The weekend of January 14, thirty-six Brahmas attended the DECA Southern California District Career Development Conference in Anaheim.
DECA is an international student association which: 1) prepares emerging leaders and entrepreneurs for careers in marketing, finance, hospitality and management in high schools and colleges around the globe and 2) promotes understanding and appreciation of the free enterprise system as well as the responsibilities of citizenship.
By attending this conference, students have the opportunity to compete in a variety of simulated business situations. Many of the competitions reflect the actual business atmosphere. Judges are professionals from the business sector who are able to provide a true representation of the industry. Business professionals from the community evaluate the hundreds of student members competing.
Listed are the winners from the conference:
CHAPTER SOCIAL MEDIA CHALLENGE
1st Place
TALENT SHOW
Kellen Cheung 1st Place
OVERALL INDIVIDUAL SERIES
Brian Chang 1st place, Business Finance
Melody Chang, 2nd Place, Retail Merchandising
Matthew Ho, 3rd Place, Business Finance
Grant Wu, 3rd Place, Accounting Applications
OVERALL PRINCIPLE EVENTS
Tiffany Chang, 1st Place, Principles of Hospitality
Courtney Chan, 2nd place, Principles of Hospitality
OVERALL TEAM EVENTS
Hera Li, Helen Pan, 2nd Place, Travel and Tourism
Erin Lee, Anna Zhang, 3rd place, Business Law and Ethics
ROLE PLAY
Tiffany Chang, 1st place, Principles of Hospitality
Courtney Chan, 1st place, Principles of Hospitality
Vanessa Do, 3rd Place, Restaurant Food Service
Melody Zhao, 3rd place, Accounting Applications
Cicily Deng, 3rd place Business Marketing Services
Exam
Matthew Ho 1st place, Business Finance
Tiffany Chang, 1st place, Principles of Hospitality
Courtney Chan, 1st place, Principles of Hospitality
Vanessa Do, 1st Place, Restaurant Food Service
Ashley S. Chen, 2nd place, Hotel and Lodging Management
Jay Siri, 3rd Place, Principles of Business Administration
Christine Gu, 3rd Place, Food Marketing
FINALISTS
Sabin Park, Jefferson Chang, Hospitality Team Decision
Anne Shen, Tricia Kwon, Business Law and Ethics
Mark Tan, Principles of Business Administration
Jennifer Nie, Principles of Business Administration
Kayla Kim, Iris Lee, Financial Services
Brian Ng, Kenny Ni, Hospitality Team Decision
Melody Zhao, Accounting Applications
Raymond Cheng, Principles of Finance
Kellen Cheung, Principles of Finance