College of Western Idaho (CWI) had a successful 2017 Idaho Business Professionals of America (BPA) Leadership Conference, March 4, earning 40 top-five finishes, topping last year’s total. Twenty-one CWI students received awards, with 20 now qualified to compete at the BPA national competition. CWI students excelled in a number of accounting, business, and information technology competitions. The college took home three awards in Banking and Finance, one in Basic Office Procedures, one in College Accounting, seven in Computer Network Security, one in Computer Network Technology, two in Computer Networking, one in Computer Security, three in Contemporary Issues, one, Desktop Publishing, three in Excel, one in Fundamental Word, two in Intermediate Word, five in Network Administration using Microsoft, three in Payroll, one in PC Servicing and Repair, two in PC Servicing and Troubleshooting, and three in Systems Administration using CISCO.
CWI BPA Award Winners:
Kristin Burbidge
Intermediate Word – Second
Excel – Fourth
Destop Publishing - Second
Kayla Young
College Accounting – First
Excel - Third
Pam Roemer
Payroll – First
Banking and Finance – First
Intermediate Word - First
Micahel Morrison
Payroll – Fifth
Banking and Finance - Third
Laura Bagley
Fundamental Word – Second
Basic Office Procedures - Fifth
Charity Ader
Contemporary Issues - Third
C'line Duff
Contemporary Issues - First
Yvette Bley
Excel - Fifth
Michael Cruz
Contemporary Issues - Second
Evan Lewis
Payroll – Second
Banking and Finance - Second
Tony Velasco
PC servicing and Troubleshooting – Third
Computer Security - Fifth
Travis Clemmens
Computer Networking Security - Third
David Cahoon
Computer Network Security – First
Network Admin using Microsoft – Third
Systems Admin using CISCO - Second
Brian Law
PC servicing and Troubleshooting – Fifth
Network Admin using Microsoft – Fourth
Systems Admin using CISCO - Third
Wade Peterson
Computer Networking – Fourth
Systems Admin using CISCO - First
Gina Marie Skeen
Network Admin using Microsoft – Fifth
Computer Network Security - Fourth