Press Release #4 - Draft

For Immediate Release

Feb. 25, 2008

JP Parrish
State President
Utah Delta Epsilon Chi
JP-DEX@hotmail.com

Utah State Students Earn First at State

SALT LAKE CITY – College and university business students from across the state of Utah, apply their education in role play situations at the Utah Delta Epsilon Chi State Career Development Conference (State CDC). Three Utah State University Students placed in 1st in different events. Brennan Lindsay and JP Parrish took 1st in Business Law. Julia Roberts placed first in Restaurant and Food Services. The conference was held Thursday through Saturday, Feb. 21-23, 2008, at Salt Lake Community College Redwood Campus. Each year the State CDC is held at a different college or university campus.

The International Career Development Conference (ICDC) will be held in Atlanta, Georgia. In past years it has been at such locations as Anaheim, Orlando, Dallas, and even in Salt Lake City. This year’s ICDC will be held April 12-15, 2008. Thousands of students from across the country will compete for international recognition.

Delta Epsilon Chi offers student leadership opportunities. Each chapter at the school level has leadership opportunities.

Students Competed in events such as Hospitality to Advertising Campaign. There are 18 events in total. The Judge in each of these events takes the role of a professional while the student presents a solution to a case they have been given or prepared before hand. Some events are accompanied by 100 question competency tests while others take months of preparation. Entrepreneurship event participants present a business plan to the judge as if they were asking for financial support. Each event provides students an innovative and unique way to gain real world business experience. Many business recognize this value and make it a point to hire these excellently prepared students.

Delta Epsilon Chi is the college division of DECA Inc. More than 14,000 students from 230 college campuses participate in the organization. The institutions include community colleges, technical colleges, four–year colleges and universities.

Delta Epsilon Chi enhances the student's college experience by providing recognition and leadership activities directly related to academic study. Delta Epsilon Chi focuses on developing leaders in marketing, management, and enterprenurship.

For more information on Utah’s Delta Epsilon Chi, contact the state advisor, Curtis Youngman at Curtis.Youngman@slcc.edu or JP Parrish, 2007-2008 state president at JP-DEX@hotmail.com or visit the Delta Epsilon Chi website.

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