Niles BPA students, from left to right, are: Madison Martin, Erica Haimbaugh, Emma Doud, Meghan Koglin, Jerrid Burdue, Sarah Lighthart, Gavin Croom, and Abby Middleton. Missing from the picture is Emileigh Middleton and Serenity Wagner. Submitted photo

Several Niles students have qualified for the Business Professionals of America’s State Leadership Conference March 21-24 at the Amway Grand in Grand Rapids.

At this conference, students will be participating in business-related events and competing for the top spots.

Niles students going to state are: Madison Martin, Fundamental Accounting and Economic Research Project-Individual; Sarah Lighthart, Legal Office Procedures and Advanced Interview Skills; Emma Doud, Entrepreneurship and Legal Office Procedures; Erica Haimbaugh, Administrative Support Research Project-Individual and Extemporaneous Speech; Emileigh Middleton, Administrative Support Research Project-Individual; Abby Middleton, Economic Research Project-Individual; Gavin Croom, Desktop Publishing; Jerrid Burdue, Banking and Finance; Serenity Wagner, Entrepreneurship; and Jessica Planck, Advanced Accounting. Also qualifying, but unable to attend the conference, was Meghan Koglin, Prepared Speech and Basic Office Systems and Procedures.