OCTC Speech & Debate Team "Climb the Mountain" at Puget Sound

by Bernie Hale

Owensboro, KY (11/15/2021) — Owensboro Community & Technical College (OCTC) debaters compete and place at the Fall "Climb the Mountain" Online Team Debate Tournament hosted by Puget Sound University, located in Seattle, Washington. In this remote event debaters had the option to compete as an individual or in pairs.

Caleb Rush a Sophomore from Owensboro, paired with Heaven Taylor, a Freshman from Owensboro, compiled a 2-1 record in prelims, advanced to the semi-finals and won the tournament on a 2-1 decision. Rush earned a fourth place speaker award in the Novice Team International Public Debate Association (TIPDA) division.

David Daniel, a Freshman from Owensboro, compiled a 3-0 record in the JV-Senior division of TIPDA. Daniel also earned a third place speaker award in the upper division.

Daniel and Taylor are enrolled at OCTC and at Owensboro High School.

All regularly enrolled OCTC students are welcome to join the team. For more information, contact Dr. Bob Glenn at (270) 686-4553 or email 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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