Monday March 7, 2016 Several NWTC business and information technology students have been ranked near the top--or at the top--of their field. NWTC's chapter of Business Professionals of American attended the recent BPA Spring Leadership Conference and several students returned with state awards in their events. In addition, two members were elected to state offices and several received additional state-level awards. NWTC BPA awards and officers: Sara Niederfeld 1st Place Basic Office Systems & Procedures 1st Place Fundamental Word Processing Outstanding Chapter Member STATE OFFICER – Secretary/Treasurer Jason Dahlen 1st Place Fundamentals of Web Design 1st Place Computer Programming Concepts – Open 2nd Place Mgmt/Marketing/HR Concepts - Open 3rd Place Fundamental Spreadsheet Applications 4th Place Fundamental Word Processing Kameron Koehler 1st Place Personal Financial Management 2nd Place Banking and Finance Regina Rudoi 1st Place Ethics and Professionalism Tom Oreskovic 1st Place Intermediate Word Processing Skills 5th Place Ethics and Professionalism 5th Place Mgmt/Marketing/HR Concepts - Open Statesman Torch Award STATE OFFICER – Vice President Tonya Schumacher 2nd Place Human Resource Management 2nd Place Personal Financial Management 5th Place Administrative Support Concepts – Open 5th Place Financial Math & Analysis - Open Statesman Torch Award