{"id":1777,"date":"2025-11-18T21:35:40","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T21:35:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esuus.org\/charlottesville\/?page_id=1777"},"modified":"2025-11-19T17:04:44","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T17:04:44","slug":"oratory-competition-with-think-again-at-uva-17-november-2025","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.esuus.org\/charlottesville\/oratory-competition-with-think-again-at-uva-17-november-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Oratory Competition with &#8220;Think Again&#8221; at UVA &#8211; 17 November 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section id=\"\" class=\"esu-basic-full-width\">\n\n    <div class=\"inner\">\n        <div class=\"wrapper\">\n\n            \n            \n            \n                            <div class=\"content\">\n                    <h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #000080\">Oratory Competition with &#8220;Think Again&#8221; at UVA &#8211; 17 November 2025<\/span><\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\">(Clicking on an individual photograph will display a larger version of that photo)<\/h3>\nngg_shortcode_0_placeholder\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #000080\"><strong>The Charlottesville Branch looks forward to continuing as a Co-Sponsor for this worthy event going forward.<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_1_placeholder\n<p>A video link is provided at the bottom of this page to watch the 1 hour and 15 minute recording of the event. &nbsp;<strong><em>You are encouraged to watch it and see some of the eight finalist presentations which are 5-minutes each.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Think Again<\/strong> hosted the fifth annual UVA Student Oratory Contest. &nbsp;19 undergraduate and 11 graduate student contestants wrote and delivered five-minute speeches on the topic:&nbsp; &#8220;Describe an event from American history and explain how it illustrates a founding principle of our Declaration of Independence.&#8221;&nbsp; A bipartisan panel of judges, comprised of former White House and Cabinet-level speechwriters from the Reagan, Clinton and Bush administrations, as well as last year&#8217;s student winner, chose two winners from among eight finalists. &nbsp;The undergraduate and graduate winners each received a $1000 prize. &nbsp;The competition was open to the public and free to attend.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Contest Founder, Moderator, and ESU member, Mary Kate Cary introduced the event and interim UVA President, Paul Mahoney, addressed the attendees.<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_2_placeholder\n<p>The winners are pictured below some of the additional participants. &nbsp;<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_3_placeholder\n                <\/div>\n            \n            \n\n            \n        <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section id=\"\" class=\"esu-basic-full-width\">\n\n    <div class=\"inner\">\n        <div class=\"wrapper\">\n\n            \n            \n            \n                            <div class=\"content\">\n                    <h2 style=\"text-align: center\">Please enjoy the following full length video of the Event<\/h2>\n                <\/div>\n            \n            \n\n            \n        <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n\n<\/section>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"5th Annual UVA Student Oratory Competition\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Iy6qG-8Dlbg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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