KTTC Rochester, 9/9/2013 (Herchran Singh, BDPA Southern Minnesota)

BDPA Southern Minnesota Award Scholarships. Students were recognized at the Black Data Processing Associates Southern Minnesota Chapter awards ceremony at Rochester's International Event Center on Sunday. BDPA is a non-profit organization of professionals working or interested in the IT industry. This year's High School Computer Science Competition team took home first place at the national technology conference in Washington DC last month. Team members were awarded scholarships at the ceremony.

2013 National BDPA HSCC Champions (L-R: Isaac Gullickson,
Preethiya Sekar, Prabhjot Singh, Herchran Singh and Daniel Sheppard)

"I joined because I wanted to learn about computers," said Herchran Singh, BDPA Scholarship Recipient. "Having the award is just a bonus, the knowledge is the real award. The scholarships that come along are just wonderful because they're so helpful. We do need them."

According to members, BDPA Southern Minnesota works nationally to foster relationships with leading companies in the IT industry.

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KTTC Rochester, 8/2/2010 (James Arama, Yaa Kwansa)

BDPA Takes First.





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KTTC Rochester, 12/2/2009 (Betty Hutchins)

Mayor's Medal of Honor Recipients. Betty Hutchins established alliances with interested institutions and individuals within Rochester, including The Mayo Clinic and IBM. She established the framework for BDPA Southern Minnesota Youth Computer Training Program's success. She came to Rochester ten years ago to join the Mayo Clinic, and brought with her experience with the Black Data Processing Associates (BDPA), which she co-founded in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

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KTTC Rochester, 8/10/08 (Zack Garbow)

BDPA National Competition. A few other local high school students have reason to brag this afternoon.Five students from the Black Data Processing Associates traveled to Atlanta, Georgia this past week for the National BDPA High School Computer Competition. The group returned to Rochester today...

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