Highland Community College Students Attend BPA Conference

Students from Highland Community College Technical Center (HCCTC) Business Professionals of America (BPA) chapter were among the nearly 7,000 attendees representing nearly 800 school chapters who attended the 2025 BPA National Leadership Conference in Orlando, Florida, May 7-11.

While in Orlando, students vied for top honors in BPA’s Workplace Skill Assessment Program
competitions, which cover the areas of business administration, digital communication and
design, finance, health administration, information technology, management, marketing and
communication. Conference participants also attended leadership development workshops,
received awards for community service activities and elected BPA’s 2025–2026 national student leadership team.

The members from the HCCTC’s BPA chapter who attended the National Leadership
Conference were Highland Community College Technical Center’s instructor Carrie Miller,
students Kaydeece Fultz (Effingham), Adeline McManus (Effingham), Emma Rameriz
(Atchison), Aiden Rathert (Troy), Teagan Sharp (Powhattan), Dane Spillman (Atchison), Charles Tilton (Atchison) and Isaiah Woolston (Atchison). Fultz, Spillman, Tilton and Woolston participated in the Administrative Support Team and placed second. Fultz placed fourth in Fundamental Desktop Publishing and fifth in Fundamental Word Processing. McManus received first in Health Administration Procedures and second in Health Insurance Medical Billing. Rathert placed eighth in Contemporary Issues and seventh in Health Administration Procedures. Spillman received fourth in Fundamental Word Processing. Tilton placed eighth in Banking and Finance. Woolston placed second in Fundamental Word Processing, seventh in Entrepreneurship and seventh in Project Management. Rameriz and Sharp received an award for completing the six workshops for the BPA Leadership Passport, sponsored
by BPA.