BPA NATIONAL WINNERS - 2012

CONGRATULATIONS to Ann Arbor Huron’s Business Professionals of America Chapter!

Two Advisors—Diane Stocker-Bendersky and Christy Garrett, along with 14 students recently attended the BPA National Leadership Conference in Chicago, Illinois last Tuesday, April 24^th  and came back Sunday, April 29^th.  Overall, we had a total of 8 students place at the national level! Three received of those students received 2nd Place and 12 students were recognized for achieving the Ambassador Torch Award.

Our national finalists include;

Mark Adams placed second in Computerized Accounting,

Zibo Zou placed second in Database Applications,

Rohan Paul placed ninth in Digital Media Production,

Michael Bondin placed second in Financial Math and Analysis (Open), and also
         placed ninth in Insurance Concepts (open),

William Chen placed sixth in Insurance Concepts (Open),

Suraj Jaipalli placed sixth in Medical Office Procedures,

Anuraag Parchuri placed tenth as a Merit Scholar, and

Brendon Hong placed fourth in Payroll Accounting.

We also had 12 students earn the National Torch Award (Michael Bondin, Jesmin Cao, Lisa Ruan, Gabriela Columna, Jeannette Daida, Shuvro Guha, John Harrison, Tiana Huang, Jeffrey Lee, Abhilash Modepalli, Sheeba Pawar, and Coleen Truong)­– more than any other year! 

The Torch Awards Program frames and guides a BPA member’s leadership and service to their chapter and community. Students complete activities in the seven Torch categories—Leadership; Service; Cooperation; Knowledge; Friendship; Love, Hope, Faith; and Patriotism—then log their activities in an online Torch Résumé. An Ambassador is defined as "a diplomatic official of the highest rank appointed and accredited as representative of the organization."
 
Approximately 5,500 students and advisors from throughout the United States participated in Business Professionals of America’s 45th National Leadership Conference. Activities included general sessions with keynote speakers, business meetings, leadership workshops, contests, election of national officers, and tours of Anaheim sights and attractions! The highlight of the conference was the presentation of the awards to the winners of the national contests. Our Historic opening general session took place April 28th at the Hyatt Regency Hotel Chicago in Chicago, Illinois just off of the Magnificent Mile.

Take time to view our animoto video of our student's Chicago experience.

Business Professionals of America is the leading CTSO (Career Technical Student Organization) for students pursuing careers in business management, office administration, information technology and other related career fields. Visit us at http://huron.bpa.org. For more informtion found at the State site visit http://michiganbpa.org or the National site at http://www.bpa.org.

Please help us congratulate all of these Huron Rats for an awesome effort resulting in outstanding results. 

Great job Huron BPA!