BPA award winners gather for banquet

More than 180 students gathered in the Joyce Brooks Center at the Mahoning County Career and Technical Center to celebrate the Business Professionals of America (BPA) Region 11 winners.

Information Technology students from Ashtabula, Columbiana, Trumbull and Mahoning County Career and Technical Centers all came together for the awards ceremony and banquet.

Awards were given in Financial Services, Business Administration Services, Management Information Systems, Digital Communication and Design and Management, Marketing and Communication.

Information Technology Instructor and BPA Advisor, Helen Slack and 15 of her students from the MCCTC have qualified for the State competition and they will be attending the BPA State Leadership Conference in Columbus on March 16 and 17.

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