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Feb 02, 2016

Missouri Western speech and debate wins state championship

2019-06-04T16:21:46-05:00

Chris Miles (left) and Casey Huffman won the Missouri State Championship in Parliamentary Debate at Webster University. The Missouri Western Speech and Debate program brought home some titles from the Missouri Association of Forensics Activity State Championships at Webster University on February 19-20. The parliamentary debate team of Chris Miles and Casey Huffman [...]

Missouri Western speech and debate wins state championship2019-06-04T16:21:46-05:00
Oct 10, 2015

Debate Team Advances to Quarters of Cal-Berkeley Tournament

2019-06-04T16:21:52-05:00

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 [...]

Debate Team Advances to Quarters of Cal-Berkeley Tournament2019-06-04T16:21:52-05:00
Jul 07, 2015

New Director of Speech and Debate Named

2019-06-04T16:21:06-05:00

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 [...]

New Director of Speech and Debate Named2019-06-04T16:21:06-05:00
Apr 04, 2015

Students Win Missouri College Media Awards

2019-06-04T16:21:07-05:00

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: […]

Students Win Missouri College Media Awards2019-06-04T16:21:07-05:00
Oct 10, 2014

Cronkite Media Ethics Conference Scheduled Nov. 3-4

2019-06-04T16:20:29-05:00

The inaugural Walter Cronkite Conference on Media Ethics and Integrity, sponsored by Missouri Western State University and the Media Ethics Division of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communications (AEJMC), will be held Nov. 3 and 4 at Missouri Western. Most sessions are free and open to the public. “Given that Cronkite was [...]

Cronkite Media Ethics Conference Scheduled Nov. 3-42019-06-04T16:20:29-05:00