November 11, 2009 — Marketing students at Northeast Technology Center’s Pryor campus were recently installed as officers for DECA for 2009-2010. DECA is an international organization of high school and college students studying marketing, management, and entrepreneurship in business, finance, hospitality, and marketing sales and service.
DECA was founded over 60 years ago, and is organized around the goal of improving the education and career opportunities for students interested in careers in marketing, management, and entrepreneurship. The organization has over 185,000 members in the United States and around the world.
The following officers were recently installed and sworn in for the NTC Pryor Campus’s DECA Chapter. This year’s President is Tosha Remington, a senior from Foyil. The Vice President is Kay Shirley, an adult student from Arnold, MO. The chapter Secretary is Jessica Strickland, and the Treasurer is Blake Virden, an adult student from Claremore.
The chapter Reporter duties will be shared by Rose Jennings, an adult student from Spavinaw, and Carol Norton, a Pryor adult student. The duties of Historian will be filled by Kylea Pruett and Kayle Delk. The Chaplain for the chapter will be Stephanie Keeling, a senior from Salina.
In addition to the installation of officers, new members were also sworn in and recited the DECA creed. Those members are Michael Cooper, Cleva Davis, Tarah Davis, Heidi Espinoza, Patsy Galcatcher, Keaton Hannah, Aimee Jackson, Tate Larry, Kiley Perry, Amos Pikington, Peter Richards, Shawn Rowan, Michael Schrembs, Devon Smith, Harry Tinsley, and LeeAnn Wright.
The NTC Pryor chapter participates in numerous service projects throughout the year. Over the past month, they have been selling suckers and donating the proceeds to the Susan G. Komen Foundation for a Cure, to fund research toward finding the cure for breast cancer.
