The 2010 Gonzaga Debate Institute

The Zag Research Scholars Lab

 

 

We are pleased to announce that our Zag Scholars Program has been extended to 5 Weeks!  Students will arrive on June 19th and depart on July 24th.

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Are you an experienced, successful varsity debater looking for a "top lab" experience? Welcome to the  Zag Scholars Program at the Gonzaga Debate Institute.  The Zags Scholars Program is designed to bring together some of the most intelligent, driven, committed, and dedicated debaters from across the nation.  We have established a strong tradition of success in our Scholars Program.  Zag Scholars have gone on to receive multiple TOC bids and win late elimination debates and speaker awards at some of the most competitive tournaments in the nation including The Glenbrooks, St. Marks, Greenhill, and many others. Zag Scholars also have already experienced a lot of success in college including first round bids, RR bids, and late elim appearances at numerous national tournaments including the NDT and CEDA Nats.

The Scholars lab will combine a very intense research experience with a practical curriculum of practice debates, redos, block writing, and other skills based work. In addition to the GDI Lecture Series, Scholars will also receive individualized lectures from a variety of GDI  faculty.  Your first three weeks of the program will be heavily devoted to research, strategy and argument development, and simply learning the topic.  Your final two weeks will be devoted to putting all of that into practice.

Faculty: The Zag Scholars is directed by Jason Russell.  Jason has been on the faculty of the GDI for 7 years and directed the Scholars for the previous 4 years. He has coached at Michigan State University, Gonzaga University, and most recently at the University of Oklahoma where he is also a PhD candidate in Communication Studies.  Professor Russell is assisted by a faculty of highly qualified college debaters with extensive experience both competing and judging. This years scholars lab will be assisted by Eric Lanning (Michigan State), Leah Moczulski (Gonzaga), and Brian Rubeia (Texas Dallas). All of these folks are accomplished collegiate debaters and compete at the highest levels of CEDA/NDT.

Criteria: Should you apply? Scholars are juniors or seniors with extensive varsity level experience. These students consistently clear to elimination debates and represent the best in high school CX debate. If you think that describes you, then please apply. However, there are some minimum criteria we require:

1 - Student must be entering your Junior or Senior year of competition

2 - Student must have competed for at least two years in CX/Policy Debate

3 - Student must have cleared at a minimum of 1 TOC qualifying tournament the previous semester.

A completed application should include:

1 - The Zag Scholars application form which can be accessed here.

2 - A letter of recommendations. These may either be pasted into the bottom of your application or sent separately to gdistaff@gmail.com. An application is not complete until we receive your letters of recommendation.

In some instances we might ask for additional letters or a research sample, and perhaps even a video of you debating.

We will begin accepting applications for the 2010 Scholars Program on November 1st. You will either be accepted, waitlisted, or rejected within 2 weeks of our receipt of your application.  Please email the application to gdistaff@gmail.com

Jason Russell, Director, Zag Scholars

Glen Frappier, Director, GDI

Contact us at gdistaff@gmail.com

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