University of Mary Washington students have made it convincingly clear: They know how to debate. In keeping with a longstanding winning tradition, the UMW Debate Team last week wrapped up back-to-back weekends of competitions with a first-place finish at the American Debate Association’s Fall Championship Tournament, proving they’ve adapted successfully Read more…
Join us ONLINE for the next Mary Talk of the 2021-22 academic year!
We will hear from Adrienne Brovero, director of the nationally award-winning debate team at Mary Washington, as she discusses "Why Debate Matters: Lessons Learned While Arguing."
In recent years, many have bemoaned the decline in civic and civil discourse Read more…
Eleven UMW faculty from a variety of disciplines worked together in 2020 as the Advocacy, Deliberation, and Civic Engagement Learning Community. The group was led by Leslie Martin and Anand Rao, representing the Center for Community Engagement and the Speaking Intensive Program. The goal of the group was for the Read more…
The University of Mary Washington Debate Team started off the new year with a bang, winning the novice championship at the first tournament of the semester. Senior John Huebler, and first-year students Amanda Ciocca and Ainsley Rucker returned early from winter break to compete at the Georgetown Debate Tournament, January Read more…
Adrienne Brovero, UMW's Director of Debate, was recently recognized by the Barkley Forum for Debate Deliberation and Dialogue as this year's recipient of the Melissa Maxcy Wade Award Honoring Debate as a Public Good at the Atlanta Season Opener Debate Tournament. The award is presented at the Season Opener each Read more…Read more about Adrienne Brovero.