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The Lexicons victorious at Spelling Bee

By Jessica Woolman on October 21, 2015

The 6th annual United Way and UBC Library Spelling Bee was held on October 13. The Lexicons (Ceremonies and Events) took the championship cup by spelling 17/20 of the challenging words correctly. Team members included Ellis Courtney, Helen Gabor, Christina Girardi, Sheila Jones, Melissa Picher Kelly, Sarah Pickstone, Matt Ramsey and Herbert Rosengarten.

Team Auto Correct (UBC Library) and last years winners, Hive Minds (UBC Press) tied for second place.

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The Lexicons

The annual cross-campus event raises awareness for United Way, with all proceeds going to support UBC’s annual United Way campaign during the month of October. The teams were asked to spell words such as tintinnabulation, suffrutescent and gourmand.

Posted in Events, General | Tagged with community engagement, spelling bee, UBC, United Way

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