Delta Sigma
National Honorary Forensic
Society
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PURPOSE: To promote interest in and to award suitable recognition for excellence in forensics and original speaking; and to foster respect for and an appreciation of freedom of speech as a vital element of democracy.
ELIGIBILITY: Participation, as a student, at a high level of excellence, in at least two years of intercollegiate (or equivalent) forensics or original speaking activity, supervised by the faculty sponsor of a campus chapter or by qualified members of the forensics staff--unless the forensics or original speaking activity was commenced in the senior year as an undergraduate, in which case one year of such participation shall be acceptable. The student shall have completed at least three semesters or five quarters of college prior to initiation, and shall rank in the upper thirty-five percent of his college class.
MAJOR ACTIVITIES: The society sponsors annual national and regional conferences at which students discuss and debate current vital national issues. A National Student Council involves undergraduate members in the operation of the society. The society publishes a journal, Speaker and Gavel, and has published a textbook, Argumentation and Debate. Annual awards are made to the Speaker of the Year, who exemplifies the characteristics of "effective, intelligent and responsible communication in a democracy," to Distinguished Alumni and to the winners in the National Forensic League nationwide high school tournament.
OFFICIAL CONTACT:
JoAnn M. Edwards
Director of Forensics
Lott Leadership Institute
NATIONAL OFFICERS:
President: JoAnn Edwards, University of Mississippi
Vice President: Charles DeLancey, Furman University
Secretary: Debra Yancy, University of Mississippi
Treasurer: Mike Edmonds, Colorado College
Journal Editor: Daniel Cronn-Mills, Minnesota State University, Mankato
Webmaster: Daniel Cronn-Mills, Minnesota State University, Mankato
Historian: Robert Weiss, DePauw University
Trustee: James D. Klepper,
National Conference Chairs: Mike Edmonds, Colorado College & Frank Thompson, University of Alabama
East Representative: John Devine,
West Representative: Terry West, Southern Utah University
South Representative:
Midwest Representative: Susan Balter-Reitz, Montana State Univ, Billings
Past President: Vicki Karns, Suffolk University
NATIONAL STUDENT OFFICERS
President: Michelle Howard - U. of
Alabama Michka.Howard@gmail.com
VP1: Christina Laird- U. of
Florida cdl1986o@ufl.edu
VP2: Jenny Wells - U. of Alabama enialajw@hotmail.com
Secretary: Evan McCarley - U. of
Mississippi ekmccarl@olemiss.edu
last update: September 2007