On Friday, May 10th through Tuesday, May 14th, ten students from Van Buren Tech, VBISD qualified for and traveled to Chicago, Illinois to compete with 6,400 students from the United States, China and Canada for the Business Professionals of America National Leadership Conference.
Cyber Security & Computer Network Technology
Eric Blocker Junior, Hartford High School Computer Network Technology
Troy Gordon Senior, Gobles High School Network Administration Using Cisco
Jerry McCormick Senior, Decatur High School Network Administration Using Cisco
Computer Security
Josefina Medellin Junior, Lawrence High School Server Administration Using Microsoft
Tyler Oliver Junior, Bangor High School Device Configuration & Troubleshooting
Maggie Trowbridge Senior, South Haven High School Network Administration Using Cisco
Investment Finance & Technology
Trevor Ransler Senior, Paw Paw High School Advanced Spreadsheet Applications
Advanced Accounting
Software Engineering
Joseph Caprathe Junior, Mattawan High School C Sharp Programming
C Plus Plus Programming
Donovan Hill Senior, Dowagiac High School C Sharp Programming
Nova Wise Senior, Watervliet High School Java Programming
The students spent the week participating in their closed and open event competitions, general sessions, business meeting and national officer campaign rallies, professional development sessions, job fair and college fairs, and Certiport Certification Testing Lab, and relaxing at Willis Tower SkyDeck and in ChinaTown. The award ceremony was Monday evening from 5:30 to 8:30 pm. We had five students in the top 20. The following student was recognized on stage:
Eric Blocker 1st Place Out of 320 Digital Communications & Design Concepts Open
In addition, the ten students earned fifty-one (51) Certiport & Cisco Industry Certifications in fifteen (15) Computer Science & Software Engineering Categories.