The Olympian Speech and Debate team is living up to its reputation as a competitive, award-winning force. After competing in four tournaments during the fall, and a fifth this semester, the Mesa Speech and Debate Team has racked up numerous titles and awards. They have been working hard and achieving success at competitions across the nation, including in New York, where Mesa students Franklin McKenzie and Katya Azzam garnered a well-earned parliamentary debate win against Ivy League Cornell University’s team (see below for a full list of achievements).

At the end of last semester, the Olympians brought home numerous awards from the last two tournaments of 2018. Mesa won 3rd Place in Parliamentary Debate and 5th overall at The Griffin Tournament at Grossmont College. Just over a week later, Mesa traveled north to Mt. San Antonio College in Walnut where they won 2nd place in the Novice division at the largest and most competitive event of the year: PSCFA’s Fall Championship tournament (see below for a full list of achievements).

Communication Studies major Brittani Kaigler from San Diego Mesa College will be transferring to Temple University for the fall 2017 semester to pursue her Bachelor’s Degree after graduating with her Associates Degree last month.

San Diego Mesa College’s Communication Studies Department invites students, faculty and staff to mingle during this semester’s Common Grounds event at MC 211 A/B on Thursday, Nov. 3 from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.

Each semester for the past three years, the department encourages the campus to meet on “common grounds” with conversation, coffee and cookies to make connections and find out more about the experiences of others on campus. In addition to cookies and coffee, attendees can be entered to win prizes if they have handed out cards to invite others to the event.