BPA wins big at nationals, scholarships awarded, and more!

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Success at Business Professionals of America National Conference

Our Crooms AoIT Business Professionals of America team saw success at the National Conference in May. Some highlights include:

Mark B. placed 2nd in Digital Communications & Design Concepts
Mark B. placed in the top 10 in Digital Marketing Concepts
Ryan G. placed in the top 10 in Fundamental Spreadsheet Applications
Kyle B., Mark B., and Jessica A. placed in the top 10 in Web Design Team
Kyle B. and Alex Q. each received a BPA scholarship
Kyle B. won a BPA ambassador award
Kyle B. was elected as the BPA National Historian

Congratulations to our Crooms AoIT BPA team on all their success this year!

2019 Awards Night

Crooms AoIT Alumni Association announces winners of two scholarships

The Crooms AoIT Alumni Association is proud to announce the winners of its two scholarships for the Class of 2019. The Crooms AoIT Alumni Association Tech Innovation Scholarship worth $750 is being awarded to Alex Q. The Crooms AoIT Alumni Association/Crooms AoIT Business Advisory Council Community Scholarship worth $750 is being awarded to Shiloh F.
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Crooms AoIT Named NAF Distinguished Academy

For the 9th consecutive year, Crooms AOIT has been recognized as a Distinguished Academy, the National Academy Foundation's highest honor.
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Congratulations to Crooms AoIT and the broader Crooms AoIT community for this great achievement.

Crooms AoIT 2019 BPA Team

Alumni Association Provides $500 Grant to BPA Club for National Competition

The Alumni Association provided a $500 grant to the Business Professionals of America club. The grant helped support the club's travel costs for national competition in May. This year's national competition was in Anaheim, California. At a cost of $1,200/student, it will cost over $25,000 this year to send the qualifying BPA team to national competition.
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You're invited to the Crooms AoIT 2019 Annual Planning Meeting

It's time for an annual planning meeting / strategy meeting. Join us virtually on June 8th at 11am with an audio conferencing link:

https://zoom.us/j/203883132

Or join by phone:

+1 646 568 7788 (US Toll) or +1 415 762 9988 (US Toll)
Meeting ID:203883132

Tell us, Croomies: "Where are they now?"

Let us know how you are doing since graduating. Crooms AoIT is restarting the "Where are they now?" project. The project is looking to highlight the career successes of alumni as a way to promote academic success for current Croomies. A bulletin board or electronic display could be created to highlight where all of our alumni are and what they are doing, and respoonses could even support future Crooms AoIT marketing material. Participate now by taking 3 minutes or less to fill out the Where are they now? Google Form.