MCCTC students earn business awards

Staff report

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More than 200 students gathered in the Joyce Brooks Center at the Mahoning County Career and Technical Center to celebrate the Business Professionals of America Region 11 winners.

Information technology students from Columbiana, Trumbull and Mahoning County career and technical centers all came together for the awards banquet. Awards were given in financial services, business administration services, management information systems, digital communication and design and management and marketing.

Helen Slack, information technology instructor, and 23 of her students from MCCTC have the opportunity to attend the State Leadership Conference in Columbus on March 12-13.

The Business Professional of America, Ohio Association, is a career-technical student organization consisting of 19 regions throughout Ohio. Each region has a student leadership team that, with the assistance of advisers, sets the direction for its region.