{"id":53752,"date":"2025-11-20T05:50:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T05:50:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/53752\/"},"modified":"2025-11-20T05:50:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T05:50:07","slug":"eastern-florida-state-college-student-wins-first-place-at-2025-grand-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/53752\/","title":{"rendered":"Eastern Florida State College Student Wins First Place at 2025 Grand Debate"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEastern Florida State College’s Kostin Lewis captured first place at Grand Debate\"\"<\/a>Eastern Florida State College<\/a> student Kostin Lewis, above center, captured first place at the 2025 Grand Debate, held November 6 at St. Petersburg College\u2019s Seminole Campus. Team EFSC from left: Josh Humphries, Christie McBride, Kostin Lewis, Marina Reyes Delannoy, and Dr. Erin Baird. (EFSC image)<\/p>\n

BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA \u2013\u00a0Eastern Florida State College<\/a> student Kostin Lewis captured first place at the 2025 Grand Debate, held November 6 at St. Petersburg College\u2019s Seminole Campus.<\/p>\n

The event featured 10 students from five Florida colleges, including EFSC representatives Kostin Lewis and Marina Reyes.<\/p>\n

Participating schools were EFSC, St. Petersburg College, Hillsborough College, Palm Beach State College, and Daytona State College.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Eastern Florida State College<\/a> student Marina Reyes represented the Titans at the 2025 Grand Debate, held November 6 at St. Petersburg College\u2019s Seminole Campus. (EFSC image)<\/p>\n

Team EFSC was guided by faculty and staff members Josh Humphries, Christie McBride, Monica Hixson, and Dr. Erin Baird, who played a key role in EFSC\u2019s participation and served as directors for the preliminary round hosted at EFSC earlier this fall.<\/p>\n

Sponsored by the Institute for Strategic Policy Solutions, the annual competition offers students an invaluable opportunity to sharpen public speaking and debate skills outside the classroom.<\/p>\n

Finalists advance through preliminary rounds at their respective colleges to debate timely issues, emphasizing the importance of clear and persuasive communication in today\u2019s society.<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s topic: \u201cShould the government regulate the content moderation policies of social media companies?\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Eastern Florida State College<\/a> student Kostin Lewis captured first place at the 2025 Grand Debate, held November 6 at St. Petersburg College\u2019s Seminole Campus. (EFSC image)<\/p>\n

Students were randomly assigned their position, opponent, and debate round. Lewis competed in the fifth round, arguing the affirmative position against last year\u2019s Grand Debate champion, and emerged victorious.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are extremely proud of the two Titans who represented EFSC at the Grand Debate, and especially Kostin for earning first place,\u201d said EFSC President Dr. Jim Richey. \u201cThe ability to think critically and communicate respectfully and persuasively is essential for leadership and success in every field. Our students exemplify these qualities and inspire others to do the same.\u201d<\/p>\n

For more information about Eastern Florida State College, visit easternflorida.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Eastern Florida State College’s Kostin Lewis captured first place at Grand DebateEastern Florida State College student Kostin Lewis,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":53753,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[30462,33705,28,30,29],"class_list":["post-53752","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-debate","tag-eastern-florida-state-college","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53752","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53752"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53752\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53752"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}