Mid-State receives Friend of Wisconsin DECA Award
Metro Wire Staff
Mid-State Technical College has received the Friend of Wisconsin DECA award.
DECA, formerly Distributive Education Clubs of America, is a 501 not-for-profit career and technical student organization with more than 177,000 members across the globe.
The award stems from Mid-State’s role as host for the District 2 DECA District Competition, which brings over 400 local high school students to the Wisconsin Rapids campus each January. This year marked the 20th district competition that Mid-State has hosted.
Mid-State was nominated for this award by Eric Siler, a career and technical education coordinator for the Wisconsin Rapids school district, and the DECA District 2 co-chair.
“For the last 20 years, Mid-State’s leadership and staff have not only provided us their state-of-the-art facility but have also been instrumental in all phases of our District 2 Career Development Conference from the planning, organizing, implementation and evaluation,” he said in a press release statement.
The award was presented at an annual DECA conference on Feb. 28 in Lake Geneva.
Missy Skurzewski-Servant, Mid-State dean of Business & Information Technology, participated in the Wisconsin State DECA Career Development Conference as a student competition judge and accepted the Friend of Wisconsin DECA Award on Mid-State’s behalf.
DECA Inc. is an international association of high school and college students and teachers of business-related fields. The organization prepares emerging leaders and entrepreneurs for careers in marketing, finance, hospitality and management. DECA also has connections with Business Professionals of America (BPA), for which Mid-State has as an established student club.
This award recognizes DECA partners that are dedicated to student development and providing opportunities for high school students.
Learn about Mid-State’s many technical diploma and associate degree programs in business, marketing, finance, hospitality and more at mstc.edu/programs.
