News Release

PROGRAM NEWS RELEASE/February 28, 2008

Six BSU Talkin' Broncos Qualify for National Individual Events Championship

Six Boise State University Talkin’ Broncos will attend the National Individual Events Tournament Championship held in April at the University of Texas-Austin. Students must earn top ranks at tournaments throughout the year in order to qualify for the national tournament.

Chad Judy (senior, Idaho Falls) leads the Talkin’ Broncos with four events qualified for nationals: Impromptu Speaking, Rhetorical Analysis, Extemporaneous Speaking and Oral Interpretation of Drama. Regan Charlton (sophomore, Inkom) qualified in Informative Speaking, Extemporaneous Speaking and Rhetorical Analysis. Kate Henry (sophomore, Couer d’ Alene) qualified in Oral Interpretation of Drama, Oral Interpretation of Prose and Rhetorical Analysis. Ben Bishop (junior, Meridian) qualified in Informative Speaking and Rhetorical Analysis. Both Debra Groberg (freshman, Idaho Falls) and Aaron Olson (freshman, Bremerton, Wash.) qualified in Informative Speaking.

The NIET Championship includes students from across the country and is one of the largest and most prestigious forensics tournaments in the United States. The Talkin’ Broncos are sponsored by the Jeker Family Trust.

For more information on the team or the program, contact Manda Hicks, interim director of forensics, at 426-1928 or mandahicks@boisestate.edu.

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Media Contact: Kathleen Craven, University Communications, (208) 426-3275, kcraven@boisestate.edu

Boise State University is emerging as a metropolitan research university of distinction. This transformation is being powered by the university’s first comprehensive campaign to support students, faculty, strategic initiatives, research and infrastructure. That’s why the campaign to raise $175 million in private support is called Destination Distinction.

 

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Last reviewed on Thursday, February 28, 2008