On  Thursday, March 26th, Lambda Pi Eta hosted the semiannual COM 1100 Speech Contest via Zoom. Earlier in the semester, COM 1100 instructors were asked to encourage students to submit videos of their informative speeches from class. A panel of faculty and LPH officers chose the finalists. Six students advanced from the video submissions:

• Scarlett Bailey, “The Bionic Prosthetic”
• Lauryn Hedges “Gender Differences in Communication Styles”
• Jacqueline Hahamyan “The Forgotten Genocide” (pictured)
• Lydia Camp “Gender Inequality in Education In Africa”
• London Brinkman “Water: Impacts on the Body and the Brain”
• Gage Sigl “The Mothman”

Lambda Pi Eta officers Abigail Roering, Grace Cleland, and Caroline Elliott volunteered for the event. Cleland and Elliott were semifinalist judges, and Roering served as MC.

The attendees chose first and second place winners by voting.

Lauren Hedges placed first, and Gage Sigl placed second. Corporate Communication major, London Brinkman spoke on the benefits of water.

If you missed the contest, you can go view it in the Intellectual Well-Being category of WELLCore.