Emerging Leader Honor Award Nominations Due

To qualify for the DECA Emerging Leader Honor Award a student must:

• Be a current DECA member
• Be a senior
• Have an overall cumulative grade point average of 3.2 for the previous seven semesters (with a 4.0 being equal to an “A”)
• Complete at least one course in one of the following areas: marketing, business management and administration, entrepreneurship, finance, or hospitality and tourism
• Participate in at least three of the areas listed under Community Oriented, Professionally Responsible and Experienced Leader

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Students must participate in at least three of the areas listed under each category below:

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Community Orientated

• Participate in a community/school project.
• Participate in a social activity for a civic or community service organization.
• Participate in a community/school business activity.
• Participate in developing a display, parade float, or exhibit for a community/school activity.
• Other (please provide a detailed description).

Experienced Leader

• Hold a DECA office.
• Attend a DECA officer training conference.
• Participate in an association, regional or international DECA leadership conference.
• Hold an office in another school, church, or community organization.
• Promote DECA at a government, business, fraternal, school or community meeting.
• Serve as a project leader for a DECA project.
• Other (please provide a detailed description).

Professionally Responsible

• Participate in a district, association or international DECA conference.
• Participate in a DECA career exploration activity.
• Participate in a DECA membership recruitment activity.
• Participate in a DECA public relations activity: prepare articles(s), make presentation(s) or prepare display(s).
• Be an active member of the local DECA chapter.
• Participate in a DECA chapter organization activity: develop a program of work.
• Participate in DECA competitive events: individual, team, written or chapter.
• Participate in a school-based enterprise.