|
Speech/Theatre Home | Faculty | Theatre Season | Las Mascaras | Alumni | Contact Us | TJC Home |
|||||||||
Forensics Team
TJC Students are encouraged to participate in both Theatre and Forensics! TJC Forensic Team members may choose from all eleven of the national individual speech events, Parliamentary debate, plus Lincoln-Douglas debate, Cross-Examination debate, and Interpreter's Theatre. Most students end each year competing in four to six events, receiving excellent training in diverse areas from interpretation to debate. TJC travels to highly competitive tournaments, competing against Universities as well as Community Colleges. Tyler Junior College has won more Sweepstakes Trophies than any other community college in Texas at the Phi Rho Pi National Tournament! TJC offers smaller classes with more personal attention by instructors, greater opportunity to perform and more! The head coache has over 30 years experience. M'Liss Hindman has been recognized with state and national awards as an outstanding educator! Tyler Junior College forensic students may also be actively involved in our top quality theatre productions. Our students are actively recruited by four-year schools for scholarship programs in both speech and theatre! 2008-2009 Forensic Season FALL 2008 Sept. 26-28 Forum in the Forest Tournament Swing, Kingwood College SPRING 2009 Jan. 16-19 Hell Froze Over IE Swing, Bradley University, Peoria, IL
Forensics - Fall 2008 FALL The Tyler Junior College Forensics Team (speech, interpretation and debate events) attended their first tournament last weekend. They went to the Forum in the Forest Tournament hosted by Rice University and Kingwood College. Eleven different colleges and universities attended including Rice, University of Texas, Oklahoma University and Texas State University. The TJC team took seven students this past weekend and entered Prose Interpretation, Extemporaneous Speaking, Impromptu Speaking and Parliamentary debate. Travis Smith and Alex Warren broke to Semi-Finals in Impromptu Speaking.
SPRING The Tyler Junior College Forensics team travelled to the prestigious Texas Intercollegiate Forensic Association Spring Champtionship this past weekend. It was hosted by San Antonio College with the following results: Jordan Innerarity and J. P. Fugler - Quarter Finalists in Parlimentary Debate AND... Jordan Innerarity was announced as one of the very prestigious All Star Texas Forensics Squad. This honor was bestowed on him not only for his excellent record of debate wins and finalists placings in individual events, but also for his leadership skills and academic record.
January 28, 2008 The TJC Forensic Team competed in the Webster University Gorlak Gala in St. Louis, MO over the weekend. There were 31 schools in attendance from 15 states with the following results: Jordan Innerarity and J. P. Fugler - 2nd place Parliamentary Debate (Special note our team beat Norte Dame and many other universities to achieve this!) Christina Ivey - 5th place in Penthalon - that means she was the 5th Top Performer at the Tournament competing in all types of competition (interpretation, limited prep speaking, and prepared speaking.) TJC was the 6th place Overall Sweepstakes school! Forensics 2007 November 10, 2007 Forensics is an academic competition that you can take pride in our students. This weekened, they competed once again successfully against universities. I was approached by three universities wanting to recruit our students! We have had a very exciting fall and look forward to new challenges for the Spring semester. The TJC Forensic Team attended their final swing tournament for the Fall semester and returned again victoriously. These were the largest tournaments that we attended all semester with a total of 29 schools - only four of them were community colleges. The schools came from seven different states including Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, Kansas, Alabama, and Georgia. TJC came in 4th Place Overall for the two tournaments combined!!!! This was a great accomplishment! Below you will find our students’ individual results and our other school sweepstakes awards: Red River Swing - University of Louisiana at Monroe half: Red River Swing - University of Southern Louisiana at Shreveport half:
November 2-4, 2007 The Tyler Junior College Forensic Team attended the Texas Intercollegiate Forensic Association's Fall championship tournament and the Texas Tech Invitational Tournament held in Lubbock November 2-4, 2007. We took seven students and they all brought home at least one award. These were the largest and most difficult tournaments that we have attended so far this year. There were sixteen schools in attendance, most of them universities. Texas Intercollegiate Forensic Association Fall Championship: Texas Tech University Invitational Tournament:
October 20, 2007 The Tyler Junior College Forensic Team (competitive speech and debate events) travelled to two major tournaments in Houston - October 20, 2007. There were fourteen schools and universities represented at the tournaments. TJC won First Place in Debate Sweepstakes and 2nd Place Overall Sweepstakes for the two tournaments (placing behind the University of Texas at Austin.) Individual Winners were: Bayou Classic hosted by North Harris College: Bayous Classic Part II hosted by Cy-Fair College:
September 29, 2007 The TJC Forensic Team has returned victoriously in the Newbie Novice Tournament hosted by Tarrant County Community College Northeast the last on September 29, 2007. (All contestants had to be in their first two semesters of college competition in order to compete.) Seven colleges attended. Here are the results:
Top Speakers in Parliamentary Debate: Impromptu Speaking: Extemporaneous Speaking: Communication Analysis: Speech to Entertain: Poetry Interpretation: Prose Interpreation: Program Oral Interpretation: Persuasive Speaking: Top Individual Speaker: Top Overall Speaker of the Tournament: Individual Events Sweepstakes: Debate Sweepstakes: Overall Sweepstakes:
April 9-14, 2007 TJC Forensics Team National Champions - 2 Golds & a Bronze!
Students that qualified for national competition were: Adam Rios, Christina Ivey, Jacob Hopson, Jordan Innerarity Individual winners were:
The competition was held in Houston April 9-14, 2007. Over 650 students competed representing 76 colleges from across the nation. TJC should be very proud of these students and their accomplishments this semester. They worked very hard to qualify and represented us extemely well!
|
Parliamentary Debate:
