The Speech and Debate Team is an extracurricular activity funded by the School of Communications and a grant from the CLAS Center for Experiential Learning. Speech and debate teach and develop many speaking skills that students can use throughout their lives and careers. Alongside debate and interpretive speaking, students have the opportunity to compete in persuasive speaking, impromptu speaking and special occasion speaking. Interested students can reach out to Professor Richard Besel at [email protected].