STATE LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE
The Missouri HOSA 2024 State Leadership Conference Qualifier included 1754 participants from 87 Local Chapters! The onsite conference dates were scheduled from March 25-26, 2024, and included 962 participants from 78 local chapters.
During this State Leadership Conference, a total of 65 competitive events took place on the middle school, high school/secondary, and postsecondary/collegiate level. The top three medalists in each of the competitive events and all qualifiers in five recognition events now have an opportunity to attend the upcoming HOSA International Leadership Conference held on June 26-29, 2024 in Houston, Texas.
Thanks to our thirty (30) sponsors, Missouri HOSA is able to offer fifteen (15) $500.00 ILC Scholarships to fund their registration at the HOSA 2024 International Leadership Conference (ILC) totaling $7,500.00!
Those sponsors included:
SILVER: American Allied Health, Associations of Public Health Laboratories, Cleveland University, Community Blood Center of Greater Kansas City, Community Blood Center of the Ozarks, Missouri Academy of Family Physicians, Missouri Occupational Therapy Association, National Healthcareer Association, NMDP (formerly Be The Match), Saint Louis University – Doisy College of Health Sciences, State Fair Community College, UMKC Schools of Nursing and Health Studies & Medicine, University of Missouri – College of Health Sciences, University of Missouri – Kansas City, St. Charles Community College, University of Missouri – St. Louis, Depco Enterprises, LLC, Missouri Society for Respiratory Care, William Jewell College
GOLD: East Central College, Graceland University, MHA – MO Health Careers, Mid-America Transplant, Missouri Primary Care Association, Phelps Health, University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy in St. Louis, BJC Healthcare
PLATINUM: Central Methodist University, U.S. Army National Guard
PRESIDENTIAL: U.S Army ROTC
This year’s state theme, “Dare to Create” guided the focus of the State Leadership Conference around professional opportunities through Educational Symposiums and the HOSA Zone Exhibition, which included a variety of presentations and vendors. Keynote speaker, Dave Davlin shared his message of the three essential ingredients for developing a purpose-driven mentality to achieve a fulfilling career and balanced life.
Onsite, student members contributed in a Statewide Service Project by creating tie-blankets to donate to Project Linus. As a result of their efforts, more than 65 blankets were donated. Approximately 39 teams were registered and competed in the first Missouri HOSA Anatomage Tournament. The winning team was from Smith-Cotton High School! Missouri HOSA’s second Trivia Night was focused on questions related to health care topics as well as general trivia, and student members had the opportunity to compete in one of fourteen National Geographic Learning Academic Testing Center exams to earn additional statewide recognition onsite.
Among several recognitions, Ninfa Matiase from Collegiate School of Medicine and Bioscience was named Local Chapter Advisor of the Year; and, Logann Cardin from Rolla Technical Center, received the Educator Excellence Award.
As the 2023-2024 State Officer Team said their farewell, the 2024-2025 State Officer Team was also elected at the State Leadership Conference. Meet the new State Officer Team! The Missouri HOSA 2024-2025 State Officer Team was announced at the Awards Session.
From left to right: Wyatt McDonald from Rolla Technical Center, Kaycee Combs from Lex La-Ray Technical Center, Neer Patel from Blue Springs South High School, Amisha Poojari from Mary Institute and Country Day School, Obiamaka Obiesie from Staley High School, Abhinav Katyal from Mary Institute and Country Day School