{"id":3992,"date":"2025-03-05T10:15:58","date_gmt":"2025-03-05T16:15:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexradio3.com\/news\/?p=3992"},"modified":"2025-03-05T10:16:01","modified_gmt":"2025-03-05T16:16:01","slug":"local-llc-students-do-well-at-state-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/local-news\/3992-local-llc-students-do-well-at-state-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"Local LLC Students Do Well at State Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"javascript: window.print()\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_self\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Print<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>(UTHELL, EARP AND KELLY)<\/p>\n<p>Lake Land College students Jared Kelly, Effingham, and Jennifer Uthell, Teutopolis, placed among the top students in Illinois in the 2024 Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) State Championship.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The MOS State Championship consists of six certification exams covering Microsoft office products such as Word, PowerPoint and Excel. Kelly placed among the top competitors in Illinois in two categories, earning second place in Excel and fifth place in PowerPoint.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve been using Microsoft products for a long time. They\u2019re actually one of the earliest things I ever learned to use on a computer,\u201d Kelly said. \u201cFinding out I finished that high in the entire state felt cool.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Uthell, meanwhile, finished fourth in Illinois for Microsoft Word.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe exam included things like editing documents, layouts and table of contents,\u201d Uthell said. \u201cI really only started using Word since I started school here, and Lake Land has helped me expand my skills.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kelly and Uthell both participated in the competition through the Advanced Software Applications Course. In place of traditional tests, students in the course take the MOS exams, which provide students with nationally-recognized credentials for passing, said Lisa Earp,&nbsp;Business Instructor\/Program Coordinator of Office Professionals\/Director of Court Reporting &amp; Captioning.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe great thing about the MOS exams is that they are industry-standard assessments, and finishing among the top in the state proves to potential employers that you\u2019ve mastered the material,\u201d Earp said. \u201cIt was super exciting to find out that they both placed so well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Earp also earned an award for Outstanding Educator in Illinois during the MOS State Championship.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(UTHELL, EARP AND KELLY) Lake Land College students Jared Kelly, Effingham, and Jennifer Uthell, Teutopolis, placed among the top students in Illinois in the 2024 Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) State [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":3993,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3992","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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