Find Your Voice
Team membership will help you continue to develop your abilities to speak publicly and ethically in a variety of competitive events
Find Your Reasons
As a member of the team, you'll have the chance to research and critically analyze pressing public policy issues
Develop Professionally
SMC debate and speech competitors develop professional presentation skills that pay off after graduation
Prepare for Law School
Like SMC grad, former team captain, and NPDA's All American Award winner in 2010, Elizabeth Patterson, debate will prepare you for law school
Make Lifelong Friends
The friends you make while competing for SMC's debate and speech team will be some of your closest
SMC Forensics
The Macken Collegiate Forensics program supports SMC's competitive debate and speech team. The program is named in honor of its founder and benefactor, John Macken, and support for the program is in collaboration with SMC, Joe Siler (working with Atsuko Kawahara to establish the Kurt W. Simon Trust), and others.
We welcome students with competitive experience from all academic disciplines to apply for team membership in order to develop ethical and socially responsible public communication based on in-depth public policy analysis.
Macken Collegiate Forensics supports the following organizations:
National Parliamentary Debate Association
International Debate Education Association
Northern California Forensic Association
National Christian College Forensics Association
National Communication Association
John & Enid Macken
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Saint Mary's College of California
1928 Saint Mary's Road
Moraga, CA 94556
(925) 631-4000
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