NCRA and Schools Celebrate National Punctuation Day

October 6, 2011

NCRA celebrated National Punctuation Day on September 24, 2011, by offering schools a punctuation-free version of a speed contest legal opinion to punctuate. Many schools were excited to take part in the contest and wrote back to thank NCRA for providing the materials and the prize, a "One Association, One Future" t-shirt originally distributed at the 2011 NCRA Convention and Exposition in Las Vegas.

Twenty-six schools reported back with the following winners' names:

Anoka Technical College, Anoka, MN: Melissa Keute
Atlantic Technical Center, Coconut Creek, FL: Erin Lehnen
Baton Rouge School of Court Reporting, LA: Allison Jourdan
Bryan College, Sacramento, CA: Nicole Hatler
Business Informatics Center, Valley Stream, NY: Jennifer L. Schnitzer
Canadian Centre for Verbatim Studies, Toronto, Canada: a four-way tie for first place to Ana Dumitrascu, Gina Nicoll, Robert Stewart, and Byron Tong
Central New Mexico Community College, Albuquerque, NM: Relene Dixon
Clark State Community College, Springfield, OH: Hannah Parshall
College of Court Reporting, Hobart, IN: Andrea Dalsing
Everest College, Henderson, NV: Brandy Roberts
GateWay Community College, Phoenix, AZ: Tracy Miller
Green River Community College, Auburn, WA: Korina Kerbs
Humphreys College, Stockton, CA: Darla Moen
Key College, Dania Beach, FL: Theresa Burke
Miami-Jacobs Career College in Sharonville, OH: Kelley Bohan
Miami-Jacobs Career College, Independence, OH: Sarah Lane
Midstate College, Peoria, IL: Tabitha Huffman
Northern Alberta Institute of Technology, Edmonton, Canada: Kelly Wall
Oakland Community College, Royal Oak, MI: Amanda Hubble
Orleans Technical Institute, Philadelphia, PA: Brittany Everly
Realtime Center for Learning Inc. Westbury, NY: Debbie Babino
Sage College, Moreno Valley, CA: Julianne Legge
Southwest Tennessee Community College, Memphis, TN: Amanda Powers
Stautzenberger College, Brecksville, OH: Heidi Metzger
Tri-Community Adult Education, Covina, CA: Jeffrey Hunter
Winter Park Tech - Avalon Campus, FL: Ken AuYeung

Congratulations to all!