Bay College BPA Student Club Advances to National Competition

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Pictured from left to right: BPA Advisor Brent Madalinski (received his 10-year BPA Service Award), Tregan Lippens, Griffin Johnson, and BPA State Director Maurice Henderson.

By Brent Madalinksi
Published February 13, 2024

This past Saturday (February 10, 2024), two students from the Bay College/LSSU Regional Center Business Professionals of America (BPA) Student Club qualified for Nationals during the State Competition held at Davenport University in Grand Rapids, MI. The National Competition will take place in Chicago, IL, on May 10 – 14, 2024.

Leading the way was Griffin Johnson, BPA Club President. Johnson earned first place finishes in Contemporary Issues, Ethics & Professionalism, and Prepared Speech.

Tregan Lippens, BPA Club Vice President, took second place finishes in Contemporary Issues and Ethics & Professionalism. Lippens also took third place finishes in Administrative Support Concepts, Digital Communication & Design Concepts, and Management, Marketing & Human Resources Concepts.

“Business Professionals of America (BPA) is a national student organization based on three pillars: community service, leadership/professional development, and developing workplace skills through business competitions. Through these key categories, students can challenge themselves to improve not only as a student, but as a person. Through both the State Leadership Conference and the National Leadership Conference, students put to test their skills that they have learned both in and out of the classroom,” states Griffin Johnson.

If you have questions or would like to help sponsor the Bay College BPA Student Club, please contact Griffin Johnson at e: griffin.johnson_FROM_BAY_COLLEGE | p: (906)-399-3048.

Bay College is the community’s college with a mission of: Student Success, Community Success. Culture of Success. Bay is devoted to each individual’s achievement in the classroom, on-campus, online, in the community and into the workforce by providing certificates and associate degrees,  transfer credits to universities, and workforce training programs which develop skillsets and advance careers. #BayIsTheWay

Officially formed in 1966 as the Office Education Association (OEA), Business Professionals of America (BPA) has a strong history as a student organization that contributes to the preparation of global professionals through the advancement of leadership, citizenship, academic and technological skills for students at the Middle, Secondary and Post-secondary levels.

For the past 50-years, BPA has worked to serve as an innovator in Career and Technical Education, providing its members with opportunities for growth through education, competition, community service and personal development. Learn more about BPA at http://www.bpa.org/