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UMass Announces Top Placing High School Students in National Chinese Language Speech Contest

The University of Massachusetts announced the national winners of the fourth annual Chinese Language Speech Contest, sponsored by the UMass Confucius Institute and CLASS, the Chinese Language Association for Secondary Schools.

The following students won first place for each division; Beginner-Rayshon Johnson, of Dorchester, Massachusetts, a ninth grader at Boston Latin School; Intermediate-Niklas Smedemark-Margulies, of Newton, Massachusetts, a 12 grader at Buckingham Browne & Nichols and Special-Faith Mulroy from Greens Farm Academy in Connecticut.

This is the third consecutive year that the University has co-sponsored the national contest. All of the winning students received prizes and the first place finishers have possibility of competing in the next World Contest in Beijing. Last year's U.S. national team, comprised of three Massachusetts students, placed second at the world competition.

Consulate Cen from the Office of the Chinese Consulate General in New York City; Dr. Marcellette G. Williams, University of Massachusetts Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs, Student Affairs & International Relations and David J. Gray, University of Massachusetts Senior Vice President for Administration, Finance & Technology joined students and contest judges for the competition and awards, held at CERNET in Marlborough.

4/18/09

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