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—Photo
by Matt Willis |
| The Mercer Speech
Tournament hosted by the C&J Department attracted 24 contestants
and an audience of students and faculty members. In the photo,
Mrs. Joann Mercer, the tournament's sponsor, stands second from
the right with some of the winners after the competition. The
winners and their prizes are: First place, $1,000, Bevin Ehn
(mass communication/advertising); second place, $750, John McCullough
(nuclear engineering); third place, Tracie Lissner (university
studies); finalist, $100, Hana Wolf (religious studies); finalist,
$100, Brian Ver Pleoux (communication); and finalist, $100,
Natalie Klein (mathematics).
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tournament is named for Mrs. Mercer's late husband and son,
Joe and Steve Mercer. They were politicians and lawyers who
believed in the power of speech and debate, and Mrs. Mercer
created this tournament to honor their commitments and memory.
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Welcome!
The Department of Communication
& Journalism at the University of New Mexico creates
excellence in learning through academic scholarship, teaching
and service to the community and the field.
We offer undergraduate majors
and minors in communication, journalism and mass communication.
At the graduate
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level, the department offers M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in communication.
The C&J Department
is a center that fosters discovery, creativity, dialogue,
teamwork and growth among a diverse community of students,
faculty and staff. We invite you to spend time on our Web
site for a more in-depth look at what our department has to
offer.
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