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News Release
Nov. 20, 2006
Boise State Students Present
Speech Showcase Nov. 30
Boise State University communication students will present their semi-annual
Speech Showcase at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 30, in the Student Union Jordan
Ballroom. The event is free and open to the public.
Emceed by professor Marty Most, the Speech Showcase is a keen competition
between student public speakers who have been nominated by students and
instructors of Communication 101 classes. Each of the eight finalists from
preliminary rounds of judging, representative of about 1,000 students taking
Communication 101, will present an eight-minute speech to compete for more than
$1,500 in scholarship money, as decided by a panel of distinguished judges.
Rob Perez, a senior vice-president for U.S. Bank and major underwriter for the
event, will judge the event along with Dina Jewell, author and KIDO Radio
personality. Bruce Gordon, recently retired attorney for Albertson’s Corp., Mary
Frances Casper, Boise State professor of public relations, and Susan Whaley,
journalist and political communications director, will round out the judging
panel.
During the judges’ deliberations, an exhibition of parliamentary debate will be
presented by members of the national champion Talkin’ Broncos forensics team.
The department’s goal in sponsoring this event is two-fold: to provide models of
and motivate speakers toward speech excellence, and in general to celebrate
successful communication in the public sphere.
For more information, contact professor Dawn Craner at 426-1907 or
dcraner@boisestate.edu.
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Contact: Dawn Craner, Department of Communication, (208) 426-1907,
dcraner@boisesetate.edu
Media Contact: Kathleen Craven, University Communications, (208)
426-3275, kcraven@boisestate.edu
Where you see blue, we see the largest institution of higher education in
Idaho. For the ninth time in the last 10 years, Boise State University has set
an all‑time state record with a fall enrollment of 18,876 students. Since 1996,
Boise State’s student population has increased 25 percent.
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