Registration is now closed for TDC’s second, one-week summer debate camp in Austin on August 3-10. Check out the camp and staff info here!
40 students have been awarded full scholarships to the 2010 Summer Texas Debate Collective Institute!
Picturing the ’09 Winter Revolution
January 9, 2010 — kwright
The winter camp is over and was a great success: 44 students from 3 states worked with 13 of the nation’s best instructors! Of those 44, all 19 students that requested financial aid were given full scholarships! Click here for photos.
Now we’re setting our sights on the second annual TDC summer debate institute . . . check back here soon for details concerning staff, date, and location.
Winter Registration Closed
December 14, 2009 — AndrewRegistration for the 2009 winter seminar has closed.
Remember to check back here periodically because registration for our 2010 summer institute will soon open!
Texas Debate Collective: Winter Session (Dec 27-30)
November 11, 2009 — kwrightThe Texas Debate Collective is a nonprofit organization devoted to providing free or low-cost debate education to communities across Texas. Our Summer institute began a movement to create a spirit of openness and competitive equity in the state. This December, we are extending that commitment . Join us from December 27 to 30 on the campus of Strake Jesuit College Preparatory in Houston for three days of intense study and topic preparation. Our faculty includes Ryan Bennett, Chris Castillo, Andrew Cockroft, Tom Evnen, Monica Ghosh, Ryan Graham, Chris McMichael, Shane O’Neal, Devin Race, Becca Traber, Andrew Waks, Andy Werner, Kris Wright, and more. Murvin Auzenne will act as dorm director.
Commuters: $200 (tuition)
Out of Towners: $325 (tuition + hotel)
20-30 students will be fully subsidized by the Collective.
More information about staff and housing will be posted as further commitments are finalized. We’ll keep you posted!
For full staff bios, please click here. For more complete logistic and curricular information, please click here.
We also have flyers available, both to marvel at and, more importantly, to distribute to your friends! You can find them below:
Summer Institute Information
June 28, 2009 — pggvInformation and registration for the 2010 Summer Institute is not up yet, but keep coming back for more updates.
For now, you’ll have to settle for this old flier: For a printable version of all we think you need to know (we probably missed something, so feel free to contact us if we did), download the TDC flier. (note: this is last summer’s flier, so there are some details that will likely change. It is intended only as a guide for what the 2010 Summer TDC will be like.)
A completely free, top tier LD debate camp experience
June 11, 2009 — pggvWelcome to the Texas Debate Collective, a non-profit group and UT student organization designed to offer an intellectually rigorous, completely free debate camp. Our credo, the pedagogical design of the camp, instructions for registering, and staff updates and bios will be posted on this site very soon. For now, enjoy the scant information below
