Nicolet College Business Professionals of America students posted a strong showing in recent competitions at the BPA State Leadership Conference.
The 11 students who attended brought home a total of 31 awards in different disciplines such as Business Management, Administrative Professional, Information Technology, and Website Design.
“They all worked very hard and it shows,” said Helen Fries, BPA advisor and Administrative Professional/Office Technology instructor at Nicolet. “The skills they demonstrated were exemplary, and we are proud of every one of them.”
Based on their results, all of the students qualified for the BPA National Leadership Conference in Anaheim, Calif., in May.
Nicolet students competing at the state event were, first row, left to right, Jennie Swearingen, Administrative Professional; Christine Davis, IT; Craig Collins, Liberal Arts. In back, David Larson, IT; Sheryl Larson, Administrative Professional; Jordan Slominski, IT; Carl Anderson, IT; Tyler Garry, IT; Ian Anderson, IT; Tammy Retzlaff, IT, and EvaMarie Bybee, IT.
Specific results were as follow:
C# Programming
Jordan Slominsk – 1st Place, ?Carl Anderson – 2nd Place, ?EvaMarie Byee – 3rd Place, Tammy Retzlaff – 4th Place, David Larson – 5th Place

Keyboarding Production
Jennie Swearingen – 1st Place

Fundamentals of Word Processing
Sheryl Larson – 1st Place

Basic Office Systems Procedures
Sheryl Larson – 1st Place

Project Management
Carl Anderson – 1st Place,?Jordan Slominski – 4th Place

Business Meeting Management
Jordan Slominski – 1st Place

Information Technology Concepts
Jordan Slominski – 1st Place,?David Larson – 2nd Place,?Carl Anderson – 3rd Place

Website Design Team
1st Place Team – Tammy Retzlaff, EvaMarie Bybee?Jordan Slominski?Carl Anderson
2nd Place Team – Ian Anderson, Tyler Garry,?David Larson

Fundamentals of Web Design
Carl Anderson – 1st Place, David Larson – 2nd Place, ?EvaMarie Bybee – 3rd Place,?Tammy Retzlaff – 4th Place

Network Administration
Jordan Slominski – 2nd Place

Medical Office Procedures
Christine Davis – 2nd Place

Fundamental Spreadsheets
Christine Davis – 5th Place

PC Servicing and Troubleshooting
Craig Collins – 2nd Place

Contemporary Issues (speech)
Craig Collins – 2nd Place

Financial Math and Analysis Concepts
Craig Collins – 3rd Place

Advanced Spreadsheet Applications
Craig Collins – 4th Place

Computer Programming Concepts
David Larson – 2nd Place, Jordan Slominski – 3rd Place, Carl Anderson – 5th Place.