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Davenport University students excel at Business Professionals of America National Competition

Over 5,000 students from 20 states
participated in the Business Professionals
of America’s (BPA) 48th annual National
Leadership Conference in Indianapolis,
Indiana from April 30 – May 4, 2014.
Forty three students from Davenport
University’s W.A. Lettinga, Holland, and
Kalamazoo campuses qualified and represented
the university at the conference.
DU students received 13 1st place awards
and 90 top ten finishes. Over the last 6
years, DU students have earned 1st place
awards in 63 National events, which is an
all-time BPA record.
“We are extremely proud of our students’
outstanding achievements at the
National Leadership Conference,” said
Ron Draayer, Davenport University
Faculty Member and BPA Advisor. “Our
Davenport students continue to win more
awards than any other college or university
in the nation, helping them to become
better prepared for successful careers in
business and technology fields.”
There were numerous noteworthy
highlights for Davenport at this year’s
competition. Chris Lammers of Grand
Rapids successfully defended his 1st place
title from last year in Network
Administration using Microsoft. Crystal
Roberts of Holland was also a defending
national champion in Banking and
Finance, and the Grand Rapids Network
Design Team of Gene Bursley, Chris
Lammers and Shannon Shovan were also
defending national champs. Chris
Lammers of Grand Rapids won two 1st
place individual events and a team event.
In addition to BPA competitions, 12
industry certifications for IT were awarded
to Davenport students.
In a presentation to the BPA Board of
Trustees, the BPA Executive Director recognized
the exemplary performance of DU
students at the conference! If interested in
joining this winning team, contact one of
the BPA advisers, Deb Kiss.
Check out “Davenport BPA” on
Facebook to learn more and to see more
photos from the event and see the entire list
of student award winners on Davenport
University’s blog – the DU Hub.


Davenport Collegiate DECA students bring home

Awards at the 2014 International Competition
After qualifying at the state competition
in February, seventeen members of
Davenport University’s Collegiate DECA
team from the University’s W.A. Lettinga
Campus in Grand Rapids attended the
international competition in Washington,
D.C. on April 22-27. These savvy business
students came home with 8 Top-Ten
finalist awards proving Davenport’s academic
excellence once again this year.
Davenport’s team fared exceptionally
well beating out many other schools
including Tulane, Oklahoma State,
University of Wisconsin, Johnson and
Wales, and University of Central Florida
and many others from all across the U.S.
International chapters include Ontario,
British Columbia, and Puerto Rico.
Davenport’s 2014 National Finalists
• Ben Dean & Logan Poe-
Emerging Technology Marketing
Solutions
• Hannah DeJong & Alec Loomis-
Business Ethics
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