The Patriot Debate Institute strives to offer the most individual attention of any debate camp. Low student-to-faculty ratios and an extremely active faculty allow us to meet the individual needs of every debater. We are proud of our ability to tailor our instruction to the needs to individual participants once assessments are done; tailored instruction is indeed a unique institute approach. The camp has a focus on debate as an educational & communicative activity which offers a one of a kind learning experience.
Operating as usual
GMU lab leaders are tearing it up again this weekend. Young Kwon & Kyle Lastovica are debating at the University of Kentucky, they just won their doubles round and are in octos now. At the James Madison tournament, lab leaders, Isaac Brown & Austin Oliver were in quarters, Colin Dailey & Luke Melton and Erica Jalbuena (with partner Michelle Thomas) were in octos in open. In JV, Nouran Ghanem (with partner Rich Kaye) were in semis. Be sure to wish your lab leaders congratulations!
Congrats to lab leaders Kyle Lastovica & Young Kwon on making it to the elimination rounds of the Georgia State University national tournament!
Your Patriot Debate Institute lab leaders have started their debate season on a high note...the team of Isaac Brown & Austin Oliver have just cleared to the double-octofinal round of the UMKC tournament! Their elimination round is tomorrow morning.
Both GMU teams are 2-1 at UMKC!
GMU has had a strong start to the 2014-2015 season, both teams pick up round 1! The teams of Isaac Brown/Austin Oliver & Michelle Thomas/Erica Jalbuena began their season at UMKC this morning.
The GMU Debate Team is kicking off the season this weekend at the UMKC tournament. Stay tuned for updates and good luck to the varsity teams competing.
The GMU Debate Team is pleased to announce that we are hosting the First Celebration of Women in Debate Tournament in November!
https://www.tabroom.com/index/tourn/index.mhtml?tourn_id=2974
On behalf of George Mason University, you are invited to participate in the First Annual Celebration of Women in Debate Tournament. This year’s competition will be hosted by George Mason University from Saturday, November 8th to Monday, November 10th, 2014.
It's work week for the GMU Debate Team. Coaches & returning debate members are gathered for a week long retreat and preparation for a new season.
The 2014 GMU Patriot Debate Institute has officially ended :(. It was a great 3 weeks! Stay tuned for pictures and lecture videos.
Today is the final full day of the 2014 GMU Patriot Debate Institute. Campers will get to engage in a practice tournament with 3 judges in each round, all day which will afford them lots of feedback on their final performance.
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A trip into D.C. to visit the National Museum of Natural History!
Week 3 is underway at the GMU Patriot Debate Institute! This afternoon we watched the Great Debaters and used the movie as an opportunity to discuss changes in debate over time, social contexts surrounding debate topics, important trends for learning within debate and the real world impact debate has on participants. It was a fun & invigorating afternoon!
Today Isaiah Bolden, a Hollidings Fellow, with the NOAA came to speak with us about climate science.
Mr. Fred Gorell, a public affairs officer at NOAA Office of Ocean exploration and Research, visited the institute to discuss about the ocean environment, resources, and technologies!
A classroom full of campers learning about important philosophical issues!
After a morning of discussing trends in philosophy & rhetorical criticism, campers are spending the next 2 hours with infamous Dr. Wayne Froman to discuss his work concerning Martin Heidegger.
http://philosophy.gmu.edu/people/wfroman
Wayne Froman received his B.A. with High Honors in Philosophy from Yale University and his Ph.D. from Fordham University. His primary field of study is twentieth century European Continental philosophy, especially phenomenology and related fields. He has a special interest in Philosophy of Art. I…
The first annual Music Trivia night was a success, thanks to Kristie Cramer who is the best DJ ever. Here are some of the pictures of students dancin' and jammin'
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Happy July 4th! Today, campers had a day off to celebrate the Independence Day! Here are some of the pictures from the Donut Breakfast!
Happening right now at the GMU Patriot Debate Institute, an interesting discussion with Johanna K. Bockman, Associate Professor of Economic Sociology at GMU and a popular debate author. She is teaching about neoliberal economic system and its pros and cons.
Happening this afternoon at the GMU Patriot Debate Institute, an energetic discussion with environmental philosopher, Dr. Mark Sagoff. He is speaking with us about biodiversity and the methods applied to cost-benefit analysis when making policy decisions about environmental philosophy.
The Patriot Debate Institute is happy to be speaking with Dr. Peggy Maddox. Dr. Maddox is speaking to our group about the Affordable Care Act, she is the department chair of the Department of Health Administration & Policy at GMU and is recognized by Modern Healthcare among the Top Health Administration Faculty in the US and is a member of the Governor's Virginia Health Reform Implementation commission.
This morning, we have our first set of electives. Students are are able to choose which lecture interests them and attend the one of their choice. This morning's lecture choices are: Terrorism with Austin Oliver/Kristie Cramer, Hegemony with Kyle Lastovica/Young Kwon, and Weapons with Jackie Poapst/Hannah Call.
The GMU Patriot Debate Institute begins tomorrow!?! Your staff is on campus and working hard to plan another positive camp experience, let the fun begin!
The 2014 GMU Patriot Debate Institute begins in just 1 week! Campers can look forward to hearing Fred Gorell speak to us about cutting edge ocean research and exploration. Mr. Gorell is the public affairs officer for the NOAA, We have an exciting summer in store for our campers!
http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/okeanos/info.html
For media, public and government inquiries, contact the NOAA, Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, Public Affairs Officer.
Only 10 days until the 2014 GMU Patriot Debate Institute begins!!!! We have great things planned, it's going to be a great summer!
Only 24 days until the 2014 GMU Patriot Debate Institute begins! We're busy lining up our guest speakers and are pleased to announce that Laura Cantral, of the Joint Ocean Commission, will be coming to speak with our group.
http://www.merid.org/en/Content/Staff/LCantral.aspx?view=bio
Laura Cantral is a Partner at Meridian Institute, where she works out of the Washington DC office. Ms. Cantral has more than 15 years’ experience facilitating multistakeholder dialogues and strategy development processes. At Meridian, she conducts convening assessments, designs collaborative process…
Space is quickly filling up for the 2014 Patriot Debate Institute, you don't want to miss the opportunity to work with members of the #1 debate team in the country this year according to the NDT! Sign up today!
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We are off to The Virginia High School League (VHSL) debate tournament!! Good luck to all students debating this weekend from Virginia and good luck to all campers who are finishing up their season this weekend. Keep us updated on all your success!!
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