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Six students won prizes in three categories at Hamilton’s annual public speaking competition held on March 1 in the Chapel. Presentations were either persuasive or informative in nature, and in one category, students addressed an assigned topic.

Four students were awarded prizes in three categories in the annual Public Speaking Competition held on March 4. Presentations were either persuasive or informative in nature, and in one category, students addressed an assigned topic.

Sarah Gyurina ’22 won the top prize in the Oral Communication Center’s Three Minute Thesis Competition on May 7.

Three Hamilton students were recently awarded the top prizes at the College’s popular Public Speaking Competition, and they have shared their best tips for educating, entertaining, and persuading their audiences.

Five students were awarded prizes in three categories in the annual Public Speaking Competition that took place this year over Zoom. Presentations were either persuasive or informative in nature, and in one category, students addressed an assigned topic.

We asked this year’s public speaking competition winners to offer a glimpse into what it takes to create and deliver a great speech. Here’s what they had to say …

Loving math and persuasively sharing the love are two different things, which is why students in Math 235 present research projects to their classmates and take a 25-minute oral exam one-on-one with their professor.

During the Three-Minute Thesis competition, each student only had three minutes to explain their topics and findings to a non-specialist audience.

Hamilton's Oral Communication Center organized the annual Public Speaking Competition where students compete for more than $12,000 in prizes.

Six students were awarded prizes in three categories in the annual Public Speaking Competition on Saturday, March 3, in the Chapel. The finalists were chosen after an open preliminary round held in February. Speakers’ presentations were either persuasive or informative in nature, and in one category, students addressed an assigned topic.