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The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater campus will be hosting the DECA Southern
Regional’s Competition this coming Friday (November 18).

“I am extremely excited that
Whitewater DECA will be hosting the regional competition this year,” DECA
President Brandon Narveson said. “I think it will be a great experience for our
chapter as well as for our university as a whole.”

Whitewater’s DECA chapter will go up
against a total of five schools from the southern region that will be visiting
and competing on the Whitewater campus. The five schools are UW-Madison,
Madison College, Gateway Technical College –Kenosha,
Waukesha Country Technical College, and Gateway Technical College – Racine. The competition will happen in Hyland Hall and the students
will compete in sales
meeting and marketing management role plays.

Besides competing the students will also get to hear two speakers. Tyler
Sailsbery who’s a University Wisconsin-Whitewater alumnus and is the founder of
nomoredorms.com. The second speaker is Ron Yee the president of M&I Bank.

“We have two fantastic speakers for the
day, Ron Yee who is a Vice President of M&I Bank, and
Tyler Sailsbery who is the founder of NoMoreDorms.com,” Narveson said.
“Their expertise and experience will have great relevance for the students
attending the conference as many of the students are looking to graduate in the
next year or so.”

Ed Grochowski who was the DECA advisor at Gateway Technical College
in Kenosha last year approached Whitewater DECA about hosting the 2011
competition. The Whitewater DECA chapter thought it
would be good if they hosted the Southern Regional competition and they’ve been
planning the competition since last spring.

“I learned the
earlier you start the better,” DECA Vice President of Event Coordination Kyria
Smith said. “You have to be flexible because road bumps are going to occur. But
the competition is super exciting for us as a chapter to be able to host it.
It’s been a lot of work and it’s going to be a really big success for us.”

During the week of April 12, 2011 Whitewater’s Collegiate DECA Chapter attended the International Career Development Conference in Orlando, Florida. Five members attended the event including Brandon Narveson, Alison Mueller, Nathan Lipton, Brian Becker, and Brett Guendel. During the week in Orlando we competed in different types of events that related to real world applications. We also attended talks that were given by professional speakers that helped us to learn more about expanding our networks, and how to better present yourself in a professional setting.

While not everyone received medals in their respective categories, DECA had three members that were awarded medals. Brandon Narveson and Alison Mueller competed in the Business Ethics category and after advancing to the final round of competition, they placed third overall in the nation. Brett Guendel competed in the category of Restaurant and Food Services Management and made it to the final round but ended up finishing outside the top ten in the finals.

This was our chapters second year at the national competition and the first year where we went representing Whitewater. Everyone is looking forward to competing next year.

The UW-Whitewater Collegiate DECA Chapter is preparing for the state competition March 3-5 at the Concourse Hotel in Madison.

Nine members will attend the state competition. Last November, all 11 members that attended the regional competition received at least one medal.

Last year, DECA sent 10 members to the state competition and all ten qualified for the national competition in Louisville, Ky.

Juniors Adam Branaugh and Kyria Smith Placed second overall in the web design category.

Whitewater, WI-October 9, 2010

Students from the University of Wisconsin Whitewater’s DECA organization held a Miracle Minute at the football game between Whitewater and Stout at Perkins Stadium. During the second timeout of the game, members representing DECA traversed the stands trying to raise money to support the Make a Wish Foundation and DECA as an organization.

With the help of a packed crowd of 12,189 we were able to raise over $1,000. Half of the money we raise will go to the Make a Wish Foundation and will be used to fulfill the wish of a person in Walworth County and the other half will go towards advancing our organization. The person that these funds will go to is Megan who is a 16 year old from Whitewater, whose wish is to go to Atlantis in January.

This is the second year in a row that DECA has hosted a Miracle Minute. Last year the funds we raised went to benefit the Muscular Dystrophy Association. Both years have been a great success for the organizations we support and for us. We plan on hosting this event again next year during Family Weekend.

“It was great to see so many people out for the game,” Kyria Smith, our vice president of special events, said. “I really appreciate everyone’s generosity and I can’t wait to share it with the Make a Wish Foundation”.

DECA is an organization of marketing and business students. It is a highly respected and nationally recognized organization. In addition to community service projects, DECA also hosts business speakers and competes in competitive events based on professional skills.