News Release

May 22, 2007

Boise State Students Win at National Business Professionals of America Conference

Six Boise State University students in the Selland College of Applied Technology participated in the Business Professionals of America National Leadership Conference in New York City May 8-13, and four of them came home with national awards.

Boise State’s participants are as follows:

— Karen Fitch, Boise, served as an intern and attended the Leadership Development Workshop
— Kimberly Fuhriman, Caldwell, served as an intern
— Jill Nock, Mountain Home, placed second in Administrative Support Concepts
— Jennifer Lutke, LaGrande, Ore., placed fourth in Financial Math and Analysis and fifth in Computerized Accounting
— Tara Cooper, Boise, placed fourth in Integrated Office Applications
— Nereida Garcia, Nampa, placed sixth in Integrated Office Applications

The mission of Business Professionals of America is to contribute to the preparation of a world-class work force through the advancement of leadership, citizenship, academic and technological skills. Business technology instructor Darien Hartman serves as adviser to Boise State’s BPA chapter.

For more information, visit www.bpa.org. 
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Contact: Darien Hartman, College of Applied Technology, (208) 426-2322, dhartman@boisestate.edu
Media Contact: Sherry Squires, University Communications, (208) 426-1563, ssquires@boisestate.edu

May is “Return to Learn” month at Boise State University. “Return to Learn” is a concentrated effort to provide information on the best options for returning to school to those who are considering taking classes from the university. For more information, call (208) 562-3127 or click http://returntolearn.boisestate.edu.
 

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Last reviewed on Tuesday, May 22, 2007