Special Programs

Forensics
Miami's Forensics Society, open to all students, engages in intercollegiate debate and individual events activities.  The Director and Assistant Director of Forensics are full-time faculty members with a combined 30+ years of experience coaching nationally recognized programs.  They provide students with exceptional instruction in competitive public speaking, oral interpretation and Parliamentary Debate.

In 2010 Miami University’s debate program switched from its long history with National Debate Tournament (NDT) policy debate and started competing in Parliamentary debate.  In its first year of Parliamentary Debate competition we had the National Novice Parliamentary Debate Runner Ups at the Comprehensive National Tournament and placed 21st out of 252 schools in the National Parliamentary Debate Association Seasonal Sweepstakes and place 7th Debate Sweepstakes at the National Comprehensive Tournament.

The speech team side of the program has a long and distinguished history as well.  From 1997-2007 Miami University won over 20 national championships in public speaking and oral interpretation events.  Miami even had two national pentathlon champions (overall top speaker at the national tournament). In 2010 Miami University placed 10th in Open Sweepstakes and 3rd in President’s Division I sweepstakes at the National Forensics Association tournament.  Miami placed 5th in Individual Events Sweepstakes and 3rd in Combined (Debate & Individual Events) sweepstakes and was the top Delta Sigma Rho – Tau Kappa Alpha team at the National Comprehensive Tournament in 2010.

You can get more information about this group by visiting 157 Bachelor Hall or by calling the Director of Forensics at 513-529-2278.  You can also learn more at our website, www.muohio.edu/forensics.