January & February 2019 College News

4 Victoria Black's TEDx talk "No One is Talking to the Mentees" 5 Jake Young's TEDx talk "I’m Masculine Because I’m an Artist. Why Are You?" 6 Shannon Faseler's TEDx talk "Beauty Exposing Truth: Art, Intimacy and Climate Change" place for Dramatic Interpretation, and first place in Duo Dramatic Interpretation with Shaelyn Handy . Tyra also took first place in Poetry Interpretation and was a semifinalist in Prose Interpretation. Jonathan Wagner won the Parliamentary debate title, qualified as an International Parliamentary Debate Association (IPDA) finalist, and was named to the TIFA All-State Forensics Squad. He was also designated the Top IPDA Novice and the second place National Parliamentary Debate Association (NPDA) speaker. Nate Sauve won the Parliamentary debate title, was ffth place NPDA speaker, and was named to the TIFA All-State Forensics Squad. Tyshee Sonnier was named to the TIFA All-State Forensics Squad and took third place in Informative Speaking. Jordan Drake was a NPDA semi-fnalist and IPDA quarterfnalist. Lily Montemayor was a NPDA semi-fnalist, took sixth place in Extemporaneous Speaking, and placed sixth in Informative Speaking. Justin Vineyard was an IPDA semi-fnalist. Shaelyn Handy placed frst Duo Dramatic Interpretation with Tyra Williams and was a semifnalist in Prose Interpretation. Tyler Cole took seventh place in Communication Analysis. Christian Cisneros placed ffth in Impromptu Speaking. Enrique Urdiales was a semifnalist in Prose Interpretation. Dillon McCoy took ffth place in Prose Interpretation. DEPARTMENT ACCOLADES Te TEDx talks are now available to view online from the third annual TEDx Texas State University conference on November 3rd at Te Marc in downtown San Marcos. Over 300 people attended, worked, and participated in the event. Te 2018 TEDx event featured 12 speakers and six entertainment sessions focused on the theme “reXamine.” Find the talks here: • Victoria Black [4] • Kelly Stone • Jennifer Millspaugh • Cara Wilson-Granat • Morgan Jones • Jake Young [ 5 ] • Hillary Cauthen • Michael Maresca • Shannon Faseler [6] • Shetay Ashford • Yocelyn Riojas 6 | January & February | College News