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Student Journalists Beat Elite Universities in National Journalism Awards

Student journalists from Inside Fullerton and The Hornet, publications of Fullerton College’s journalism program, have earned top honors, beating out prestigious universities like Harvard and UCLA at the national College Media Convention. On Oct. 31, 2023, journalists from Inside Fullerton student magazine received first place awards for best magazine cover and best magazine illustration. This… Read more »

Fullerton College Speech and Debate Team Starts Strong in Season Openers

The Fullerton College Speech and Debate Team participated in a full slate of season opener tournaments taking place in October and buzzed into action at four competitive tournaments, making quite an impact. At the Steve Hunt Classic, hosted by Lewis & Clark College, Daniel Solares soared into the tournament championship and finished a commendable second… Read more »

Breaking Barriers: Speech and Debate Team Earns First National Qualification

Six Fullerton College Hornets are excited to take up a national stage with the Fullerton College Speech and Debate Team. The team qualified for the two most prestigious national tournaments in the country: National Forensics Association (NFA) and the American Forensics Association (AFA) national tournaments. Qualifying to the 2023 AFA Tournament for the first time… Read more »

Speech and Debate Team Tops the Competition in Fall Tournaments    

The Fullerton College Speech and Debate Team dominated the competition at both the Crossman Invitational at El Camino College and the Public Forum Fall Championships hosted by the University of Kentucky during the month of November. On Nov. 6, three Fullerton College students qualified to compete at the Crossman Invitational and competed in a variety… Read more »

Speech and Debate Team Comes up Big at Season Openers

The Fullerton College Speech and Debate Team participated in a full slate of season opener tournaments at the Pacific Southwest Collegiate Forensics Association’s Warm-Up Tournament at El Camino College, the Sunset Cliffs Tournament at Point Loma Nazarene University, and the Collegiate Public Forum Debate Opener hosted by the University of Kentucky during the month of… Read more »

Speech & Debate Team Debuts New Season with a Victory

[tabs slidertype=”simple”][tab][/tab][tab][/tab][tab][/tab][/tabs] The Fullerton College Speech and Debate team kicked off the start of competition season with a victory during opening tournaments, Oct. 18-20. Tournaments were hosted by Arizona State University, San Diego State University, and El Camino College. Students from all over the West Coast participate in the start of the new speech and… Read more »

Fullerton College Hosts Second Annual Speech and Debate Hornet Invitational

[tabs slidertype=”simple”][tab][/tab][tab][/tab][tab][/tab][tab][/tab][tab][/tab][tab][/tab][/tabs] Fullerton College Speech and Debate proudly hosted a tournament serving several California colleges and universities with more than 80 students participating on Friday, April 13. Fullerton College continues to be one of a few full-service speech and debate programs in California offering students a variety of speech and debate events. This was also… Read more »

Speech and Debate Team Wins West Coast, National Championships

[tabs slidertype=”simple”][tab][/tab][tab][/tab][tab][/tab][tab][/tab][/tabs] The Hornet Speech and Debate Team finished their nationals season strong by bringing home the Community College National Championship at the National Speech Tournament hosted in Detroit and finishing Novice Champions at the West Coast Novice Nationals hosted in Fresno. Collectively, the Hornet program was awarded the Bulldog Award for a team meaningfully… Read more »

Fullerton Speech and Debate Victorious at Spring and Pacific Championship Tournaments

[tabs slidertype=”simple”][tab][/tab][tab][/tab][tab][/tab][tab][/tab][tab][/tab][tab][/tab][/tabs] Fullerton College Speech & Debate was outstanding at their first competitions of the spring semester as 20 students competed at the Pacific Championship tournament and the PSCFA Spring Championship tournament hosted at Palomar College. The tournaments brought to Southern California some of the best minds from Cal State Fullerton, University of Southern California,… Read more »

Hornet Speech and Debate Victorious During Winter Break Tournaments

[tabs slidertype=”simple”][tab][/tab][tab][/tab][/tabs] Over winter break, Fullerton College sent 11 competitors to participate in three separate speech and debate tournaments: The Alan Nichols Invitational at University of Southern California, the Kathryn Classic at Cal State Fullerton, and Close to the Coast Invitational at Orange Coast College. Harut Kejejyan had an outstanding performance in the junior varsity… Read more »