3 minutes were all they had to impress the judges and the audience. Our own Leslie Locklear and Oliver Thomas were this year’s 3MT finalists which took place in the Alumni House, Thursday, 11/9/2017. Leslie’s one slide depicted her dissertation on “The Stories of Lumbee Tribal Youth” while Oliver presented his work on “Cultivating Agents of Social Change”. The competition was fierce with Leslie being voted with “The People’s Choice Award”. We are so proud of both of you for bringing ELC to the 3MT arena this year. Hope to see more ELC at next year’s 3MT. Well done, Leslie & Oliver!

ELC came to support not only Leslie & Oliver, but Kelly King from CED who was also a finalist.
(L-R: LaToya Brown, Leslie Locklear, Dr. Silvia Bettez, Oliver Thomas, Kelly King, and Erica-Brittany Horhn)