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TCU Speech & Debate Wins Oklahoma Championship

Shortly after their win at the Texas Shuffle Swing Tournament, TCU Speech and Debate competed in their final regular season competition, the Oklahoma Intercollegiate Forensic Association Championship. The team won all three championship team awards, including Combined Debate and Individual Events Sweepstakes, Individual Events Sweepstakes and Debate Sweepstakes. In addition to several additional awards, Jackson… Read more »

TCU Speech & Debate Wins First Place at Texas Shuffle Swing Tournament

TCU Speech and Debate is back on the road and doing better than ever. Early this spring, TCU Speech and Debate won first place combined speech/debate sweepstakes at the Texas Shuffle Swing Tournament at San Antonio College. The combined sweepstakes is awarded to the top team at the tournament, competing in debate and public speaking… Read more »

Communication Studies Revives Annual Public Speaking Competition

The Department of Communication Studies reestablished its annual public speaking competition, Public Speaking Excellence Award. PSEA allows the top speaker from each section of the COMM 10123: Communicating Effectively class to be “recognized for the exceptional skill and hard work that they have displayed over the course of the semester.” Students were nominated by their… Read more »

Paul King Celebrates 42 years at TCU

The Bob Schieffer College of Communication honors Paul King, Ph.D. on his retirement, which concluded a 42-year faculty career at TCU. As a teacher, Dr. King taught argumentation and debate, communication ethics, and the course that became his signature: Listening, which is vital to deliberation and dialogue. “He gave me my last ever final as… Read more »

5 Things @TCUSchieffer: What Makes Holiday Food the Best of the Year

A table full of Thanksgiving food, including turkey, yams and decorative pumpkins.

With the holiday season upon us, the discourse around food becomes commonplace as families and friends converse about and over meals. Based on her Food, Culture and Comm course, we spoke with Debi Iba, Ph.D., about how food is both a product of culture and a culture producer. From our conversation, we came up with… Read more »

Alumnus Shares How a Communication Studies Degree Benefits His Career

Clint Sanders '07 speaks to student audience at Schieffer College event.

The Department of Communication Studies celebrated its Gorvetzian Family Speaker Series with alumnus Clint Sanders ’07. A generous gift from Ken and Lori Gorvetzian brings TCU communication studies alumni to campus to share how they use communication knowledge in their career. Sanders was scheduled to speak in March 2020, but the event was canceled due… Read more »

Gorvetzian Family Speaker Series Scheduled for March 15

A headshot of Clint Sanders, TCU Class of 2007.

The Department of Communication Studies welcomes Clint Sanders ’07 as the guest for the 2022 Gorvetzian Family Speaker Series for Communication Studies. Sanders was scheduled to speak in 2020, but due to the pandemic, the event was canceled. Sanders is currently the Senior Director for Support Services at Texas Health Southwest in Fort Worth. The… Read more »

Seniors to Compete in Oratorical Contest of the Battle of Flowers

It’s back to the battle for Carrie Moore and her students. Senior Lily Gould, a communication studies major from Lake Forest, Ill., and Hailey Janysek, a communication studies and criminal justice major from La Vernia, Texas, will compete Feb. 25 at the 97th annual Oratorical Contest of the Battle of Flowers. Moore, a communication studies instructor,… Read more »