Stout preparing to host, seeking judges for DECA District competition on Jan 6

Dec. 26—MENOMONIE — The University of Wisconsin-Stout will host their DECA District I Career Development Conference, which has been hosted at the university annually for the past 52 years. The event will be hosted on Saturday, Jan. 6 in the Jarvis Hall Science Wing.

DECA, or Distributive Education Clubs of America, is a youth organization that involves high school students from a number of different areas and gives them experiences in the world of business.

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