149 years of Voices
— and Counting
Forensics built confidence, friendships, and futures — now we’re building its next chapter.
Here’s How You Can Support the Legacy.
Oregon Forensics has always been more than competition — it’s community, confidence, and lifelong connection.
Here’s how you can help keep that momentum going.
We Believe Oregon Forensics Matters.
For 149 years, Oregon Forensics has trained leaders, advocates, and innovators. The program builds skills that last a lifetime — critical thinking, persuasive speaking, and the confidence to lead.
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149 years of history — one of the nation’s oldest collegiate programs.
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National champions — 6 national titles and countless awards.
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Lifelong impact — alumni leading in law, business, education, and public service.
Oregon Forensics doesn’t just shape debaters. It shapes futures.
Latest Updates from Oregon Forensics Forever.
Considering an Alumni Board: An Invitation to Help Shape What Comes Next
There are moments in a program’s life when reflection becomes responsibility. Over the past year, many Oregon Forensics alumni have stepped forward — writing, organizing, donating, advocating, mentoring, and checking in. These efforts have come from care, urgency, and a shared sense that something meaningful deserves protection and attention. What has become increasingly clear is that this work is not episodic. It isn’t about reacting to a single challenge. It’s about stewardship. As we look ahead, we’re beginning a conversation about what it might mean to form an alumni board entity — not as a finished idea, but as a possibility worth shaping together. Why Now? This moment asks more of us than nostalgia or concern from a distance. Oregon Forensics has always been sustained… Continue reading →
Preserving a Defining Moment in Oregon Forensics History
A defining chapter of Oregon Forensics history was formally preserved with the publication of Defending and Challenging American Empire: The 1927–28 University of Oregon Forensics Program World Debate Tour and the November 25, 1927, Manila “Debate of the Century.” Authored by former Directors of Forensics Trond Jacobsen and David Frank, the article stands as both… Continue reading →
Help Us Reconnect With Alumni
Oregon Forensics has always been more than a program. It’s a community built on shared experience — late nights preparing arguments, friendships forged through competition, and lessons that carried far beyond campus. Over the decades, that community has grown wide. Alumni have gone on to become attorneys, educators, public servants, advocates, business leaders, and storytellers… Continue reading →
Three Ways You Can Help Oregon Forensics Thrive.
Your voice, your time, and your support make all the difference.
Whether you donate, share, or volunteer — every action keeps Oregon Forensics alive for the next generation.
Voices of Oregon Forensics: In Their Own Words.
The heart of Oregon Forensics is found in the people who lived it. These personal stories and testimonials reflect the experiences, lessons, and lifelong impact of forensics on our alumni and students.
What Forensics Has Meant to Me: Alexandra Jansky
Irreplaceable skills. I would not be a trial attorney today without UO Forensics and my honors college degree Alexandra Jansky, 2019 Political Science & Spanish
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