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Category: Achievements

Hornet Speech & Debate Sweeps 3rd Speaking Championship in a Row

[tabs slidertype=”simple”][tab][/tab][tab][/tab][tab][/tab][/tabs] The Fullerton College Speech and Debate Team participated at the Robert Barbara Invitational hosted by CSU Northridge Nov. 2 – 4. The team sent 15 students to the tournament and bested several California universities such as Ohlone College, San Francisco State University, and CSU Northridge. Germaine Baltazar picked up the Hornet’s third tournament… Read more »

Speech and Debate Team Attends Las Vegas Classic

[tabs slidertype=”simple”][tab][/tab][tab][/tab][tab][/tab][tab][/tab][/tabs] The Fullerton College Speech and Debate Team participated in the Las Vegas Classic hosted by the University of Las Vegas on Oct. 20-22. A total of five teams consisting of 10 students competed in both the novice and junior varsity division. Joshua Kazarian was named the tournament-speaking champion in the novice (beginner) division… Read more »

Debate Team Starts Season Strong

[tabs slidertype=”simple”][tab][/tab][tab][/tab][tab][/tab][tab][/tab][/tabs] The Fullerton College Speech and Debate Team participated at the Aztec Invitational hosted by San Diego State University on Oct. 6 and 7. The Hornet debate team finished second place in the community college debate sweepstakes division, an award given based on the collective success of a debate program during the tournament. Fullerton… Read more »

Journalism Students Win Top Awards

Journalism students at Fullerton College won top honors for their work on campus publications, The Hornet and Inside Fullerton Saturday, Sept. 29, at the annual Journalism Association of Community Colleges Southern California Regional Conference at California State University, Fullerton. The Hornet won the Online General Excellence award and Inside Fullerton won the Magazine General Excellence… Read more »

Speech and Debate Takes Top Awards at PSCFA Warm Up

[tabs slidertype=”simple”][tab][/tab][tab][/tab][tab][/tab][/tabs] Fullerton College sent six competitors and took top awards at the Pacific Southwest Collegiate Forensics Association (PSCFA) on Sunday, September 23 at El Camino College. Tournament highlights include, Macao Coleman debuting his new speech performed at Convocation for the first time. Maceo walked away with a first place finish for his Black Panther… Read more »

Hornet students named finalists in LA Press Club Awards

Fullerton College journalism students were named finalists in three categories in the Los Angeles Press Club’s 60th SoCal Journalism Awards Contest. The finalists in categories from professional to collegiate journalism categories were announced Friday. It is the first time Fullerton College journalism students entered the competition hosted by the long-standing professional association. “I’m very proud… Read more »

Brantley, Serrano Selected as Students of the Year

Graduating students Robert Alan Brantley and Camille Serrano were named the 2018 Distinguished Students of the Year at the annual Students of Distinction banquet on Friday, May 11. They are among the 20 Fullerton College students who were selected as the 2018 Students of Distinction through a nomination process involving faculty, staff, and fellow students.… Read more »

Fullerton College Takes Top Awards at End of the Year CSUF Blumer Invitational

[tabs slidertype=”simple”][tab][/tab][tab][/tab][tab][/tab][tab][/tab][/tabs] Fullerton College competitors took top awards at the 26th Cal State Fullerton Blumer Speech and Debate Tournament on Saturday, May 5. In the novice debate division, the team of Leila Majd-Faridi and Daniel Herrera-Garcia faced off against fellow Fullerton College competitors Mohammad Abdullah and Myra Habib in the final round, with both teams… Read more »

Speech and Debate Wins Several Speaker Awards at CSUN Robert Barbera Invitational

[tabs slidertype=”simple”][tab][/tab][tab][/tab][tab][/tab][tab][/tab][/tabs] Fullerton College sent 13 competitors to participate in the CSU, Northridge Robert Barbera Invitational on Saturday, April 21. Tournament highlights included Lelia Majd-Faridi, Isabel Pena, Germaine Baltazar and Mohammad Abdullah finishing in the top 10 best speakers in novice policy debate. Abdullah and Baltazar earned second and third place speaking awards respectively. The Barbera Invitational was Pena’s… Read more »

Transfer Success: Brantley Headed to Stanford University

Fullerton College Graduate Robert Alan Brantley stood on stage during the 2018 Fullerton College Commencement on May 26 acknowledging his troubled past, praising his Fullerton College experience and looking ahead to a bright future at Stanford University. The 37-year old mathematics major has been accepted to Stanford University this fall and has been awarded the… Read more »