Speech and forensics at Michigan State
Your next round is at MSU.
Spartan Speech is MSU’s speech and forensics community for former high school competitors and anyone who loves public speaking. We practice, perform, judge, coach, and hang out. No tryouts, no experience required.
What members do
Keep speaking after high school.
Weekly meetings
An hour a week to catch up, run drills, try a new event and plan what is next. Show up when you can.
Perform and practice
Bring back your old Prose cutting, write a new Oratory, or do Impromptu for the first time. Members coach each other in every IE.
Judge and coach
Judge MIFA and MSCI tournaments around Michigan, and help coach high school teams. You already know the rules.
Friends, food, road trips
Grand River dinners, watch parties for nationals, and carpools to tournaments. The community is the point.
Former competitors. Future fans. Everyone in between.
Most members did speech in high school, plenty never did. If you like a good speech, you belong here. Our members competed for teams like
- Walled Lake Western
- Bloomfield Hills
- Portage Northern
- Groves
- Seaholm
- Stevenson
- and plenty more
How to join
Three steps. Zero tryouts.
- Come to a meeting
- Fill out the interest form
So we can add you to the group chat and email list.
- Join us on Involve@State
Our tournament
The Spartanvitational
Every winter, members host a high school speech tournament at MSU. Students without a school team can compete free as Individual Affiliates. Volunteers and judges always welcome.
Alumni
Graduated? You are still on the ballot.
Spartan Speech alumni judge for us, coach across Michigan and mentor current members. Get on the alumni list for reunion news, judging calls and the occasional nostalgia email.
See the alumni wall