MVCTC Students Qualify as BPA Regional Officer Candidates

Back row left to right – Amy Sugden (MVCTC Instructor); Kristin Pitt (Wayne); Danielle Onyia (Northmont); Eric Wathen (Miamisburg); Roberta Phillips (MVCTC Instructor); Walter Krakora (Tecumseh); Elizabeth Bishop (Franklin Monroe); Travis Engle (Wayne). Front row left to right – Hannah Westfall (Dixie), Carly Fink (Tri-County North), Erica Reed (Northmont), Samantha Denlinger (Miami East), Tearza Callahan (Preble Shawnee), Shelbie Ballard (Brookville), Taylor Johnson (Wayne), Kenneth Howe (Dixie), and Joshua Peterson (Wayne).

Greenville, Ohio – Miami Valley Career Technology Center (MVCTC) Business Professionals of America (BPA) students completed Regional Officer Screening on Tuesday, September 17, 2013, at Greenville High School. MVCTC had 17 students participate in the officer screening. Over 50 area students interviewed for the chance to run for regional office.

MVCTC students, Tearza Callahan (Preble Shawnee); Samantha Denlinger (Miami East); Carly Fink (Tri-County North); and Hannah Westfall (Dixie), placed in the top 12 and earned a position on the Region 3 Slate for the Fall Conference at Wright State University’s Nutter Center on Tuesday, October 1, 2013.

The students gave a speech, went through an interview, and took a knowledge test. The MVCTC students participating in the Regional Officer Screening are:

• Shelbie Ballard (Legal Assistant student from Brookville)
• Elizabeth Bishop (Medical Office Management from Franklin Monroe)
• Tearza Callahan (Legal Assistant student from Preble Shawnee)
• Samantha Denlinger (Legal Assistant student from Miami East)
• Travis Engle (GIS and Technical Intelligence student from Wayne)
• Carly Fink (Business Academy student from Tri-County North)
• Aaron Hammer (Computer Network Engineering student from Mississinawa Valley)
• Kenneth Howe (Computer Network Engineering student from Dixie)
• Taylor Johnson (Game Programming and Web Application student from Wayne)
• Walter Krakora (Computer Repair and Technical Support student from Tecumseh)
• Danielle Onyia (Marketing and Media student from Northmont)
• Joshua Peterson (GIS and Technical Intelligence student from Wayne)
• Kristin Pitt (Game Programming and Web Application student from Wayne)
• Erica Reed (Sports Marketing student from Northmont)
• Eric Wathen (Sports Marketing student from Miamisburg)
• Hannah Westfall (Marketing & Media student from Dixie)
• Daniel Wiseman (Business Academy student from Franklin Monroe)

At the Fall Conference, the top 12 officer candidates will preside over the Fall Regional Conference attended by all Ohio Region 3 BPA members (800 plus students). The top six candidates selected by their peers make up the new officer team.

BPA is a national student organization that serves Business and Information Technology students. Members participate in activities that promote leadership, citizenship, academic, and technological skills. MVCTC students in the career technical programs of Business Academy, Business Ownership, Clerical Services, Computer Technology Academy, Computer Networking Engineering, Media and Video Production, Legal Assistant, Medical Office Management, Marketing & Media and Sports Marketing participate in BPA.

For more information about MVCTC, please visit www.mvctc.com.

For over 40-years, MVCTC has been providing career technical education for 27 partner school districts encompassing five counties, including Darke, Miami, Montgomery, Preble, and Warren Counties. MVCTC is dedicated to providing in-demand workforce training for youth, adults, and organizations in the Miami Valley.