MILWAUKEE, WI—BDPA Milwaukee (BDPA MKE) celebrated their High School Coding Competition (HSCC) team and local finalists for 2024. Top HSCC coding students from Milwaukee head to Atlanta, GA for national HSCC competition rounds during BDPACON24. Local BDPA HSCC programs are hosted at the Milwaukee School of Engineering STEM Center (MSOE) on Saturday mornings with a dedicated team of instructors from around the community.

HSCC 2024 National Student Finalists from BDPA Milwaukee

BDPA’s National High School Coding Competition (HSCC), was founded in 1986 by Dr. Jesse Bemley, of Washington, D.C. What started as a two-team event between Washington, D.C. (BDPA-DC) and Atlanta, GA (BDPA Atlanta) has grown to over 20 teams of various high school students from particpating BDPA chapters throughout the nation.

The Student Information Technology Education and Scholarship (SITES) program falls under the Association’s STEM+ pillar. This program was created to expose our youth to the concepts of computers and give them the expertise to develop web applications. Throughout the year, local chapters conduct SITES training programs for the youth in their communities. HSCC is one of four (4) programs conducted annually under the Association’s SITES portfolio.

BDPA MKE HSCC Instructors

HSCC engagements are designed to introduce our youth to the fields of Computer Science, Data Science, and Information Technology, while encouraging them to seek higher levels of education grooming many of them to become our next generation of IT professionals.

HSCC Instructors and Students

Founded in 1975 as “Black Data Processing Associates“, BDPA is an international organization with a diverse membership of professionals and students at all levels in the fields of information technology, computer science and related S.T.E.M fields. BDPA Members are actively engaged in serving the community through outreach and charting the future of the IT industry.

BDPA Milwaukee’s Chapter Board members, follow:

• President                                                Rosemary Smith
• Executive Vice President                        Lynette McNeely
• VP Treasurer                                           Melodi Warren Andersen
• Chapter Secretary                                  Sequona Hastings
• VP Membership Services                        Albert Thomas
• VP Professional Development                Katherine Ellis-Crowder
• VP Internal Operations                           Nia Long
• VP Management Support Services         Fred Reed

The Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE) is a private, non-profit university offering bachelor’s and master’s degrees in engineering, business, and nursing. As a BDPA-MKE mission-partner, MSOE fosters a welcoming and inclusive environment where diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging (DEIB) are central to all campus initiatives. MSOE is dedicated to promoting an academic environment marked by an unwavering respect for every individual. These efforts are paramount to their mission to be an inclusive community of experiential learners driven to solve the complex challenges of today and tomorrow.

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