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Winning Words
Moraine Valley is home to an award-winning Forensics Team
2008
• 3rd place national tournament
• 2nd place state tournament
• 1st place) Illinois regional tournament
2007
• 1st place state tournament
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3rd place national tournament—Houston, Texas
2006
• 1st place national tournament—Kansas City, Missouri
• 2nd place state tournament (community college division)
• 5th place state tournament (open division with universities)
2005
• 3rd place national tournament
And award-winning coaches!
Coaches Krista Appelquist, John Nash and Mike Shannon have been recognized by
the college with the 2007 Moraine Valley Master Teacher award. This award is
given to faculty members who have developed a unique program or teaching
technique that benefits the Moraine Valley community. |
Have speech, will travel
There’s no other way to say it—Moraine Valley’s Forensics team is one of
the top speech teams in the country. The newest accolades added to the
already impressive list includes a team third-place award and four
individual medals earned at the spring Phi Rho Pi national tournament,
where Moraine Valley competed against more than 500 participants from 79
teams. Shown here are (back row, from left) Krista Appelquist, assistant
professor of Speech and Forensics coach; Matt Weibel, team member; Mike
Shannon, instructor of Speech and Forensics coach; Billy Walsh, team
captain; John Nash, assistant professor of Speech and Forensics coach;
Muhanad Adas; (front row, from left), Kim Saltin, Elvia Anguiano, and
Jairus Bellamy, team members. |
