Greater Columbia 2012 SE Regional High School Computer and IT Showcase Competition event was held

Saturday, June 23rd at IT-oLogy in Columbia, SC

High School students from as far away as Atlanta, Charlotte, and Washington, DC along with students from The Greater Columbia BDPA chapter demonstrated their STEM skills at the Greater Columbia 2012 BDPA Southeast Regional High School Computer and IT Showcase Competition.

GCBDPA HSCC team placed 2^nd in the High School Computer competition.

L-R: Instructor-Kelvin Robinson, Anthony Coleman, Nathaniel Abraham, Instructor-Alex Rabinovich, Kevin Rabinovich, not pictured -Tavaris Anderson.

Tyra Foulks of Irmo High School took 1st place in the IT Showcase competition

 LR- Tyra Foulks with National BDPA IT Showcase Chief Judge, Gregory Brown, PMP, MCSE,MCSA

The regional competition is a warm-up for the National HSCC and IT Showcase competition to be held August 1-4, 2012 in Baltimore, MD

BDPA chapters across the country offer website and database design classes to middle and high-school students. In addition to technical subjects, students are also exposed to soft skills training, current technology topics and speakers from various professions. BDPA (Black Data Processing Associates) is an internationally recognized organization of IT professionals whose goals include preparing young people who are interested in becoming the next generation of 'Information Technology Thought Leaders' in academia and corporate America. The regional and national HSCC competitions are part of theBDPA science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) pipeline summarized in its motto, 'From the Classroom to the Boardroom'.