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Competing in Muskingum University鈥檚 first virtual National Comprehensive Forensics Tournament, Elizabeth Nease 鈥�21 earned a 10th place national ranking and Taylor Blakeman 鈥�24 and Alyssa Taylor 鈥�23 earned a 21st place national ranking.

The National Comprehensive Forensics Tournament took place from March 18-21, 2021. It was hosted by the intercollegiate speech honorary Pi Kappa Delta in synchronous (live) and asynchronous (recorded) rounds of competition through virtual speaking platforms.

Muskingum was one of seventy-nine colleges and universities from across the country competing in the tournament, which featured 520 students offering 1342 forensics entries. Elizabeth (varsity), Taylor (novice), and Alyssa (novice) competed in a combined total of eight events.

Elizabeth, a Spanish and Theatre major, earned her 10th place ranking in Spanish Literature and Interpretation, presenting entirely in Spanish with an original Spanish introduction in front of Spanish-speaking judges. Her entry consisted of poetry from the book Saudade (Sorrow) by Clarabel Alegria, edited by Carolyn Forche.

Nursing major Taylor and Education/Special Education major Alyssa earned their 21st place ranking in a Dramatic Duo event, presenting 鈥淲hat the Constitution Means to Me,鈥� by Heidi Schreck.  They presented their entry to the 麻豆传媒映画 community on March 25, 2021, during Muskingum鈥檚 Women鈥檚 History Month 鈥淲omen in the Arts鈥� event. The complete 鈥淲omen in the Arts鈥� celebration can be viewed at .

The Muskingum Forensics program is led by Assistant Professor of Communication Rachel Pollock.