University of Central Missouri Debate & Forensics

10/07/2026

We're just a couple of days away from hosting our annual Forensics tournament. We're excited, and nervous, to welcome a collective 25 teams to our campus for a weekend of Forensics fun. We'd still love to see a few more judges for Saturday and Sunday, especially on Sunday. At the moment, we're having to limit our own entry as a big chunk of our tournament judges are directly affiliated with UCMO or they are recent alums who can't judge their former teammates. If we're able to pick up a few more, we may be able to enter a few more of our events. If you find yourself in Warrensburg on Saturday/Sunday with a little free time, please help us out.

Additionally, if you might be interested in judging LD on Saturday/Sunday via Zoom, we can make that happen and would love a little more flexibility for judge placement in LD.

It’s that time of the year again! We will once again be hosting The Missouri Mule/Dale Carnegie Swing Forensics tournament. This tournament will be held in-person on October 9-11, 2026! We are in need of judges, as attendance will be up for in-person tournaments this season. We would love to see a...

10/02/2026

We're a week away from hosting The Missouri Mule/Carnegie Swing on October 9-11. Entries are starting to roll in and we'll have a better idea of judge needs on Monday, but we wanted to provide yet another reminder and opportunity to come judge a couple of rounds for us. It can be a round here or there, a morning, an afternoon, all day, or all weekend. We're appreciative of whatever you can give.

It’s that time of the year again! We will once again be hosting The Missouri Mule/Dale Carnegie Swing Forensics tournament. This tournament will be held in-person on October 9-11, 2026! We are in need of judges, as attendance will be up for in-person tournaments this season. We would love to see a...

09/25/2026

The Talking Mules are at our first tournament of the year, The Derryberry Classic, hosted by Southwest Baptist University. Congrats to Novices Chase Dernier & Aunjanette Dodds for advancing to Quarterfinals in Novice IPDA. Also congrats to Luke Fitzsimmons for advancing to Quarterfinals in Varsity IPDA.

09/23/2026

As the team is preparing for our first tournament this weekend at The Derryberry Classic, hosted by Southwest Baptist University, we also have our eyes firmly planted on hosting our tournaments, The Missouri Mule & Dale Carnegie Swing on October 9-11. As always, we are on the lookout for judges to make our hosting experience that much smoother. If you have the time, we'd love to have the assistance. The link for the signup form is below. Please reach out if you have any questions.

It’s that time of the year again! We will once again be hosting The Missouri Mule/Dale Carnegie Swing Forensics tournament. This tournament will be held in-person on October 9-11, 2026! We are in need of judges, as attendance will be up for in-person tournaments this season. We would love to see a...

09/09/2026

SAVE THE DATE: The Missouri Mule/Carnegie Swing will be October 9-11. As usual, we are on the lookout for judges. We'll post a Google Form to signup for times in the next couple of weeks. We hope that you can join us in Warrensburg!

04/19/2026

Also, please join us in congratulating Senior, Paige Showen, for advancing to outrounds in Dramatic Interpretation at NFA!

04/19/2026

Please join us in congratulating Freshman, Sophie Katcher, for advancing to outrounds in Impromptu at NFA!

04/12/2026

Congrats to Charlie Vitale and Luke Fitzsimmons for advancing to elim rounds at IPDA Nationals.

We're also proud of Caleb Dillon, Ashley Singh, Paige Showen, and Tristian Jackson for their efforts in representing the team and the assistance they're providing during prep for elim rounds (it does our coach hearts proud seeing this teamwork in action).

04/10/2026

Congrats to Luke Fitzsimmons and Tristian Jackson for advancing to Double Octs in Team IPDA at IPDA Nationals.

04/10/2026

The Talking Mules are searching for Graduate Assistants for the 2026-2027 academic year. Applicants will need to be admitted to the Communication MA program. We're at IPDA Nationals and NFA Nationals if you would like to chat about this opportunity. We can also chat on Google Meet/Zoom. Please pass along this opportunity to anyone you believe might be interested.

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