NEWS RELEASE - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS)
Date: March 3, 2009
Margaret Thomson, 859-442-1172; margaret.thomson@kctcs.edu
GCTC Speech Team Places Second At State Forensic Tournament
Two Students Win Top Awards
Covington, Kentucky - The Gateway Community and Technical College Speech Team won second place in the community college division at the Kentucky Forensic Association State Tournament in Owensboro Feb. 20-21.
Misy Bissonnette, an Associate of Applied Science major from Grant, Ala., was named the top community college speaker in poetry interpretation. She also received the top community college pentathlon speaker award. The pentathlon award is based on a student's combined performance in at least five speaking events. Bissonnette competed in extemporaneous speaking, poetry interpretation, impromptu speaking, radio broadcasting, and after dinner speaking.
Rosemary "Gina" Wolfe, an Associate of Science major from Bellevue, won sixth place in the open division of informative speaking and was named the top community college speaker in both informative speaking and radio broadcasting.
"Today was a bittersweet day for me," Bissonnette said. "This was my last competition with Gateway. I have gained so much self-confidence, made wonderful friends and enhanced my speaking skills during my two years on the speech team."
The team's 2008-2009 season will conclude April 4 at the Gateway-hosted community college/novice tournament at the college's Boone Campus, 500 Technology Way, near Florence. The team is coached by Michelle Deeley Wilhite. For more information about the team contact her at 859-442-4143 or
michelle.deeley@kctcs.eduGateway Community and Technical College (GCTC) is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award associate degrees. Contact the Commission on Colleges at 1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, Georgia 30033-4097 or call 404-679-4500 for questions about the accreditation of Gateway Community and Technical College. Gateway is accredited by the
Council on Occupational Education, 41 Perimeter Center East NE, Atlanta, Georgia 30346. Phone: 800-917-2081. GCTC enrolls nearly 3,500 students and offers more than 200 associate degrees, diplomas and certificates in 30 subject areas. Classes are provided at GCTC locations in Boone County, Covington/Park Hills, and Edgewood. Through partnerships with more than 400 local businesses, GCTC provides customized, short-term training to more than 3,000 other people. Find out how to "start here and go anywhere" at
www.gateway.kctcs.edu. GCTC is one of 16 colleges that comprise the Kentucky Community and Technical College System. For most Kentuckians, higher education begins here. For more information, visit
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