The National Educational Debate Association (NEDA) has selected Fullerton College to host the 2016 National Debate Championship this Mar. 11 and 12. Debates will begin Friday afternoon and continue through Saturday on the Fullerton College campus. Fullerton College will work with California State University Fullerton to run debate operations. Last year, Fullerton College won numerous awards at… Read more »
Category: Achievements
Speech and Debate Competes at PSCFA’s Fall Championship
[tabs slidertype=”simple”][tab][/tab][tab][/tab][/tabs] FC Speech and Debate Team participated in the Pacific Southwest Collegiate Forensics Association’s fall championship tournament at Mt. San Antonio College on Dec. 5 and 6. Debaters Rohan Shah, Brian Wheat, and persuasion speaker Andrea O’Loughlin all took home bronze-medal awards. Shah and Wheat lost a 1-2 decision to debaters from Irvine Valley… Read more »
Hornet Journalism Students Take Home Awards
Two Fullerton College journalism students took home honorable mention awards at the annual Journalism Association of Community College’s Southern California Regional Conference Saturday, Nov. 14 at Fullerton College. The Hornet’s Managing Editor Stephanie Lara took home the recognition for on-the-sport news photo and Hornet Opinion Editor Sara Espiritu took home her recognition for on-the-spot… Read more »
Debaters Take Top Awards at CSUF Blumer Tournament
[tabs slidertype=”simple”][tab][/tab][tab][/tab][tab][/tab][tab][/tab][/tabs] Fullerton College debaters took top awards at the 21st CSUF Blumer Speech and Debate Tournament on Saturday, Nov. 14. Facing CSUF in both open and novice division finals, FC’s Zach Turner and Brian Wheat took first place in Open Public Forum Debate, while partners, Zoe Kline-Koeing and Daniel Trandell-Smoke took second to CSUF… Read more »
FC Debaters Capture Multiple Awards During Halloween Tournament
[tabs slidertype=”simple” auto=”yes” fx=”slide” autospeed=”4000″][tab][/tab][tab] [/tab][tab][/tab][tab][/tab][/tabs] Fullerton College debaters captured multiple awards at the CSUF-Fullerton College National Educational Debate Association Halloween “Swing” Tournament on Oct. 30 and 31. On Friday, Joseph Phillips and Cynthia Jimenez and teammates Daniel Boughter and Matt Adams finished in first and second place, while Michael Wu and Zach Turner received… Read more »
Theatre Professor Receives Ovation Award Nomination
[tabs slidertype=”simple” auto=”yes” fx=”slide” autospeed=”6000″][tab][/tab][tab][/tab][tab][/tab][tab][/tab][tab][/tab][tab][/tab][/tabs] Fullerton College Theatre Arts faculty member Mela Hoyt-Heydon, received an Ovation Award nomination for Costume Design for her work on Cabrillo Music Theatre’s 2014 production of Memphis. The production also received six other nominations including Best Production of a Musical, Lead Actor in a Musical, and Director of a Musical.… Read more »
FC Theatre Students Featured in OC Register
Fullerton College theatre students Jessi Lowerre and Melissa Meza were featured in the OC Register for their work in costuming and makeup. In this entertainment feature, writer Kaitlin Wright shadows Lowerre and Meza as they hunt for costume pieces and inspiration for Halloween. In the end, Wright is transformed into an 18th century fairy thanks… Read more »
1965 Championship Team Honored at the 93rd Key to the County Game
[tabs slidertype=”simple”][tab width=”800″ height=”600″][/tab][tab width=”800″ height=”600″][/tab][tab width=”800″ height=”600″][/tab][tab width=”800″ height=”600″][/tab][/tabs] The 93rd Annual Key to the County Game was played on Oct. 17 at Yorba Linda High’s Nathan Shapell Stadium as the Hornets retained the key for the 9th consecutive year defeating Santa Ana College 20-14. Members of the 1965 Junior Rose Bowl National Championship… Read more »
Fullerton College Victorious at ‘Three for Free’ Individual Events Tournament
Fullerton College was victorious at the ‘Three for Free’ individual events tournament hosted by Irvine Valley College on Oct. 16. In an event that included both informative and persuasive speeches, FC students finished first, second, and third. Andrea O’Loughlin earned a first place gold medal, Brandon Curington earned a second place silver medal, and Octavio… Read more »
STEM Students Visit NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory
[tabs slidertype=”simple”][tab][/tab][tab][/tab][tab][/tab][tab][/tab][tab][/tab][tab][/tab][tab][/tab][/tabs] 59 FC STEM students along with the Natural Sciences dean and faculty toured the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory to learn about careers in the design of spacecraft and interplanetary research on Sept. 25. Highlights of this tour included the Mars rover “Curiosity”, Spacecraft Assembly Facility and the Mission Control Center for the Deep… Read more »
