AUK Wins 2nd and 3rd Place in the Inter College Environmental Public Speaking Competition 2011 in Dubai

Two teams from the American University of Kuwait (AUK) competed in the 11th Environmental Speech Competition in Dubai winning 2nd and 3rd place. Coached by Professor Don Prade, Senior Instructor of English at AUK, Luke Rangel, assisted by Marie El Neaman, won 2nd place in the speech competition on "Development without Destruction: Is it Possible?", a category with 14 participating universities from the GCC countries. In the other competition on the topic, "Recycling: Does it really Matter?" our speaker Helene El Neaman, ably assisted by her sister, Marie El Neaman, won 3rd place. There were 12 universities entered in this category.

The Inter School Public Speaking Competition, which is organized by the Emirates Environmental Group (EEG) is the first and only of its kind in the GCC that brings together the public and private sectors as well as boys and girls on a common platform to discuss and debate environmental and sustainability issues. This year, the contestants debated and discussed the four topics. Each team participating in the event consisted of 5 members, 4 for the research and preparation and one who presented it.

The tournament, which attracted the participation of more than 50 universities from the GCC, had four categories which were all hotly contested. AUK however, emerged in the spotlight once again as the coach of Prince Sultan University in Saudi Arabia put it, "Every time we see the name AUK in the contest, we worry and expect a tough fight!"


The winning teams with their coach (from left): Prof. Don Prade, Helene El Neaman, Marie El Neaman, and Luke Rangel


Released by the Office of Public Affairs on the 15th December 2011