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PSC’s Annual Summer Speech Camp Open to High School Speech Team Competitors
The camp is intended to prepare high school varsity and novice speech team competitors for fall competition.
Prairie State College (PSC) is hosting its 19th Annual Summer Speech Camp, Monday, July 10, through Thursday, July 20.
The camp meets from 1:15 to 5:15 p.m., Monday through Thursday, on the college’s main campus at 202 S. Halsted St. in Chicago Heights, and is intended to prepare high school varsity and novice speech team competitors for fall competition.
Week one will focus on interpretation, finding material, cutting material, discovering delivery advantages, public speaking, generating ideas and humor and citing sources. Week two will focus on practicing, polishing and performing. The camp will conclude with a performance showcase with awards. The camp fee is $275 per student.
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“We have a terrific staff, made up of some of the best high school speech coaches that can be found in the far south suburbs,” said Ed Schwarz, professor and department chair and coordinator of the communication department. “The coaches have had great success with their own teams, and the will share their knowledge and expertise with students who join the camp,” he said.
For more information or to apply, visit prairiestate.edu/speechcamp, or contact PSC Professors: Ed Schwarz at (708) 709-3772 or eschwarz@prairiestate.edu; Dana Trunnell at (708)709-3798 or dtrunnell@prairiestate.edu; or Joshua Green at (708) 709-2958 or jgreen18@prairiestate.edu.
