Updates
Announcement: We’ve Moved!
We’ve updated our web address to better reflect our independent alumni effort to preserve and promote the legacy of Oregon Forensics. Our new home is OregonForensicsForever.com—a site created and maintained… Continue reading →
Director’s Update #3: Take Action
This update is more to the point than the previous Update #1 and Update #2: We need alumni – you – to take action this week – before Sunday, October… Continue reading →
Clark Honors College Cancels 2025 Robert D. Clark High School Invitational Tournament
With deep regret, the Oregon Forensics program announces that it will be unable to host the annual Robert D. Clark High School Invitational Tournament this year. The tournament, one of… Continue reading →
Help Fund Speech and Debate Programs for Students
This September, less than a month before the start of the 2025–2026 competing season, the UO made the surprising and disappointing decision to close the Department of Forensics. On the… Continue reading →
Action Needed: Reach Out to Your Representatives
If you live in Oregon’s 2nd or 4th Congressional District, your voice matters now more than ever. Congressional offices listen most closely to their constituents — and your call or… Continue reading →
Director’s Update #2
Thanks to our alumni and students, including those in student government, we believe the Oregon Forensics Forever mobilization is felt and heard in Johnson Hall and across campus. Our efforts… Continue reading →
Write a Personal Email to the Administration
Our collective letters have had an effect — but now it’s time for individual alumni voices to be heard. Personal stories carry weight because they highlight the diversity of our… Continue reading →
Big 10 Letter of Support
The Big 10 conference is the leading academic and athletic conference in the country, comprised of many of our nation’s leading public and private research-intensive institution. The Big 10 is… Continue reading →
Director’s Update #1
This is the first of what will become a regular feature: Director’s Update. This series will provide alumni and program supporters information about progress on our multi-faceted effort to sustain… Continue reading →
UO President & Provost Letter
Dear President Scholz and Provost Long, As University of Oregon alumni and students, we are writing to express our hopes that our alma mater will help identify solutions to the… Continue reading →
Sign the Petition
Without any prior notice or consultation with the Director of Forensics, or students in Oregon Forensics, or student government leaders who annually fund competition and instructional and travel support, or… Continue reading →
Students and Generations of Alumni Mobilizing to Preserve the UOs Historic Forensics Program
EUGENE, Ore. 9/17/2025 After nearly 150 years of shaping leaders, innovators, and public servants, the University of Oregon has announced the cancellation of its historic speech, debate, and mock trial… Continue reading →
Forensics Community Speaks at UO Trustees Meeting
At the September Board of Trustees meetings in Portland, students, alums, and supporters of Oregon Forensics came together to share their experiences and advocate for the program’s future. Their testimony… Continue reading →
Alumni Rally to Save Oregon Forensics
More than 150 alumni spanning seven decades signed a letter urging the University of Oregon to reconsider the closure of its historic Forensics program. The letter emphasizes that the financial… Continue reading →
ASUO Senate Passes Resolution Supporting UO Forensics
The Associated Students of the University of Oregon (ASUO) Senate unanimously ratified a resolution affirming support for the Forensics Department. The resolution acknowledged the program’s transformative role in developing leadership,… Continue reading →
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.