AWARDS

Each year Indiana DECA honors three outstanding adult individuals at the State DECA Career Development Conference. This is your opportunity to show appreciation to those persons who have given of their time and energies to provide the “something extra” that makes Indiana DECA and Marketing Education the valuable learning experience that it is today. Previous winners can be found in the SCDC program. Following is a brief description of each award and the appropriate applications are on the following pages.

 

Richard davenport Outstanding Alumni Award

Purpose: To encourage the highest degree of individual alumni achievement in a marketing career, service to community, social recognition and outstanding leadership, while displaying to society the value of DECA and marketing programs.

Guidelines:

  • Must be a graduate of an approved DECA chapter in Indiana (high school or postsecondary).

  • The Indiana Chartered Association Advisor must receive the nomination 30 days prior to SCDC.

  • Alumni should have graduated at least four years prior to nomination and be employed in a marketing or related field.

  • Individuals may not win the award more than once in a l0-year period, but may be renominated at any time if the award has not been won previously.

Click here for the Award Application.

 

Outstanding DECA Advisor Award

Purpose: To encourage and honor DECA Advisors for leadership and service in promoting and participating in DECA activities at the local, district, state, and national levels.

Guidelines:

  • The Indiana Chartered Association Advisor must receive the nomination 30 days prior to SCDC.

  • The advisor should have been a DECA Advisor for at least five (5) years.

  • The advisor should be active in appropriate professional organizations and district, state, and national DECA conferences and activities.

Click here for the Award Application.

 

Outstanding Business Person Award

Purpose: To encourage and honor the leaders of the business community that provide the all-important link between marketing education, DECA and the business world.

Guidelines:

  • The Indiana Chartered Association Advisor must receive the nomination 30 days prior to SCDC.

  • Nominees should have provided such services as training sponsors, serving on state and local advisory committees, classroom resource speakers and judges on the local, district, state and national levels.

  • Nominees should have been involved in these various activities for at least three (3) years.

Click here for the Award Application.

 

PRESENTATION OF THEse AWARDS WILL BE MADE AT THE SCDC RECOGNITION AWARDS SESSION