Today 170,000 marketing students, 4,500 marketing teachers, and 14,000 postsecondary Delta Epsilon Chi members enjoy the benefits of membership in DECA, the association for students and teachers of marketing, management and entrepreneurship:
- DECA's co-curricular Competitive Events Program with more than $40,000 in cash awards annually to international competitive event winners
- Scholarships in excess of $250,000 annually for students and teachers
- Leadership training
- Conferences for networking, building skills and competing
- Classroom support of materials and ideas
- Co-op job placements for real-world learning
- Corporate support and partnerships with the more than 60 national businesses and educational institutions on DECA's National Advisory Board
- Spirit and curriculum products from DECA IMAGES
For over 55 years DECA, the association of marketing students, has been leading talented young people toward real careers and lifetime skills. Our Competitive Events Program amplifies what you learn in the classroom and even includes the Virtual Business Challenge - a business management simulation - and the 7 UP Challenge Web design event.
Are you interested in sports and entertainment marketing, in the travel or hospitality business, in fashion, in a retail career, in advertising, in the restaurant trade? Activities and skills in these and any other marketing specialty are available to you in DECA. And along the way you'll make friendships that will last forever. To learn more, go to http://www.deca.org .
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