Cloud County Community College

Concordia campus                                                                

2221 Campus Drive, PO Box 1002                                                         

Concordia, KS 66901                                                                                 

785-243-1435                                                                                                     

www.cloud.edu

 

Geary County campus

631 Caroline Avenue

Junction City, KS 66441

785-238-8010

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                           

February 5, 2008                                         

Contact: Todd Leif, (800) 729-5101, ext. 216

 

Cloud County Community College to host NAQT Meet Feb. 9

(CONCORDIA, KS) –Cloud County Community College will host a National Academic Quiz Tournament (NAQT) qualifying meet Saturday, Feb. 9 on the Concordia campus.

 

Meet organizers anticipate six teams from Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference schools will participate including the college’s own team, the “Bird Brains.”   CCCC Quiz Bowl coaches are Todd Leif and Nick Jones, both faculty members.

 

The meet marks the fifth year Cloud County Community College has hosted the tournament.  The winning team is invited to compete at the NAQT championships this April at Washington University in St. Louis, Mo.

 

Cloud’s Bird Brains have qualified for the national tourney four times in the last six years.

 

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