Speech & Debate

Speech and Debate team tournament results

November 3, 2014

Under the direction of Bohn Lattin, the University of Portland’s Speech and Debate Union competed two weekends ago at the Steve Hunt Memorial Speech and Debate Tournament on the campus of Lewis and Clark College. Congratulations are due to the following UP SDU members on their impressive accomplishments at that speech and debate tournament:

As a whole The University of Portland Speech and Debate Union took 7th place sweepstakes honors in debate. There were 27 competing debate teams.

Katie Wilson (senior political science & Spanish) earned 2nd place in the Senior division of International Public Debate.

Alex Parini (freshman political science) won 2nd place honors in the Junior division of International Public Debate.

Edward Richter (junior political science and philosophy) was a Quarterfinalist in the Junior division of International Public Debate. He was also recognized as one of the Top 10 Speakers.

Lakshmi Diener (junior communication studies) was an Octafinalist in the Junior division of International Public Debate.

Anna Murphy (junior global business) won Top 10 Speaker award in Junior International Public Debate.

Pat Johnson (freshman elementary education) won Top 5 Speaker honors in Novice Extemporaneous Speaking and placed 3rd in Novice Persuasion.

Debate and Speech Union

January 9, 2013

The University of Portland’s Speech and Debate Union successfully participated in the Orv Iverson & Krista Bacon-Vickery Memorial Forensics Tournament at Clark College in Vancouver, Washington, over the weekend of December 8-9, according to Brian Simmons and Bohn Lattin, communication studies:

Anna Murphy (business) won 1st place speaker in the Novice Division of Debate with a Bronze award
John Russell (civil engineering) advanced to the elimination rounds of Debate, Silver award
Beau Woodward (economics) advanced to the elimination rounds of Debate, Bronze award
Arthur Hammer(business) advanced to the elimination rounds of Debate, a Bronze award
Katherine Wilson (political science) won 2nd place speaker in the Open Division of Debate and advanced to the elimination rounds, a Bronze
award, and won 2nd place in the Open Division of Extemporaneous Speaking
Elizabeth Hartley (biology) won 3rd place speaker in the Open Division of Debate
Nikki Carter (civil engineering) won 2nd place in Open Division Impromptu Speaking and 3rd in the Open Division of Extemporaneous Speaking.

In addition, the University of Portland team won 3rd place overall in the tournament among participating four-year schools. For more information

contact Simmons at simmons@up.edu or Lattin at lattin@up.edu.

An American Dream—an opera by librettist/Portland Magazine editor, Jessica Murphy Moo, and composer Jack Perla—was produced by OperaLab Japan in Tokyo (November 2024) and Manhattan School of Music (December 2024).

Larry Larsen, Performing and Fine Arts, designed the scenery for this year’s production of Nordic Fire for the Portland Revels that is playing at the Alberta Abbey from December 13 through December 22. He also is designing the lighting for Lakewood Theatre Company’s production of The Maltese Falcon based on the novel by Dashiell Hammett, which plays at the Lakewood Center in Lake Oswego from January 3 through February 9.

Lizhong Hao, Business, presented “The Impact of Auditor and Client Bargaining Power on Audit Pricing: A Two-Tier Stochastic Frontier Approach.” The 2024 Corporate Behavior and New Development of Financial Markets International Conference. Chongqing, China. November, 2024.

Simon Aihiokhai, Theology, was a discussant and participant at the International Congress on the Future of Theology ‘Legacy and Envisioning.’ Organized by the Dicastery for Culture and Education. Vatican City. December 9–10, 2024. Aihiokhai was also a discussant and participant at the General Assembly of the International Network of Societies for Catholic Theology (INSeCT). Rome, Italy. December 8 – 13, 2024.

Dave Houglum, Director of Leadership Studies and Leadership Professor of Practice, Franz Center for Leadership, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation, completed the training requirements to be certified in the DiSC assessment on December 19, 2024. The DiSC assessment is a powerful tool that helps individuals and teams improve communication, collaboration, and workplace dynamics by providing insights into behavioral and communication styles. If you’d like to explore using the DiSC assessment for your individual or team’s leadership development, please contact Dave Houglum.

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