OCTC Debate Team Competes in Multiple Tourneys

by Bernie Hale

Owensboro, KY (11/02/2021) — Owensboro Community & Technical College's Speech & Debate Team competed in the T-Town Invitational Tournament hosted jointly by Tulsa Community College and Northeastern State University, in Tahlequah, Oklahoma on October 23, 2021. The tournament was live but held remotely utilizing YAATLY software, more than 20 colleges and universities competed.

OCTC debaters for this tournament included David Daniel a freshman from Owensboro, Kayla Mohon a freshman from Beaver Dam.

Daniel, who is co-enrolled at OCTC and Owensboro High School, compiled a 4-0 record in the preliminary debate rounds, advanced to the semi-finals in the Junior IPDA Debate Division before losing a competitive 2-1 decision to a speaker from Valdosta State. In prelims, Daniel defeated teams from Kansas Wesleyan, Central Oklahoma State, and Valdosta State. Daniel also earned a second-place speaker award.

Mohon, competed in the Impromptu and Extemporaneous speaking divisions.

Online tournaments allowed the team to attend multiple events, OCTC's Jenna Faucheux, a freshman from Owensboro competed in the Persuasive Speaking division in an Online Asynchronous Tournament Series (OATS #2) hosted by Eastern Illinois University. In this format students must record and submit videos after subject matter prompts are posted. Feedback is provided after the judging takes place.

For more information about the OCTC Speech and Debate Team please contact Dr. Bob Glenn at bobj.glenn@kctcs.edu.

Owensboro Community & Technical College is one of the sixteen community and technical colleges that make up the Kentucky Community & Technical College System. OCTC serves the KY counties of Daviess, Hancock, Ohio and McLean. OCTC has three campuses in Daviess County and a Center and Annex in Hancock County. OCTC strives to serve the communities in the service area by providing associate degree education for transfer, state of the art technical education for students focusing on entering the workforce, customized business and industry solutions through the Workforce Solutions division, and adult education and business and industry testing through the SkillTrain unit.

The Kentucky Community and Technical College System is the Commonwealth's largest postsecondary institution with 16 colleges and more than 70 campuses. We also are Kentucky's largest provider of workforce training and online education. Through partnerships with business and industry, we align our programs to meet the needs of local employers. We help students fulfill their dreams of creating a better life through programs that lead directly to jobs or help them transfer to one of our four-year partners.

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