Metro Tech sends this information as posted below:
OKLAHOMA CITY – Metro Tech students showcased their skills at the Oklahoma State Business Professionals of America (BPA) Leadership Conference in Tulsa, placing in the top 10 in various competitive events. Students who secured first place will advance to the National BPA Leadership Conference in Orlando, Florida, this May.
Secondary (S) and post-secondary (PS) students who competed represent Metro Tech’s Cybersecurity, Multimedia Journalism, Accounting, Legal Office, and Medical Office programs.
Placing first and advancing to the national competition were Legal Office student Sharita Searcy in Legal Office Procedures (PS) and Medical Office student Nneka Ekpek in Health AdministrationProcedures (PS).
Other students placing in the top ten included:
2nd Place:
- Nneka Ekpek – Medical Coding (PS)
3rd Place:
- Rosa Linares, Medical Office – Health Administration Procedures (PS)
- Lawrence Brown, Cybersecurity – SQL Database Fundamentals (PS)
Top Five:
- Sharita Searcy – Ethics & Professionalism (PS)
- Emily Lavarn, Aileen Rangel, and Jocelynn Zambrano, Multimedia Journalism – Broadcast News Production Team (S)
Top Seven
- Emily Lavarn, Multimedia Journalism – Ok Digital Photography (PS)
Top Eight:
- Serena Reed, Medical Office – Health Administration Concepts – (PS)
- Nneka Ekpek, Medical Office – Health Administration Concepts – Open (PS)
- Alicia Torres, Medical Office – Health Administration Concepts – Open (PS)
- Carrie Caesar, Medical Office – Health Administration Procedures (PS)
- Abagail Radford, Accounting – Interview Skills (S)
About Metro Tech
As one of Oklahoma’s largest and most diverse career technology centers, Metro Tech operates across four campuses, offering full-time and short-term programs and customized business solutions tailored to workforce needs. Campuses are located at the Will Rogers World Airport and in the south, northeast, and downtown areas of Oklahoma City. For more information, visit metrotech.edu
Metro Tech is part of the Oklahoma CareerTech system, which offers programs and services in 29 technology center districts and operates on 59 campuses across the state. CareerTech plays a vital role in developing a world-class workforce for Oklahoma employers and prepares Oklahomans to succeed in the workplace, in education and in life.
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