For Immediate Release:
November 17, 2015
Primary Media Contact:
Sally Voth
Public Relations Specialist
[email protected]
Phone: 540-868-7134
The Laurel Ridge Community College Forensics (Speech/Drama/Debate) Team performed well at the Collegiate Forensics Association Tournament in Shippensburg, PA on November 13-14, 2015. Laurel Ridge placed 4th overall in the team sweepstakes. Other teams competing were Bloomsburg University, Florida College, Randolph Macon College, University of Richmond, Liberty University, David and Elkins College, and West Virginia University at Parkersburg.
Individual award winners were announced. The following Laurel Ridge students were recognized:
Sunniva Moore (Linden, VA)
2nd place in Informative Speaking
3rd place in Prose
3rd place in Declamation
3rd place in Single Dramatic Interpretation
4th place in Duo
6th place in Poetry
Rebekah Mickahail (Bluemont, VA)
3rd place in Parliamentary Debate
4th place in Duo
4th place in Impromptu
Abby Stocker (Round Hill, VA)
3rd place in Parliamentary Debate
3rd place in After Dinner Speaking
6th place in Persuasion
Cody Jones (Maurertown, VA)
4th in Persuasion
John Holsinger (Stephens City, VA)
5th place in Prose
Also competing were team members Rachel Clowes (Front Royal) and Michael Weimer (Winchester, VA).
For more information about the team, contact Professor Andrea Ludwick, at [email protected] or 540-868-7194.
(Pictured left to right the back row: Michael Weimer, John Holsinger, Cody Jones, Abby Stocker; Front row: Sunniva Moore, Rebekah Mickahail, Rachel Clowes)
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Founded in 1970, Laurel Ridge Community College is a multi-campus public institution of higher education. With four locations — Middletown, Warrenton, Luray-Page County and most recently, Vint Hill— the College serves eight localities in the Shenandoah Valley and northern Piedmont regions. The localities are the counties of Clarke, Fauquier, Frederick, Page, Rappahannock, Shenandoah and Warren and the city of Winchester. Laurel Ridge offers more than 75 associate degree and certificate programs in a wide variety of disciplines, in addition to providing access to bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degree programs offered on site by a four-year institution. Laurel Ridge also serves the business community by offering workforce preparation programs for employees and employers. Laurel Ridge serves more than 9,000 unduplicated credit students and more than 11,000 individuals in professional development and business and industry courses annually.
Laurel Ridge Community College (Laurel Ridge) 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 Laurel Ridge Community College. Laurel Ridge Community College is an equal opportunity institution providing educational and employment opportunities, programs, services, and activities and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, age, religion, disability, national origin, marital status, political affiliation, sexual orientation, or other non-merit factors. Laurel Ridge also prohibits sexual misconduct including sexual violence or harassment.
Laurel Ridge Community College was known as Lord Fairfax Community College until June 2022. For consistency purposes, the college will be referenced as Laurel Ridge going forward.
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