PROGRAMS
POLICY
DEBATE
The policy debate program offers a rigorous training and research curriculum focused on the NSDA 2025-2026 Topic - Resolved: The United States federal government should significantly increase its exploration and/or development of the Arctic.
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This 2-week program is available to residents or commuters and runs from July 6-19, 2025.
Argumentation, Research, Critical Thinking
LINCOLN-
DOUGLAS
The Lincoln-Douglas program offers an innovative approach to case-building, speech practice, and argumentative reasoning. The curriculum will focus on the NSDA September/October topic to be released in June.
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This 2-week program is available to residents or commuters and runs from July 6-19, 2025.
Rhetoric, Case Construction, Strategy
PUBLIC
FORUM
The Public Forum program features a scholarly research program coupled with intense public speaking training. The curriculum will focus on the two NSDA September/October topics to be released in June.
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This 2-week program is available to residents or commuters and runs from July 6-19, 2025.
Cross-Examination, Scholarship, Reasoning
PUBLIC SPEAKING & ADVOCACY
The Public Speaking & Advocacy program is focused on developing students' skills in the areas of rhetorical invention, organization, style, delivery & memory. This curriculum focuses on providing students with all of the essential skills to advocate for themselves and their vision for a better world.
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This program has two 1-week sessions, July 6-11, 2025;
and July 13-18, 2025.
Creativity, Vision, Persuasion