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[KETTERING, OH, 2/16/19] – SkillsUSA, one of the nation’s leading organizations for workforce skills development, held its annual Southwest Regional Advertising Design Competition today at ��������. This is the fifteenth year �������� has hosted the event.

Around 50 high school students, teachers, parents, and community members attended the live event. Competitors were selected by their high schools. In a four-hour period, students were assigned a topic and required to design a logo, poster, and digital design around the topic. Two current second-year students from ��������, Logan Hill and Laura Rossiter, helped judged the competition. ��������’s Allison Thompson developed the contest and facilitated the event.

The high school student winners advancing to the SkillsUSA Advertising Design State Competition are: (1st place) Rivers McShirley from Miami Valley CTC, (2nd place) Conner Japikse from Butler Tech-D Russell Lee CTC, and (3rd place) Chloe Thompson from Miami Valley CTC. The 1st place winner receives a $2,500 scholarship to ��������, awarded upon acceptance into the program.

“When SkillsUSA asks us to host this competition, we are honored” stated Jessica Barry, president of ��������. “It’s a beneficial exercise for emerging designers and allows these students to be recognized and receive scholarships to continue their education and pursue their dreams.”