Willowbrook hosts State send-off celebration for members of Business Professionals of America (BPA) Team

Pictured above: Business Professionals of America (BPA) adviser Steve Bridges congratulates (from left) sophomore Shem Rodrigues, junior Alina Iqbal and junior Joseph Buczkiewicz for qualifying to compete in the BPA State Leadership Conference. Below is a list of all the students who qualified to compete.

On Feb. 26, Willowbrook hosted a State send-off celebration for the students listed below, who competed in the Business Professionals of America (BPA) State Leadership Conference.

That event took place from Feb. 26 to 28 in Oak Brook.

The students are:

• Junior Shayan Siddiqi: Device Configuration & Troubleshooting
  
  
• Junior Joseph Buczkiewicz: C# Programming and Python Programming
  
  
• Junior Alina Iqbal: Fundamental Desktop Publishing and Human Resources Management
  
  
• Sophomore Shem Rodrigues: Extemporaneous Speech
  
  
• Senior Mark Rainey: Python Programming
  
  
• Seniors Mark Rainey, Salman Siddiqi and Landon Cook: Computer Animation Team 

According to https://bpa.org, “Business Professionals of America is the nation’s leading CTSO (Career and Technical Student Organization) for students pursuing careers in business management, information technology, finance, accounting, office administration and other business-related career fields. With more than 60,000 members in more than 1,800 chapters throughout 25 states and Puerto Rico, as well as an international presence in China, Canada, Haiti, Peru and South Korea, BPA is an organization that supports business and information technology educators by offering co-curricular exercises based on national standards.”