Northern State University Speech and Debate

Northern State University Speech and Debate Competitive speech and debate team at Northern State University in Aberdeen, SD. Find us on Twitter Come to compete or just join for fun.

Coached by Dr. Justin 'Gus' Foote, professor of Communication Studies at Northern State University. We have students prep in many different categories to compete at tournaments in the region throughout the year. Any students are welcome to join no matter what major you may have. Events include:

Prose
Poetry
Dramatic Interp
Program Oral Interp
Communication Analysis
Persuasion
Informative Speaking
Impromptu
Extemp
After Dinner Speaking
And Parliamentary Debate!

03/18/2025

The team finished up the PKD National Tournament last week! It was a return to Athens, OH and Ohio University! For those of you who were at the last PKD I am sure you remember the tournament as an entire full day of completion was canceled and reschedule due to a blizzard that shut down the whole city. This year was MUCH warmer and the team really showed up!!

We finished with the following results:

5th Place Overall Debate Team in Teir 3
10th Place Overall Speech Team in Teir 3
8th Place Overall Combined Speech and Debate in Teir 3

Abiah George was the Top Speaker in JV IPDA debate and a quarter finalist in extemp, editorial impromptu, and JV IPDA.

Haylee Bohnet, Hannah Smith, Liv Ashley, and Kaitlyn Maas all scored valuable points in their events that helped us secure our highest awards at PKD in recent years.

Our team gets amazing opportunities to compete at the highest level such as the National Tournament. Read about one of o...
06/05/2024

Our team gets amazing opportunities to compete at the highest level such as the National Tournament. Read about one of our team's accomplishments down below!! (via. The Aberdeen Insider)

The Northern State University speech and debate team made it to the national quarterfinals, with two students tying for fifth place in the nation.

WOW, another academic achievement for Alexandria Arndt!! Keep up the great work. Go wolves!!
06/05/2024

WOW, another academic achievement for Alexandria Arndt!! Keep up the great work. Go wolves!!

Burnsville, Minn. - The Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference announced the spring All-Academic honors earlier today. Northern State University student-athletes were recognized on the NSIC All-Academic Team and NSIC All-Academic Team of Excellence. 64 Wolves student-athletes were honored from the....

Congratulations Alexandria Arndt for an amazing academic achievement!
06/05/2024

Congratulations Alexandria Arndt for an amazing academic achievement!

We are proud to announce the students who have earned a place on the Spring 2024 Academic Recognition list! Congratulations to our outstanding students. Your achievements make us proud! 🌟

See the full list here: https://bit.ly/3RaPvua

Happy summer speech and debate enthusiasts! Although the school year is over, we are already getting excited for the 202...
06/05/2024

Happy summer speech and debate enthusiasts! Although the school year is over, we are already getting excited for the 2024-2025 speech and debate season! We are looking for students who have a passion to speak up, be heard, or are just looking for a welcoming and easy activity. Message us or contact Dr. Foote of the NSU Speech and Debate team. Have a great summer and go wolves!!

Today is NSU's GiveNDay and the team would greatly appreciate any support you can offer. ***All funds will be used solel...
04/03/2024

Today is NSU's GiveNDay and the team would greatly appreciate any support you can offer.

***All funds will be used solely for team travel***

Thank you for anything you can offer to help support NSU Speech and Debate!!!!

I’m ready to support Speech and Debate on April 3, 2024 during GiveNDay 2024. Learn more about Speech and Debate

10/28/2023

Vocal Viking Final Results:

Abiah George took 3rd in extemporaneous speaking

Alex Arndt took fourth in impromptu speaking

Abiah and Alex took 5th and 3rd top speaker respectively for debate

And they took 2nd place in limited entry sweepstakes!

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