BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//Microsoft Corporation//Outlook 9.0 MIMEDIR//EN METHOD:PUBLISH SCALE:GREGORIAN VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20200221T080000 DTEND:20200223T080000 LOCATION:n/a UID:FAFFA351-6BE6-4288-A197-E710B5C71D37@www.nwc.edu DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:×îÐÂÈý¼¶Æ¬ College traveled 8 students to Denver, Colorado for the Western States Communication Association Convention Tournament on February 21-13. As a team, NWC finished 1st among 2-year institution, 2nd overall, and won the Best in the West traveling trophy (the first time a community college has ever won). In addition to competition in the tournament, students were able to attend the Western States Communication Association conference, with Aidan Hunt presenting in the student showcase and participating in the panel discussion on Feb. 22.=0D=0AIndividual Events Results:=0D=0ABossan Abdyyeva – 3rd place open and 2nd place junior duet (with Novosiltseva)=0D=0ANasheil Del Rosario – 2nd place junior program oral interpretation=0D=0ALorna Gage – 4th place open drama, 1st place junior persuasion=0D=0AAbigaile Grubb –1st place junior Informative speaking, 1st place junior communication analysis, 4th place junior poetry=0D=0AAidan Hunt – 2nd place open drama, 1st place junior drama, 4th place junior program oral interpretation=0D=0ABrendan Kachnowski – 4th place open prose, 1st place junior prose, 3rd place open drama, 1st place junior poetry, 2st place open duet and 1st place junior duet (with Mader), 1st place junior program oral interpretation=0D=0ATanya Novosiltseva – 2nd place junior duet (with Abdyyeva)=0D=0AMariah Mader – 2nd place open and 1st place junior duet (with Kachnowski), 5th place junior program oral interpretation=0D=0ADebate Results:=0D=0ANasheil Del Rosario – 8th speaker junior NPDA=0D=0ALorna Gage – 9th speaker overall NPDA, 3rd speaker junior NPDA=0D=0AAbigaile Grubb – 2nd speaker overall NPDA, 1st speaker junior NPDA=0D=0AAidan Hunt – 5th speaker junior NPDA,=0D=0ABrendan Kachnowski – 3rd overall IPDA, 1st junior IPDA=0D=0AMariah Mader – 6th speaker junior NPDA=0D=0ATanya Novosiltseva – 8th speaker overall NPDA, 2nd speaker junior NPDA=0D=0AAbigaile Grubb and Nashiel Del Rosario – 1st place junior NPDA=0D=0AAidan Hunt and Tanya Novosiltseva – 2nd place junior NPDA=0D=0ALorna Gage and Mariah Mader – 3rd place junior NPDA=0D=0A  SUMMARY;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Western States PRIORITY:1 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR