(Marshall, Texas) “The Great Debaters” of Wiley College rounded out their opening month of competition by winning the second place overall prize at two tournaments at Rice University September 28-30. The team earned second place overall at the annual Rice University Classic Swing, as well as at a tournament hosted by Rice University Alumni. Other […]
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Wiley College Men’s Track and Field Team Wins Its First NAIA National Championship
GULF SHORES, Ala. – In 2012, Wiley College was given 20 scholarships to recruit in Trinidad and Tobago to help build a national championship contending track and field team. Those student-athletes set the foundation for the 2018 Wildcats to dominate their way to the first NAIA Track & Field Title in program history Saturday at […]
Patsy and Gene Ponder of Marshall, Texas, make $2 million gift to Wiley College
Longtime Wiley College supporters say gift is in honor of College’s Retiring President, Haywood L. Strickland (Marshall, Texas) During a nostalgic visit to the Wiley Campus to bid a final farewell to the 16th President, Dr. Haywood L. Strickland, Mr. Gene and Trustee Patsy Ponder presented an unrestricted gift of $2 million to the College. […]
Wiley College Debate Team Breaks Records, Finishes Seventh in the Nation
Great Debaters make history, again wins National title in Duo Interprepation (Marshall, Texas) This past weekend, in Colorado Springs, Colorado, the Great Debaters once again made history. The team finished seventh in the nation behind the University of Texas at Austin, Western Kentucky University, Bradley University, George Mason University, the University of Alabama, and the University […]
Denzel Washington To Be Honored For Contributions to Debate Education at Nation’s First HBCU Speech and Debate Tournament
Ten years since the release of the movie “The Great Debaters,” a film that led to the revival of the forensics program at Wiley College, the movie’s director and star, two-time Oscar-winner Denzel Washington, will be honored by the school for his contributions toward raising awareness of the value of debate education around the […]
Wiley College Awarded Grant to Create HBCU Speech and Debate League
‘Home of the Great Debaters’ to help HBCUs create forensics teams (Marshall, Texas) Wiley College has been awarded a grant through the Charles Koch Foundation to create a Historically Black Colleges and Universities Speech and Debate League, or HBCU League, that will assist in the creation of competitive forensics teams at HBCUs. The league will […]