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Area Students Compete In JCC Speech Contest

Ten area high school students competed in the College Connections student speech contest at JCC’s Jamestown Campus in early May.

Finalists were chosen from among students at 12 high schools offering JCC’s public speaking course during the 2015-16 school year. First- and second-place winners of local contests at each school were invited to participate in the finals.

Finalists included: Madalyn Bestine and Sara Holthouse, Clymer High School; Isaiah Dipini and Ivonne Ortiz, Dunkirk High School; Tomasina Dolecki and Craig Rodgers, Frewsburg High School; Martin Dibble and Emily Isaacson, Jamestown High School; Mikayla Nuesch-Brock and Anna O’Brien, Southwestern High School.

Students completed a four-five minute speech along with a one-minute extemporaneous speech. The topic for this year’s prepared speech was, “As consumers, how do we balance our waste with our want?”

Contestants were judged in 13 categories assessing both speech delivery and speech content. Emily Isaacson took first place and received a cash award of $150, while Craig Rodgers placed second and received $75.

Judges for the event were Mark Goshgarian, video journalist at Time Warner Cable News; Tory Irgang, executive director of the United Way of Southern Chautauqua County; and Andrew Nixon, executive director of the Chautauqua County Visitors Bureau. The competition was organized and hosted by Simone Mullinax, coordinator of JCC’s Associate in Science degree in communication.

College Connections, JCC’s concurrent enrollment program with regional high schools, is accredited by the National Alliance of Concurrent Enrollment Partnerships. Through the College Connections program, JCC offered 61 different credit courses in 42 area high schools during the 2015-2016 academic year, serving over 2,000 students across the region.

Area Students Compete In JCC Speech Contest

Ten area high school students competed in the College Connections student speech contest at JCC’s Jamestown Campus in early May.

Finalists were chosen from among students at 12 high schools offering JCC’s public speaking course during the 2015-16 school year. First- and second-place winners of local contests at each school were invited to participate in the finals.

Finalists included: Madalyn Bestine and Sara Holthouse, Clymer High School; Isaiah Dipini and Ivonne Ortiz, Dunkirk High School; Tomasina Dolecki and Craig Rodgers, Frewsburg High School; Martin Dibble and Emily Isaacson, Jamestown High School; Mikayla Nuesch-Brock and Anna O’Brien, Southwestern High School.

Students completed a four-five minute speech along with a one-minute extemporaneous speech. The topic for this year’s prepared speech was, “As consumers, how do we balance our waste with our want?”

Contestants were judged in 13 categories assessing both speech delivery and speech content. Emily Isaacson took first place and received a cash award of $150, while Craig Rodgers placed second and received $75.

Judges for the event were Mark Goshgarian, video journalist at Time Warner Cable News; Tory Irgang, executive director of the United Way of Southern Chautauqua County; and Andrew Nixon, executive director of the Chautauqua County Visitors Bureau. The competition was organized and hosted by Simone Mullinax, coordinator of JCC’s Associate in Science degree in communication.

College Connections, JCC’s concurrent enrollment program with regional high schools, is accredited by the National Alliance of Concurrent Enrollment Partnerships. Through the College Connections program, JCC offered 61 different credit courses in 42 area high schools during the 2015-2016 academic year, serving over 2,000 students across the region.

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