Seminole State College hosted its inaugural Trojan Speech and Debate Tournament earlier this month. A total of 14 high schools from across the state participated in the event, including Ardmore, Durant, McAlester, Byng, Madill, Mannford, Meeker, Muldrow, Seminole, Prague, Haskell, Kiefer, Liberty and Talihina.
SSC Liberal Arts and Humanities Vice Chair John Bolander (left) hands off a ballot to a team of volunteers during the inaugural Trojan Speech and Debate Tournament last week.
“By hosting these speech and debate tournaments, we bring in many outstanding students to visit the campus. This puts SSC at the forefront for consideration because of the familiarity the tournaments give the students with our campus and our programs,”
SSC Liberal Arts and Humanities Vice Chair John Bolander
While the SSC campus has been used for speech tournaments in the past, this is the first year the college has hosted. Seminole High School has used the campus for their own tournament and the Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association uses the campus for its Southeast Regional Tournament.The Language Arts and Humanities Department will be offering three scholarships beginning in the fall of 2019 with the proceeds from the event.