UK Forensics Receives National Grant From Pi Kappa Delta

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Aug. 21, 2014) — The University of Kentucky Forensics team, a public speaking and debate student organization housed within the UK College of Communication and Information, has been awarded a nationally competitive grant from the forensics honorary Pi Kappa Delta. The grant project will fund the development of instructional materials that will become part of a national resource database for new coaches and teams. Over the next few weeks, members of the UK Forensics team will be hard at work recording videos of sample speeches that illustrate successful techniques and strategies for several public speaking events.

The UK Forensics Team regularly competes against teams all across the nation in 12 public speaking events and three forms of debate. Team members come from a variety of  majors on campus inclouding communication, engineering, political science, media arts and studies, and English.

“We’re incredibly appreciative of this opportunity from Pi Kappa Delta” says Director Timothy Bill. “This grant not only allows us to showcase our students’ hard work over the past couple of years, but it also allows us to contribute to a resource that will help other new teams get started for years to come.” The finished materials including the sample videos will be posted to the Pi Kappa Delta website (www.pikappadelta.com) later this year. For more information about this grant or the forensics team generally, please contact Timothy Bill at timothy.bill@uky.edu.

MEDIA CONTACT: Ann Blackford at 859-323-6442 or ann.blackford@uky.edu