Polk State holds first forensics tournament

Lakeland, Fla. Oct. 11, 2019. (Photo by Tom Hagerty, Polk State.)
The Polk State College Speech and Debate Team held its first forensics tournament Oct. 11-12 on the Lakeland campus.
More than a hundred students from across the state took part in speech and debate competitions, including communication analysis, after-dinner speaking, prose interpretation, extemporaneous speaking, poetry interpretation, informative speaking, persuasive speaking, and more.