Ellsworth’s Business Professionals of America Club advances to Nationals
Tuesday / February 18, 2020
ECC’s Business Professionals of America club members display their plaques, trophy, and medallions.
Pictured front row left to right: Sofia Sanchez, Bailee Fogle, Emily Church;
Second row left to right: Janet Siert, Sergio Gomez Alanis, Gillian Gear, Michael Le;
Back row left to right: Jovis Shoemaker, Isaiah Rono
Ellsworth Community College Business Professionals of America club members competed against other Iowa Community Colleges at the Business Professionals of America State Leadership Conference held in Des Moines on February 16-17, 2020.
Each contestant was eligible to enter three computer/business-related individual events as well as several open events available to all contestants. All ECC student competitors earned the right to advance to the National Leadership Conference to be held in Washington DC from May 6-10, 2020. Ellsworth once again took home the sponsorship trophy, thanks to generous support from Peg and Cort Van Buskirk. Janet Siert and Michael Le accompanied the students as advisors. Below are the results:
Emily A. Church
Human Resource Management – 1st Place Plaque
Ethics & Professionalism – 2nd Place Plaque
Prepared Speech – 3rd Place Plaque
Computer Programming Concepts (Open Event) – Top 10 Medallion
Administrative Support Concepts (Open Event) – Top 10 Medallion
Bailee D. Fogle
Intermediate Word Processing – 2nd Place Plaque
Fundamental Spreadsheet Applications – 1st Place Plaque
Basic Office Systems & Procedures – 3rd Place Plaque
Digital Marketing Concepts (Open Event) – 2nd Place Plaque
Management, Marketing & Human Resource Skills (Open Event) – 3rd Place
Gillian Gear
Intermediate Word Processing – 4th Place Plaque
Integrated Office Applications – 1st Place Plaque
Basic Office Systems & Procedures – 2nd Place Plaque
Management, Marketing & Human Resource Skills (Open Event) – Top 10 Medallion
Computer Programming Concepts (Open Event) – Top 10 Medallion
Sergio Gomez Alanis
Business Law & Ethics – 5th Place Plaque
Human Resource Management – 2nd Place Plaque
Fundamental Word Processing – 1st Place Plaque
Digital Communication & Design Concepts (Open Event) – 1st Place Plaque
Isaiah Rono
Business Law & Ethics – 1st Place Plaque
Advanced Interview Skills – 1st Place Plaque
Ethics & Professionalism – 3rd Place Plaque
Financial Math & Analysis (Open Event) – 2nd Place Plaque
Business Meeting Management Concepts (Open Event) – 2nd Place Plaque
Management, Marketing & Human Resource Skills (Open Event) – Top 10 Medallion
Sofia M. Sanchez
Business Law & Ethics – 2nd Place Plaque
College Accounting – 2nd Place Plaque
Interview Skills – 1st Place Plaque
Jovis B. Shoemaker
Contemporary Issues – 1st Place Plaque
Ethics & Professionalism – 1st Place Plaque
Advanced Interview Skills – 2nd Place Plaque
Management, Marketing & Human Resource Skills (Open Event) – 4th Place Plaque
Business Meeting Management Concepts (Open Event) – Top 10 Medallion
Administrative Support Concepts (Open Event) – Top 10 Medallion