The Japanese program at Duke hosted the 37th Duke Japanese Speech Contest on March 30, 2024 on East Campus. This contest had a total of 15 finalists from Duke University, Wake Forest University and the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Below is the list of winners:
Level I:
1st Place: Darwin Cai (Duke University)
2nd Place: Liam June (University of North Carolina at Charlotte)
3rd Place: Robert Devoe (Duke University) Charlotte Grace Foxx (Wake Forest University)
Austin Liu (Duke University) Alice Xu (Duke University)
Level II:
1st Place: Sara Oike (Duke University)
2nd Place: Lennox Luo-Ramirez (Duke University)
3rd Place: Avelina Axonov (Wake Forest University) Arthur Obeid (Duke University)
Alec Pike (University of North Carolina at Charlotte)
Level III:
1st Place: Zichen Wang (Wake Forest University)
2nd Place: Joshua Shackelford (University of North Carolina at Charlotte)
3rd Place: Ben Goldstein (Duke University) Carla Pollen (Duke University)
Congratulations to all contestants!