Gonzaga Debate Institute

01/04/2024

Happy New Year from the GDI! We want to remind everyone there is still time for students to take advantage of the Gonzaga Debate Institute’s Early bird Discount if they have not already. Combined with our alumni, travel, group discounts, as well as possible scholarships, makes the GDI one of the most affordable national debate camps in the nation. Take advantage of the savings and join us in the northwest this summer!
Programs: Two- and five-week programs for students across all experience levels
Dates: Sunday, June 23 through Saturday, July 27
For more information visit us at:

Welcome to the home of the Gonzaga University Debate Program. For over 100 years Gonzaga has supported argument and debate as a cornerstone of a Jesuit education. Debate strives to promote a culture of intellectual inquiry and advocacy and students who debate will enhance a wide range of critical th...

05/25/2023

Less than a month until the first students arrive in the beautiful Northwest for the 2023 Gonzaga Debate Institute! While most of our participants will be in-person, we are very pleased to announce that Maggie Berthiaume from Woodward Academy is joining our faculty to teach the Two Week Online Policy Program. We're excited to be able to offer this online opportunity to those students preferring to attend virtually, and especially excited to have a veteran educator and wildly successful debate coach like Maggie leading that lab. All sorts of information including applications, faculty, costs, scholarship opportunties, etc. is available on our site at

Welcome to the home of the Gonzaga University Debate Program. For over 100 years Gonzaga has supported argument and debate as a cornerstone of a Jesuit education. Debate strives to promote a culture of intellectual inquiry and advocacy and students who debate will enhance a wide range of critical th...

03/10/2022

An update to our previous post concerning the 2022 Gonzaga Debate Institute. We are happy to announce we are now able to offer all our programs (two, four and five week) in-person this summer! We will still offer online opportunties for those choosing to join us remotely, and our Coaches Clinic willl also remain online. For those students looking to spend some time on our beautiful campus we look forward to finally welcoming you back to Gonzaga!
For more information including dates, faculty, and applications please visit us at www.gonzagadebate.com

02/21/2022

Friends - The Gonzaga Debate Institute is now accepting applications for our 2022 policy programs . We are very pleased to announce that we are able to host our four- and five-week program students IN-PERSON on our beautiful campus in Spokane, Washington (although we will require proof of vaccine). For now, all two-week programs will remain online, though if that changes we will let you know. In addition, we also plan on hosting a three-day coaching clinic (remotely and at no cost) in mid-July (details and coaches clinic application link to come soon). Interested students and coaches can visit our website at www.gonzagadebate.com for more information including dates, faculty, and application process. If you have questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us at [email protected]. We are super excited to welcome students back to campus and look forward to another outstanding summer experience!

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Welcome to the home of the Gonzaga University Debate Program. For over 100 years Gonzaga has supported argument and debate as a cornerstone of a Jesuit education. Debate strives to promote a culture of intellectual inquiry and advocacy and students who debate will enhance a wide range of critical th...

07/25/2020

Some more tournament photos from day 2 of prelims as well as some from elimination rounds on Friday. Finals are currently underway!

07/24/2020

The 2020 GDI Online Tournament is underway. Check out some of the campers in rounds.

07/22/2020

https://www.gonzaga.edu/news-events/stories/2020/7/21/gonzaga-debate-institute-pivots-to-online-and-expands-footprint-worldwide

Gonzaga Debate Institute Pivots to Online and Expands Footprint Worldwide

07/13/2020

Trivia continues today...with the addition of our two week campers and faculty! Send those guesses to [email protected]

07/10/2020

Ready for this fashion trend trivia question?

07/09/2020

Trivia Day 6!

07/08/2020

Submit guesses to [email protected]