Jones wins gold in Speech Olympics
April 27, 2006
KOKOMO, Ind.—Humanities major Candace Jones of Kokomo took first place gold medal honors in the April 24 Speech Olympics at Indiana University Kokomo. A humanities major, Jones also received a $100 prize for her short talk titled “Voices of Destruction.”
The second place silver medal went to Cassie Myers of Sharpsville. The history/political science major spoke on living with diabetes.
Psychology major Janna Mallay of Logansport finished third, receiving a bronze medal for her speech on procrastination.
Top students from IU Kokomo public speaking courses were selected to participate in the Speech Olympics, a project of the School of Arts and Sciences. For more information on public speaking course offerings at IU Kokomo, call (765) 455-9248 and ask to speak to a communication arts faculty member.
