MVCTC BPA Chapter Holds 8th Annual Boot Camp
Englewood, Ohio – The Miami Valley Career Technology Center (MVCTC) Business Professionals of America (BPA) Chapter held their 8th Annual Boot Camp on Tuesday, November 10, in honor of Veterans Day. The BPA Boot Camp consists of an obstacle course with four different challenges, including the meetings lowest belly crawl to date.
Prior to the meeting, a small group of musicians from the Junior Computer Network Engineering Program played a number of patriotic songs for the arriving classes. The meeting started off with the National Anthem and the presentation of the Flag by MVCTC’s own Air Force Junior ROTC program. Both junior and senior classes competed against one another to win the coveted chapter trophy.
Between ’heats’, the BPA Officers shared presentations and videos commemorating both Boot Camp and the U.S. Military, including a feature about military dependent families, the playing of “Stars and Stripes Forever”. Also featured between competitive rounds was the building and explaining of the Business Professionals of America Emblem. After several intense rounds, the trophy went to the Sports Management and Marketing Class for the second year in a row.
The 2015-2016 MVCTC BPA officers are:
- President – Eliza Wallace (Medical Office Management) Miamisburg
- Vice President – Jordan Puckett (Game Programming & Web Applications) Eaton
- Secretary – Kenzi Gordon (Medical Office Management) Valley View
- Treasurer – Alysen Baddeley (Medical Office Management) Milton-Union
- Public Relations – Evan Florkey (Computer Repair & Technical Support) Greenville
- Parliamentarian – Maria Coyle (GIS) Arcanum
- Historian – Yvonne Barga (Medical Office Management) Arcanum
- Video Crew – Anchor/Story Writer – Abbey Michel (Medical Office Management) Northmont
- Video Crew – Anchor/Story Writer – Carrie McRorie (Medical Office Management) Northmont
- Video Crew – Director/Editor – Michael Putt (Media and Video Production) Carlisle
- Video Crew – Editor/Story Writer – Autumn-Rain Dell (Media and Video Production) Bethel
BPA is a national student organization that serves Business and Information Technology students. Members participate in activities that promote leadership, citizenship, academic, and technological skills. MVCTC students in the career technical programs of Business Ownership, Computer Networking Engineering, Computer Repair & Technical Support, Game Programming & Web Applications, Media and Video Production, Medical Office Management, and Sports Management and Marketing participate in BPA.
For more information about MVCTC, please visit www.mvctc.com.
For over 40-years, MVCTC has been providing career technical education for 27 partner school districts encompassing five counties, including Darke, Miami, Montgomery, Preble, and Warren Counties. MVCTC is dedicated to providing in-demand workforce training for youth, adults, and organizations in the Miami Valley.
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Photo: The 2015 BPA Boot Camp winners for the second year in a row, Sports Marketing and Management. Benjamin Ferguson (Miami East), Isaac Guy (Jefferson), Scot Kirby (Miami East), and David Sutter (Northmont).
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