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In a field of more than 1,200 participants, Western Michigan University students bested their competitors at the Collegiate DECA International Career Development Conference. At the competition, business students tested their skills in a variety of contexts in both prepared and extemporaneous case studies and presentations, with four WMU Haworth students placing in the international competition.