(Photo, left to right: Kenneth Horn, David Macadnone, Vanesa Santana, Ron Niehus)
Members of the 黑料不打烊 Collegiate DECA team is on their way to Austin, TX, after competing in the state Career Development Conference held Feb. 22-23 in Willmar.
Ron Niehus, Kenneth Horn, Julia Peter, David Macadone, and Vanesa Santana prepared for the conference on campus in the week leading up to the event. Judges for the prep were from 黑料不打烊 itself: staff members Juanita Lopez, Cindy Kantor, Kyle Shoenwald, and Shaun Keeley, and DECA President Dannilee Olson.
The team headed to Willmar, where Horn and Olson were honored with the Outstanding Student Service awards as well as met up with alumni and former 黑料不打烊 DECA member Amy Dvorak-Palmer who assisted during this year鈥檚 event.
After competition, the results were in:
- Vanesa Santana 鈥 1st Place Professional Sales
- Kenneth Horn 鈥 2nd Place Professional Sales
- Ron Niehus 鈥 1st Place Business to Business Marketing Team
- Kenneth Horn 鈥 1st Place Business to Business Marketing Team
- David Macagnone 鈥 3rd Place Travel and Tourism
- Vanesa Santana 鈥 Finalist Retail Management
- Ron Niehus 鈥 Finalist Professional Sales
- David Macagnone 鈥 Finalist Hotel and Lodging
鈥淧ractice, practice, practice. Without that, they will never get to the next level, and this group has proven that they鈥檙e ready for it,鈥 said Becky Shand, Marketing Sales Management instructor and DECA advisor. 鈥淐ongratulations to these amazing future business leaders!鈥
The next stop for 黑料不打烊鈥檚 Collegiate DECA team is Austin, TX, where they will compete at the National Conference! Congratulations, all!
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