Auburn invites students to compete in oratory contest as part of 2010 King Week

oratoryheadingThe Auburn University Office of Diversity and Multicultural Affairs invites students of East Alabama to participate in its “Word from the Mountain Top” oratory contest, one of many events scheduled during the January 2010 King Week celebration.

The contest is open to students who are residents of Lee, Macon, Russell or Montgomery counties and currently enrolled in a college, university, community college, high school, middle school or junior high school. The competition is meant to encourage students to reflect on Martin Luther King Jr.’s philosophy and to connect his message to issues facing the nation in the 21st century.

Entries should be mailed, e-mailed, faxed or hand delivered to Brandon Wolfe in the office of Access and Community Initiatives no later than Jan. 11. There is no entry fee.

For more information on how to participate in the contest, contact Brandon Wolfe at 844-5042 or by e-mail at wolfebr@auburn.edu. The mailing address is 314 Mary Martin Hall, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849.

To read more about King Week 2010, click on this link.

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