The KWU聽DECA聽team is sitting on top of the world. Again.
More than half of the team are world champions in their categories and all of the KWU competitors earned top-10 results at the Collegiate聽DECA聽International Career Development Conference in Austin, Texas, April 20-23.
Undergraduate and MBA students from KWU competed with more than 100 universities and colleges, from Division 1 to junior colleges. Guthrie Burch and Kyla Ohlson claimed the world championship in Event Planning, while Oriana Botz and Abigail Palmer did so in Marketing Communications. Courtney Beers and Heidi Jones were the final duo to win a world title, as they accomplished the feat in Business Research.
鈥淜WU聽DECA聽continues to get better each year,鈥� said聽DECA聽Coach Dr. Trish Petak. 鈥淭he team continues to not only impress me, but also Collegiate聽DECA聽members and coaches at the conference, as we are one of the most recognizable teams there.鈥�
Burch, meanwhile, is closing out her聽DECA聽career with honors. With three top-three international results and four top-three state finishes, she is the most-decorated聽DECA聽competitor at 黑料网 Wesleyan. She is also the only one to have brought home a podium finish in two events at the international meet this year.
鈥淒ECA聽taught me so much about who I am and my abilities and gave me so much confidence to speak up,鈥� Burch said.
Burch鈥檚 major is Marketing Communications.
DECA聽is an organized business competition that provides students with problems and requires them to present solutions. Some disciplines require a report written beforehand, while others involve an exam taken prior to the competition. All involve presentations with varying amounts of time to prepare, some as little as 30 minutes.
A full capsule of KWU鈥檚 results appears below.
Individual Events
Top-10, Tru Haesemeyer 鈥� Restaurant and Food Service Management
Team Events
First Place, Guthrie Burch and Kyla Ohlson 鈥� Event Planning
First Place, Oriana Botz and Abigail Palmer 鈥� Marketing Communications
Third Place, Courtney Auld and Caleigh Evans 鈥� Entertainment Marketing
Top-10, Clay Gagnon and Isaac Stanton 鈥� Business-to-Business Marketing
Top-10, Courtney Beers and Heidi Jones 鈥� International Marketing
Prepared Events
First Place, Courtney Beers and Heidi Jones 鈥� Business Research
Third Place, Guthrie Burch and Tru Haesemeyer 鈥� Advertising Campaign
To learn more about Collegiate DECA, visit .
Release by Jean Kozubowski.聽
