Missouri State University DECA

Happy graduation from MSU DECA🔹Here to spotlight a few of our own members as they walk through this momentous accomplishment!

✨Madelynn Jared✨ Graduating with a BS in Marketing Management with a Food & Beverage Operations Certificate — She plans on pursuing her MBA next year at MSU! 🐻

✨Camila Astuhuaman✨ Graduating with a BS in General Business, minor in Human Resources Management — She plans on following her MBA TA to China! ✌🏼️

✨Isaac Moon✨ Graduating with a Masters of Accountancy with Certificates in Accounting Analytics, Financial Accounting, and Tax Accounting — He plans on moving to DC and working at EY in the Government and Public Sector Advisory!!

Congratulations to all the 2026 graduates & best of luck to you all 🫶🏼

So many new members want to know what DECA is all about.

Let Missouri State Collegiate DECA let you in on all the details… :)

What an incredible 🔹DECA-filled🔹 week it has been!!

Early this week, Missouri State Collegiate DECA was in Louisville, KY, attending the annual International Career Development Conference (ICDC).

Right at the opening session, MSU DECA was already and getting recognized for the Chapter Leadership Passport, highlighting the work our officer team has put in throughout the year. Isaac Moon, Madelynn Jared, Morgan Bruhn, Ava Lin, Lander Thompson, Emily Debonnaire, and Alexis Jared all received recognition for their Individual Passport Award, which showcases the actions taken during the year that build personal and professional skill sets focused on helping members be academically prepared, community-oriented, professionally responsible, and experienced leaders!

Congratulations to for bringing home the Association Leadership Passport award, too!

Our chapter experienced great success, with 7 of our 11 competitors advancing to the final round, 6 individuals placing top 10 in their event(s), and 4 placing top 3! Top placers are as follows:

Morgan Bruhn: FIRST place Travel and Tourism, top case study scorer, top exam scorer.

Alexis Jared: SECOND place Retail Management, top case study scorer, top exam scorer.

Madelynn Jared: TOP 10 Hotel and Lodging, top case study scorer, top exam scorer.

Abi Klover: Hotel and Lodging top exam scorer.

Ava Lin: TOP 10 Retail Management, top case study scorer, top exam scorer.

Isaac Moon: SECOND place Financial Statement Analysis; TOP 10 Financial Accounting, top case study scorer, top exam scorer.

Justin Taylor: FINALIST Marketing Management, top case study scorer.

Lander Thompson: SECOND place Financial Statement Analysis; FINALIST Corporate Finance, top case study scorer, top exam scorer.

Shoutout to our advisor, Jason DeBode, PhD, who never fails to show us support! He has gone to great lengths to help MSU Collegiate DECA get to where we are and continues to do so behind the scenes.

Next year, ICDC will be held in Austin, Texas, and we cannot wait to see what is in store for our members!

Introducing our April member of the month! Amber is just beginning her journey in collegiate DECA and we have loved seeing her grow with our chapter.

ICDC is just around the corner and we are so excited!

DECA has set up camp at Pizza Ranch to raise funds for our members.

Next stop 📍Louisville, KY

March member of the month is our very own, Camila!

Congrats! 🎉

Hey DECA, let’s get ready to give back to our community.

Join us Tuesday, March 10 @5:30PM to clean our campus!

DECA dump!

Last week, DECA celebrated members by handing out superlatives and enjoying Springfield-local DONUTS!

And just when you think we are done, we give you more… Thank you for naming MO State DECA ‘Chapter of the Year’!

Congratulations to for winning ‘Advisor of the Year’. Thank you for everything you do for our chapter and members!

Congrats to for winning ‘Member of the Year’. From all the hard work and dedication as our chapter president, this is truly deserved!

Congratulations to everyone who completed at SCDC! Here is the recap for MO State DECA

The following members placed top three and received DECA Glass:

Financial Statement Analysis (3rd): .trowbridge

Business Ethics (2nd): and

Event Planning (2nd): and

Entrepreneurship (2nd):

Financial Accounting (2nd):

Hotel and Lodging (1st, 2nd, 3rd respectively): , ,

Marketing Management (2nd):

Travel and Tourism (1st):

Nearly 80% of our attendees placed top three! SCDC was a huge success but there is more to come. See you soon, Louisville!