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

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

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

Mid-October, BCFU traveled up to Berea College in Kentucky to compete in the John G. Fee Memorial Tournament. Berry College finished 3rd overall in Small School Individual Sweepstakes, with only 8 competitors. Results: Poetry Interpretation Avery James, 2nd Radio Broadcasting Noah Syverson, 5th DI Nadia Clinkscales, 5th Persuasive Anna Claire, 3rd POI Sara Arms, 5th Prose Ben Allee, 3rd Tasha Mwangi, 4th Sara Arms, 5th We had 5 first-year competitors on the this tournament an

As this season comes to a close, the BCFU has a lot to celebrate. In the past two weeks the BCFU has traveled to both NFA and Interstate Oratorical Association National Tournaments and made it to elimination rounds at BOTH! Click through the pictures to learn more! In the large picture at the bottom, from left: Coach Matt Delzer, Nicky McHugh, Anna Claire Tucker, and Coach Hope Willoughby. #BCFU #speechanddebate #forensics #BerryCollege #tournament #publicspeaking #team #NFA

This weekend BCFU went to the Novice Nationals tournament in Pensacola, FL. When the last ballot was tallied, we had 7 national finalists, a second place team finish, and a CHAMPION in extemporaneous! Results: Extemporaneous Nicole Harris NATIONAL CHAMPION! Impromptu Eugenia Barboza 4th Informative Eugenia Barboza 5th Persuasion Anna Claire Tucker 6th Public Narrative Anna Claire Tucker 4th Nicole Harris 2nd Individual Sweepstakes Nicole Harris 4th in the nation! T