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Student takes second at international business competition businesses faced with a variety of problems, plus write an essay. He received medals for each written piece and moved up to the final round where he took second place overall. To qualify for the international competition, Zheng earned second place at the Ontario DECA provincials. Oakville's Gamal Assaad, an Iroquois Ridge High School student, was a finalist at the Business Finance series with Zheng. Other local competitors at the conference were Abbey Park's Daim Sardar and Adnan Khan (Marketing Communications Team Decision Making), and White Oaks Secondary School's Andres Segovia (Hospitality and · More Fun! · Exercise! · Self Confidence! · Meet People! · Grace & Poise! 11 · Wednesday, May 23, 2012 OAKVILLE BEAVER · www.insideHALTON.com Tourism Operations Research). DECA stands for Developing Excellence Celebrating Achievement. It aims to be a leading, innovating extra-curricular program for secondary school students by creating professional partnerships and experiential learning opportunities. The conference included delegations from various countries, as well as business competitions and workshops. Competitors also had time to explore the city, getting to see such sights as the Olympic Park from the 2002 Games and nearby Park City, which hosted many of the ski and snowboard competitions at the Winter Games. nikki wesley / oakville beaver / @halton_photog hardware: Tom Zheng is pictured with the DECA awards recently picked up in Utah. By Dominik Kurek OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF Grade 12 Abbey Park High School student Tom Zheng is getting a strong start on his future career plans. The 17-year-old recently won second place in the Business Finance category at the DECA International Career Development Conference in Salt Lake City, Utah. He plans to attend the University of Western Ontario for financial economics next year with the goal of doing a dual degree in economics and honours of business administration. He's also in the business specialist high skills major program at Abbey Park, which funded the trip to the conference. "I feel proud of this," he said. "It's definitely the greatest accomplishment of my life so far. It just really proves hard work really does pay off because I've done tons of preparation beforehand and when I was in Salt Lake City, my average sleep time was five hours every night because I was putting in tons of work for this trophy." At the international competition, participants in the Business Finance category were asked to write case studies based on fictional 10 LESSONS for SPECIAL OFFER $ By yourself or with a partner. New Students Over 21 Only. 20 * 225 Lakeshore Rd. E. (2nd Floor) between Dunn St. and George St. OAKVILLE 1092 Main Street W. near Cline Ave. HAMILTON www.fredastaire.ca 905 815-3237 905 522-3237 EIN STEIN'S BEST SPRING INTO SUMMER WITH May 25 thru June 3rd Only Wine & Beer SUPER SALE Buy One Batch at regular price & get the second for Prepared by you on site. A trusted name in Over 100 varieties of WINE, Fruit Wine & Oakville since 1992 Wine Coolers to choose from. CLIP & SAVE $$ EIN STEIN 3rd Line 4th Line Dorval North Service Rd. 481 Q.E.W. 481 NORTH SERVICE ROAD W. (between 4th Line and Dorval) 905-825-2337 HOURS: TUESDAY-FRIDAY 12-8, SATURDAY 9-5, SUNDAY 11-3, CLOSED MONDAY 100% SATISFACTION GUARANTEED 481 North Service Rd W. 905-825-BEER 2337 Offer valid May 25-June 3, 2012. Limit 4 batches per customer. Cannot be combined with any other offer. Some restrictions apply. Ein St tei in Wine & Be eer House e 1 / 2 PRICE