What is Bethel Forensics?
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Bethel earns 8 national titles at Christian College Nationals
Bethel earns 6 individual titles, 1 team award and 1 debate championship. Sophie Nagle wins Novice Informative, Novice Dramatic Interp, and Novice Poetry, along with the individual sweepstakes championship in novice individual events. Matt Sundquist and Tommy Monson win JV parli. Micah Tweeten wins Novice After Dinner Speaking, and April Harding wins Novice Program Oral Interpretation. Bethel takes 3rd in individual events sweepstakes, 1st in limited entry debate, and 4th overall; Nagle, Sundquist, Monson, Harding, and Jessica Benham all win individual sweepstakes awards. Full details on the results page.
Bethel takes 5th place and 2 individual national championships at Novice Nationals
Sophia Nagle wins Informative and Dramatic Interp; Bethel takes 5th overall with 9 breaks. Details on the results page.
Valley Forensics League #2
Bethel takes 4th place with only 3 students; Jessica Benham and Sophie Nagle each make 2 final rounds. Details on the results page.
Bradley
Sophie Nagle makes Novice Poetry finals at the largest regular season tournament in the country.
Bethany Lutheran
All 3 Bethel parli teams make elimination rounds, and
Bethel sweeps the top three speakers. Details and the IE breaks on the
results page.
Team seeks more of our past history If you have any information on the team, especially pre-1997 history, please contact Dr. Michael Dreher We'd love to share that history on the website!
- Intercollegiate speech and debate
- A place to get to know new friends
- 2-time team champions at the National Christian College Forensics Invitational (2006, overall; 2007, individual events)
- Home of 2 National Parliamentary Debate Association All-Americans (David Maus, 2007; David Dickmeyer, 2009)
- Open to any major, and any year in school -- no experience necessary!
- A team that strives for success in forensics and in the classroom
- A place for you!
2011 Bethel Forensics team:
Front row: Abby Stocker, Anj Thunberg, Prof. Jessica Samens (Director of Forensics), Jess Benham, Megan Johnson, Lacy Larson (Asst. Coach)
Second row: Caitlyn Stenerson, Kelly Snyder, Sarah Lee, Esther Minell (Asst. Director of Forensics), Heidi Czlapinski, Emily Kaufenberg
Back row: Faith Kroeker Maus (alumni judge), Ryan Soller, Willis Krumholz, Matthew Anderson, Alicia Waters
Bethel Forensics is...
Bethel's Forensics team is a different kind of team. As this website expands, we will tell more of the story of what makes us different -- our commitment to the pedagogical value of forensics (as witnessed by over 50 students competing every year), our commitment to our religious tradition, and our desire that forensics be a positive experience for all who participate. You can find out more about how we feel in our mission statement, as well as in the team history. Whether you're one of our alums, someone considering our program, or want to learn more about college forensics, come find out more about us!
If you're a Bethel student wondering why you should be involved in forensics, please check out our information just for you.
Do you want to learn more about the different types of events? We have a list of them available.
We're
the tournament directors for the Novice Nationals Individual Events and
Parli tournament, and we host several college forensics websites.
A sitemap for the Bethel Forensics website is available, as is our 2011-2012 schedule of tournaments.
Bethel Forensics is a part of the Department of Communication Studies at Bethel University.
If you're looking for information about the field of forensic science and criminology, you're not in the right place!
We recommend that you consult Google or another search engine, and use
a search term that includes "not speech" or "not debate."
For more information about the forensics team or this site, contact Dr. Michael Dreher, Director of Forensics, or Prof. Jessica Samens, Assistant Director of Forensics.
Website last updated: 1 September 2011