BPA is a co-curricular organization that supports business and information technology educators by offering co-curricular exercises based on national standards.
Congratulations to Prairie’s National Qualifiers
Becca Cross: Digital Communications Concepts
Jared Hargrafen & Kaden Klein: Financial Analyst Team
Elliott Bourgeous & Zach Cooper: Economic Research Team
Grace Hobson: Administrative Support Research
Colin Winborn & Kayden McMaster: Computer Network Technology
Colin Winborn: Computer Security
Kendal Erger: Digital Media Production
Coilee Hynek: Computer Modeling
Lauren Whinery/Caroline Rausch/Ava Werning: Video Production Team
Ansley Barnes/Ella Beach/Kelsey Taylor: Broadcast News Production
Taylor Lee: Interview Skills
Jessie Rossenberger & Maura Levi: Presentation Management Individual
Katie Ray/Kristin Gavin/Megan Andeway: Medical Diagnostics and Coding
Claire Hayes:Health Administrative Procedures
Coilee Hynek/Katie Ray/Megan Andeway/Kristin Gavin: Podcast Production Team