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News Release
May 1, 2007
Boise State Students Present Speech Showcase May 7
Boise State University communication students will present their semi-annual
Speech Showcase at 7 p.m. Monday, May 7, 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 more than 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. During the judges’ deliberations, audience members
will be involved in a contest of “Whose Line Is It Anyway?”
Rob Perez, a senior vice president for U.S. Bank and major underwriter for
the event, will judge the competition along with Kathy Kustra, wife of Boise
State President Bob Kustra, Connie Pratt, state training manager for Idaho’s
Office of Human Resources, Mike Read, WinCo Foods’ vice president of public
and legal affairs, and Colleen Birch Maile, editor-in-chief of Go!
Publications (Skywest and other airline magazines).
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@boisestate.edu
Media Contact: Kathleen Craven, University Communications, (208)
426-3275, kcraven@boisestate.edu
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Last reviewed on
Tuesday, May 01, 2007
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