Alabama Forensic Council wins two national championships
By Anna Claire Toxey
April 10, 2021
Members of the Alabama Forensic Council at the University of Alabama figured out how best to make the Pi Kappa Delta National Comprehensive Tournament s new virtual format work for them, and came away with two national championships. (contributed)
The Alabama Forensic Council, the University of Alabama’s competitive speech team, won two national championships in speech and debate recently during the virtual Pi Kappa Delta National Comprehensive Tournament.
The AFC won both the Team National Championship for individual events in speech and the Overall Team National Championship, which included elements of both speech and debate.
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HPU’s Student Speaker Bureau speech and debate team won debate sweepstakes and second place overall sweepstakes at the Texas Intercollegiate Forensics Association Spring Championship tournament. Pictured from left to right are Alek Mendoza, Lucy Manning, Abigail Poling, Parker Brown, Jewel Schoppe, Rishona Raub, Esmeralda Maldonado, Devin Schurman and Dr. Julie Welker.
Howard Payne University’s Student Speaker Bureau speech and debate team recently secured debate sweepstakes for the second time in a row and won second place overall sweepstakes at the Texas Intercollegiate Forensics Association (TIFA) Spring Championship tournament. HPU competed against 15 colleges and universities from Texas.
Dr. Julie Welker, professor of communication and chair of the Department of Communication, coaches the team.
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