Berry College Forensics Union

It's the last month of the spring semester. There is one more tournament. Then the BCFU End of the Year party. No I'm not crying, you're crying. Let's reminisce on the past couple of weeks. Since the second to last tournament, the National Speech Championship, on March 24, we have had a lot of on campus activities. Coach Matt won the Chopped competition hosted by The Food Connection supported by Berry College Volunteer Services to increase awareness on food waste. BCFU team m

Three BCFU team members traveled to the National Speech Championship in Lincoln, NE, on March 24-25. Junior Avery James was a national semifinalist in Program Oral Interpretation. BCFU enjoyed their time at their first NSC tournament Berry has gone to. The last tournament of the season is the Interstate Oratorical Association National Championship on April 28-29. BCFU is looking forward to finishing the season out strong! Below, left to right: Beth Anne DeKeizer, Avery James,

While they could have gone to the beach for Spring Break, 14 first year members of BCFU instead traveled to Suffolk University in Boston to compete in the Novice Nationals Forensics Association National Tournament on March 9-11. After three difficult days of competition, the team had an unprecedented 27 national finalists and a team National Championship. BCFU had an impressive 370 points overall, winning the team first place by 175 points. This marks the first time BCFU has

BCFU won their 24th consecutive Georgia Intercollegiate Forensics Association Team State Championship on Feb. 17. Nineteen members of the BCFU traveled to the University of North Georgia-Gainesville and defended their title, earning 42 individual awards and 11 out of 14 available individual state championships. This year was especially impressive with 13 of the competitors being in their first year of competition and no seniors on the roster. The top two places in persuasion

BCFU traveled to Murray State University on Feb. 1 to compete in the Jackson Purchase Swing with 18 members. The team did very well as a whole and placed third place on Saturday, second on Sunday, and overall placed second for the entire tournament. There were 49 individual awards, with 12 of those being event championships. BCFU beat highly competitive teams such as The University of Alabama Forensics team and Western Kentucky University Forensics team. The novices on BCFU c

Hi there! We’re beginning a new blog series on the BCFU website where team members share some of the great experiences they’ve had on the team. Since I’m the PR assistant for BCFU, I get to be the guinea pig. This is a lengthy blog post, but I encourage you to hang with me until the end as I share what I’ve been working on this year and reflect on my time as a member of BCFU. I’m a sophomore here at Berry and am majoring in communication with a concentration in public relati

We are so proud to congratulate over half our team for making Dean's List last semester!! CONGRATS TO: Ben Allee Margaret Ashton Hunter Berry Ashley Beaubouef Beth Anne DeKeizer Anna Falkenberry Shai Herron Chase Hollub Avery James Tasha Mwangi Shelby Newland Amber Robinson Anna Claire Tucker BCFU prides ourself in being a team of academic excellence and we are so proud to showcase these bright students! Congratulations again! #forensics #BerryCollege #MountBerry #speechandde

On Monday, Berry College campus was closed due to Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Berry College students devoted the day to serving the Rome community, and BCFU was no exception. Team members served at the South Rome Community Garden by pulling weeds and cleaning garden plots. It was a chilly morning but the team still worked hard and enjoyed working together to prepare the garden for spring! #MLKday #service #BerryCollege #speechanddebate #forensics #SouthRomeCommunity #BCFU #te

We have returned from our last tournament of the fall semester, and while it was a difficult tournament, our team did well and had a great time at Carson-Newman University! The results from Porch Swing: Saturday Tasha Mwangi - 2nd in prose and top novice Anna Claire Tucker - 5th in persuasion Avery James - 5th in poetry Noah Syverson - top novice in POI Sunday Avery James - 6th in POI Ben Allee - 6th in prose and top novice Hunter Berry - top novice in informative The t

The weekend before Halloween, BCFU did not have to travel far to gather with fellow forensics teams to compete. Berry College hosted a tournament on campus. Novice team members competed, while the rest of the team ran the tournament. The tournament went smoothly and the novices did very well! Even with just novices competing, Berry College finished 4th in Team Sweepstakes! Results: Prose Tasha Mwangi, 5th Shelby Newline, 6th Public Narrative Ashley Beaubouef, 2nd Olivia Brown