Halmos College HOSA Organization Recognized at State Leadership Conference

Brandon Valerio, Vidhi Raval, Alice Tran, Hailey Pollman, Wilford Miranda, Alexa Albanese, Cherrise Diaz, Rahul Gorjavalu, Hailey Jaramillo, Daniela Pinzon, Jeena Zacharia, Saajan Patel, Kriya Shah, Priya Rajesh, Vivian Dang, Laura Acosta, Nadia Miah, Jessica Hallett, Sobia Khan

In late March, Halmos College Health Occupations Students of America (HOSA) traveled to Orlando, FL to attend the HOSA State Leadership Conference. There the Halmos College’s HOSA was recognized for contributions to HOSA’s National Service Project with the Cancer Foundation. NSU’s HOSA was also listed as the largest post-secondary chapter in Florida for the second year in a row.

This three-day conference allows students to participate in the Competitive Events Program. This program is designed to motivate HOSA members and provide a system for recognizing the competencies developed by members through Health Science and Biomedical Science class instruction, related job training, and HOSA related activities. While there, Halmos College’s HOSA students had 10 first-place winners, 3 second-place winners, 3 third-place winners, 2 fourth-place winners, and 1 fifth-place winner. With 19 winners, this is the greatest number of prizes the NSU HOSA chapter has ever received. Students placing in the top three of each category automatically move to the International Leadership Conference which will be held June in Orlando, FL.

NSU’s HOSA took pride in winning and placing in many of the conference’s competitions. Below are the list of NSU student winners. Congratulations!

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1st Place Winners and their topics:

  • Clinical Specialty: Taalia Azharuddin*
  • CPR/First Aid: Cherrise Diaz & Rahul Gorjavalu *
  • Dental Terminology: Brandon Valerio
  • Extemporaneous Writing: Daniela Pinzon
  • HOSA Bowl: Jeena Zacharia, Hailey Jaramillo, Osman Azharuddin *
  • Prepared Speaking: Wilford Miranda *
  • Researched Persuasive Speaking and Writing: Alexa Albanese

2nd Place winners and their topics:

  • CPR/First Aid: Hailey Pollman & Alice Tran
  • Extemporaneous Health Poster: Sobia Khan

3rd Place winners and their topics:

  • Health Education: Priya Rajesh*, Saajan Patel* , Kriya Shah

4th Place winners and their topics:

  • Medical Terminology: Jessica Hallett *
  • Prepared Speaking: Vivian Dang *

5th Place:

  • Medical Reading: Vidhi Raval *

HOSA is an international student organization recognized by the U.S. Department of Education and the Health Science Education (HSE) Division of ACTE (Association for Career and Technical Education). HOSA’s two-fold mission is to promote career opportunities in the health care industry and to enhance the delivery of quality health care to all people. Halmos College HOSA Organization’s advisor is Biological Sciences faculty member Omar Eldakar, Ph.D.