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Welcome to FORENSICS at Boise State University
Meet our Talkin' Broncos

President Robert Kustra writes:
     "During spring break, our debate and speech team won the 2005-06 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP with a first-place finish in the team standings at the Pi Kappa Delta National  Tournament in St. Louis.  The Talkin' Broncos dethroned the six-time defending national champions from Southwest Baptist University in Missouri.  What an outstanding achievement beyond the blue!
     Congratulations to Coach Marty Most and his 14-member team.  Boise State also finished first in debate sweepstakes, second in speech sweepstakes and brought home 22 individual awards.  John Petti, a senior from Meridian, won the individual national championship in the broadcast journalism division.  Debaters Lacey Rammell-O'Brien, a senior from Eagle, and Nancy Henke, a senior from Boise, earned All-America honors.  We are very proud of the Talkin' Broncos' accomplishments this season.  Please Join me in congratulating them on their accomplishment and their stellar representation of Boise State University."
                            
     For more than six decades, the Boise State University Forensics Program has offered students individualized instruction and intercollegiate competition in debate, public speaking, and oral interpretation.  The Forensics Program is housed in the Department of Communication and is an important component in the Rhetoric and Communication Education offerings of the department.  However, forensics can enrich the liberal arts educations of students from all disciplines and in a typical semester fewer than half the team members are Communication majors.  Forensics participants can compete in six different speaking events, five oral interpretation events, and Parliamentary debate.  Full-time students maintaining at least a 2.80 GPA are eligible to try out for the Forensics Team.  Members of the team receive one or two credits per semester for their participation.  Forensic students' travel and tournament expenses are paid by the university.  Scholarships in varying amounts are available to outstanding competitors who maintain Idaho residency and a minimum GPA of 3.00.  Boise State competes as a member of the Northwest Forensics Conference (NFC), an affiliation of 42 colleges and universities from five states.  Boise State is also home to the Idaho Epsilon Chapter of Pi Kappa Delta National Forensic Honorary Society, the nation's oldest and largest forensics honorary organization, and is an active member of the National Parliamentary Debate Association and the American Forensics Association.

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