{"id":17,"date":"2018-08-21T08:30:27","date_gmt":"2018-08-21T15:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vendor.hub.wp.nau.edu\/forensics-team\/joining-the-team\/"},"modified":"2023-02-13T21:09:00","modified_gmt":"2023-02-13T21:09:00","slug":"joining-the-team","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/forensics-team\/joining-the-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Join the team?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Join the NAU Forensics team!<\/h1>\n<p>NAU Forensics is part of the communication studies curriculum.\u00a0 Each semester, CST 116: Forensics Workshop is offered where students can enroll to participate on the team.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Our team is open to all interested students, regardless of background or experience in forensics.\u00a0 The nature of this class gives you an opportunity to work with all members of the coaching staff, and all members of the coaching staff plan activities and practices intended to improve your speaking and competitive skills.<\/p>\n<p>This course is a hands-on workshop that helps students practice speaking persuasively and professionally, writing with clarity and precision, adapting to various audiences, and critically analyzing literature and research texts.\u00a0 This course will introduce students to competitive speaking and debating. Its goal is to improve students\u2019 skills in speaking, listening, research and writing, and reasoning through practice.\u00a0 Intercollegiate competitions are a primary focus of this course and students can participate in local, state, and national level forensics tournaments.<\/p>\n<!-- shortcode-image-block -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-image-block\">\n                <!-- shortcode-image-callout -->\n<span class=\"shortcode-image-callout shortcode-image-callout--left\">\n        <span class=\"shortcode-image-callout__outer-container\">\n        <span class=\"shortcode-image-callout__container\">\n            <img src='\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2018\/08\/12029697_525205710989379_6024084505116244214_o-ek.jpg' srcset='' sizes='' \/>\n                        <span class=\"shortcode-image-callout__header-container\">\n                <span>U.S. Air Force Academy Tournament<\/span>\n            <\/span>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/span>\n    <\/span>\n\n          <\/div>\n\n<h2>Scholarship information<\/h2>\n<p>The School of Communication at NAU offers scholarships to many students who participate competitively on the Speech &amp; Debate team. \u00a0The purpose of the scholarship is to facilitate the education of deserving forensics competitors. \u00a0Our scholarships are financially backed through individual donations and foundational support from many of NAU&#8217;s alumni, previous competitors, family, and other gracious donors.<\/p>\n<p>For those interested in scholarship opportunities, please email <a href=\"mailto:sarah.m.walker@nau.edu\">sarah.m.walker@nau.edu<\/a> for an application.<\/p>\n<!-- shortcode-right-column -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-right-column\" >\n    <div class=\"shortcode-right-column__container\"><!-- shortcode-block -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-block\">\n      <div class=\"block-header\">\n        <h3>Find us on Facebook<\/h3>\n    <\/div>\n          <div class=\"block-body\">\n      <div><\/p>\n<div>Check out how the team is doing on our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NAUforensics\">Facebook page<\/a> for up-to-date info and events.<\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n          <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<!-- shortcode-block -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-block\">\n          <div class=\"block-body\">\n      <div><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2018\/08\/0de984a0-9a03-455c-85db-49bf8c275c15-ek.jpeg\" alt=\"Colorado\"><figcaption>NAU competes in Colorado Springs, 2014<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/body><\/html>\n<\/div>\n          <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<!-- shortcode-block -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-block\">\n      <div class=\"block-header\">\n        <h3>Support the team<\/h3>\n    <\/div>\n          <div class=\"block-body\">\n      <div><\/p>\n<div>&#8220;NAU Forensics owes much of its success to the support from our generous alumni.\u00a0 Our foundation account helps us travel the team to tournaments and allows us to offer scholarships to many of our students.\u00a0 Support us through our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foundationnau.org\/s\/1898\/custom19\/home.aspx?gid=2&amp;pgid=61\">NAU foundation account<\/a>. Search for \u201cForensics\u201d and donate to account #04831.\u00a0 Alumni generosity is truly what makes this team work and we will reach out with our heartfelt thanks!\u201d<\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n          <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Join the NAU Forensics team! 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