Madison Lantz of Missouri Western State University was named Top Speaker in a novice parliamentary debate tournament at Webster University in St. Louis. Lantz, a freshman legal studies major from Holt, Missouri, and teammate Ashley Howery, freshman biology major from St. Joseph, placed sixth overall at the Study Break Debate Tournament on Saturday, Dec. 5. [...]
Chris Miles and Mike Smith listen to a judge's decision following a debate round at UC-Berkeley. A pair of debaters from Missouri Western State University’s Speech and Debate program advanced to the quarterfinals of the nationally competitive Golden Gate Invitational Parliamentary Debate tournament at the University of California-Berkeley in Berkeley, California on October [...]
Jason Edgar has been named director of speech and debate at Missouri Western State University beginning this fall. Edgar will also be an instructor in the Department of Communication and Journalism. “Jason brings a wealth of experience in speech and debate both as a competitor and as a coach, and is also an experienced teacher [...]
Missouri Western State University students were honored with more than two dozen awards at the Missouri College Media Association’s Awards Banquet on April 11. The Griffon Yearbook won nine awards: […]
