From jacob.thompson at unlv.edu Mon Dec 4 18:49:33 2017 From: jacob.thompson at unlv.edu (Jacob Thompson) Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2017 15:49:33 -0800 Subject: [Ndca-l] Golden Desert Debate Tournament in Las Vegas--Registration is now open! Message-ID: Registration for the 2018 "Golden Desert High School Debate Tournament" hosted by the UNLV Debate Team Feb 3-5 is now open on Tabroom.com. We host Novice and Varsity Policy Debate, Novice and Varsity LD, and Varsity Public Forum Debate. The tournament is a Quarterfinals TOC bid in Policy Debate and a Semifinals TOC bid in LD! Most of the important info for our tournament can be found on our tabroom.com website http://goldendesertunlv.tabroom.com Pertinent highlights: *Entries for our tournament are cleared off the waitlist AFTER payment is received (payment info is listed on the tourney tabroom website). *Hotel information will be forthcoming soon. *We have a tradition of incredible hospitality including serving a light breakfast, snacks, and full lunch on both Saturday and Sunday. *Awesome Las Vegas-themed trophies *This tournament is hosted in FABULOUS LAS VEGAS!!! We hope to see you all soon! Jake Jacob Thompson, Ph.D. Director, Sanford I. Berman Debate Forum Associate Professor in Residence Department of Communication Studies University of Nevada, Las Vegas 4505 S. Maryland Pkwy, Box 454052 Las Vegas, NV 89154-4052 (702) 895-3474 jacob.thompson at unlv.edu www.unlv.edu/debate -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jordanshun at gmail.com Mon Dec 11 09:29:53 2017 From: jordanshun at gmail.com (Shunta Jordan) Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2017 09:29:53 -0500 Subject: [Ndca-l] 2018-19 Policy Topic Voting - Closed Message-ID: Good morning. Voting is now closed for the 2018-19 policy debate topic. The NDCA will submit "Immigration" as its vote to the NFHS. Thanks to all that voted! Shunta -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tallungan at gmail.com Tue Dec 19 11:39:25 2017 From: tallungan at gmail.com (Christina Tallungan) Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2017 08:39:25 -0800 Subject: [Ndca-l] NDCA Coach Development Conference: Deadline Extended to January 8th for Speaker/Panel Submissions Message-ID: *Third Annual NDCA Coach Development Conference will be in Chicago, IL, on May 19-20, 2018.* This year's conference will focus on "Examining Pedagogical Practices in Debate." Please complete all of the following information in this Google form to volunteer as a speaker and/or to submit session suggestions *by January 8, 2018*. This is a fantastic way to get professional development and join an accessible opportunity to help lead practices in the debate community. We have some great panel suggestions so far, including: Debating Across the Curriculum Maintaining Alumni Relations Middle School Debate Debate and Racial Pathologies The form is very short and simple - no need to write a dissertation. If you are interested in being part of some of these panels or submitting another idea, then please fill out the form and express your interest before the panels are set in January. Please note that entering your email address in this form permits the NDCA Board to email you regarding the 2018 conference. Some highlights: - Conference sessions will continue to be free to attendees - NDCA will host a light dinner on Saturday evening for conference attendees - NDCA is again partnering with NSDA this year to give people professional development certificates for their participation. We look forward to reviewing your suggestions to better serve our debate coaches! Happy Holidays and hope all you coaches get some well-deserved rest over the break! Your 2017-18 NDCA Board -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: