Show TWO UTAH TECHNICAL STUDENTS WIN NATIONAL DECA COMPETITION Two Utah Technical College students placed nationally in DECA Education Clubs of America competition held in Las Vagas last week bringing home one first place and one second place trophy Five students from Utah placed in the national competition winning a third place for the state According to DECA adviser Curtis this is the best that Utah has made in the national competition Two students from Provo and one from Weber State placed in the final competition A business management student Rose Marie Harrison took first place in the Apparel- Apparel Accessories contest and Mark a business management student placed second in the Sales Representative Contest The team of Dennis Valerio Valeric and Greg Mori placed in the top 12 in inthe inthe inthe the advertising campaign contest In accumulating the points necessary to win her first place trophy Harrison won a first place award in selling and received honorable mention in both mer mer- math and cation who placed in the national competition last year demonstrated an American machine gun which was made specifically for the sales demonstration demonstration demonstration demon demon- by American Research and Development Seven students from competed in the contests as well as attending job fairs seminars workshops and exhibits The national competition is the capstone capstone capstone cap cap- stone of the whole year according to In some cases student winners are offered jobs based on their skill in competition About 30 students have been preparing for the competition since the beginning of the school year under the direction of co- co advisers and Boyd Warnick In order to compete nationally students had to win in the state competition held in St. St George says the purpose of DECA is to correlate the material learned in the classroom and apply those skills to management and marketing situations |