On Saturday, the Native and Rural Student Center at the University of Alaska Southeast hosted its 14th Annual Oratory Event. Students competed in the categories of oratory, storytelling, Alaska Native language and dramatic declamation.
This year, 15 students stepped forward. Listen to this audio postcard from the event.
That was Lyle James with the Woosh.ji.een Dance Group, student Emmanuele Gullen, Vice Chancellor Joe Nelson, students Megan Johnson, David Russell-Jensen, Nathan Block, Sandy Edwardson, David Sheakley, and assistant professor Ernestine Hayes.
All student participants received supplemental scholarships worth $250 to $500.
