Members of the Truman DECA chapter of Pennsylvania DECA joined 3,000 high school business, finance, hospitality and marketing students at the annual association career development conference held February 19-21, 2025, at the Hershey Lodge in Pennsylvania.
The following students received recognition of individual ability and achievement at the association level:
Ash Dorceus - 1st Place – Marketing Communication Series
Dorceus will advance to international level competition at the DECA International Career Development Conference that will be held April 26-29, 2025, in Orlando, FL.
As an integral part of the classroom curriculum, DECA’s industry-validated competitive events are aligned with the National Curriculum Standards in the career clusters of marketing, business management and administration, finance, and hospitality and tourism. DECA’s competitive events directly contribute to every student being college and career-ready when they graduate from high school. More than 100 business professionals evaluated the members’ performance in the format of role-plays, case studies and prepared presentations.
“We are so proud of all of our students for their hard work and dedication during the 3-day conference,” said Dominic Mergard, Truman DECA Advisor.
About DECA Inc.
DECA is a career and technical student organization that prepares emerging leaders and entrepreneurs with a career interest in marketing, finance, hospitality, and management. DECA enhances the preparation for college and careers by providing co-curricular programs that integrate into classroom instruction, apply learning, connect to business and promote competition. DECA student members leverage their DECA experience to become academically prepared, community oriented, professionally responsible, experienced leaders. DECA is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit with over 287,000 members in more than 4,000 high school and college chapters in the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and Germany.
For more information about DECA, visit www.deca.org.