5th Annual Student Oratory Competition

This year, student finalists in both undergraduate and graduate divisions will deliver original speeches answering the prompt, "Describe an event from American history and explain how it illustrates a founding principle of our Declaration of Independence"

Two winners, one from each divison, will be selected by a bipartisan panel of judges comprised of former White House and Cabinet-level speechwriters and awarded $1000 each. Interim President Paul Mahoney will open the competition and annouce the winners.

This event is co-sponsored by Think Again and the College of Arts and Sciences and will be shared on video with thousands of alumni and parents worldwide through the UVA Office of Engagements.