From BGHS DECA
Recently, 31 Penta-Bowling Green DECA members attended Ohio’s State DECA Competition in an in-person format for the first time since 2019 on March 11 through the 13 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel and Convention Center in Columbus. The Bowling Green Marketing Education/DECA program is a satellite program of Penta Career Center.
Ohio’s State DECA Competition is an opportunity for students who placed at the district competition to showcase their knowledge and skills in marketing, finance, entrepreneurship, and hospitality at the state level. It is also a competition that honors DECA’s top marketing students in the state.
“The environment was very positive and it was really great to connect and network with other DECA members from all over Ohio. I feel as though I learned more about DECA as a whole as well as things about myself that only these school experiences make you realize!” said senior Ella Strum who competed in Quick Serve Restaurant Management.
During the school year, junior and senior BG DECA members work to strengthen their knowledge of the business world. Ultimately, they aim to compete and make it to the international level. DECA competitions such as their Career Development Conference this past weekend aim to submerge students in scenarios and circumstances as close to the real-world and international competition level as possible. \Competitors who place in the top four of their event move onto the International Career Development Conference (ICDC).
As a whole, the Bowling Green chapter had a lot of success:
Senior class
- Elsa Concannon and Isa Herrera, 1st place in Business Law and Ethics
- Stella Ferris and Hannah Judson, 4th place in Integrated Marketing Campaign
- Zach Thomas, 4th place in Community Giving Project
- Zach Furnas and Jacob Jicha, top 10 finalists in Sports and Entertainment Marketing
- Robert Archer and Matthew Stevens, top 10 finalists in Finance
- Jayden Haylett and Caroline Peek, top 10 finalists in Integrated Marketing Service
- Thompson Black, Brynna Gaines, and Alexa Thompson, top 10 finalists in Sales Project
Junior class
- Alex Lewis and Alec Ross, top 10 finalists in Innovation Plan
- Macy Ash and Londyn Thompson, top 10 finalists in Entrepreneurship Team Decision Making
- Tyler Thompson, top 10 finalists in Retail Merchandising
- Audrey Geyman, top 10 finalists in Principles of Finance
The eight senior Bowling Green DECA chapter members are looking forward to improving their skills and projects to present and compete in Atlanta, Georgia at the International Career Development Conference in April. Those seniors include Elsa Concannon, Isa Herrera, Stella Ferris, Hannah Judson,
Matthew Stevens, Zach Thomas, Ella Strum, and Alexa Thompson.
