UNT Mean Green Workshops students have won major tournaments in Policy and Lincoln Douglas debate throughout the nation, including the Kentucky Tournament of Champions, the NFL National Tournament, and the TFA State Tournament (the largest state tournament in the nation).  We are tremendously proud of the accomplishments of our alumni.

The institute directors are driven to bringing the brightest and most talented instructors from around the nation to the north Texas region, and they are equally dedicated to ensuring continued excellence at an affordable price.  When compared to other institutes throughout the country, we believe you will find we offer one of the highest quality and most affordable institute experiences anywhere.

Watch our growth! In the summer of 2004, we started with 41 total students. We have been fortunate to attract increasing numbers of students: 170 in 2005, 230 in 2006, 231 in 2007, 250 in 2008, and 291 in 2009. Find out what's going on in Denton that you might be missing!

The University

The University of North Texas is a thriving university with a legacy of excellence in a broad range of academic areas. UNT is a student-centered research university and is the flagship of the UNT System.

The Carnegie Foundation ranks UNT in the top 4 percent of U.S. colleges and universities. The university stands as the most comprehensive in the Dallas-Fort Worth region, offering 97 bachelor's, 101 master's and 49 doctoral degree programs, many nationally recognized. UNT has been selected as one of US News & World Report's Top 100 Best College Buys for 14 consecutive years, and UNT also provides more than 50 centers and institutes which serve the public good.

UNT is also one of the largest universities in Texas, enrolling nearly 35,000 students. Founded in 1890, UNT takes pride in its outstanding faculty, high academic standards and diverse student body.

The university is committed to academic excellence, to student success and to serving as an intellectual resource for the community, state and nation. Offering a traditional college experience at an affordable cost, UNT boasts a 19:1 student-faculty ratio and Division 1-A athletics. The university provides abundant opportunities for its constituents to discover the power of ideas.

The Debate Team

The University of North Texas debate team, supported by UNT's Department of Communication studies, has more than a half-century of competitive success in Cross-Examination (Policy) Debate, having won the second National Debate Tournament in 1949. 

The legacy continues as North Texas Debate reached the finals of the CEDA National Tournament in 2004, advanced a team to NDT elimination rounds 8 of the last 12 years, and qualified a team to the NDT in 26 of the last 27 years. In the spring of 2009 the team of Kuntal Cholera & Grant Peretz earned a First Round At-Large Bid to attend the National Debate Tournament - an honor reserved for the top 16 teams in the nation. At the NDT, Kuntal Cholera was awarded Top Speaker.

UNT Debate accumulated multiple NDT First Round At Large bids over the last decade, and North Texas debaters have seen late elimination rounds at virtually every major competitive event in the country, including recent trips to the quarters at the NDT, finals at Harvard & West Georgia, semis at Northwestern, and quarters at Kentucky and Georgia State.  Recent individual awards include Top Speaker at the National Debate Tournament, the Dartmouth Round Robin and the Kentucky Round Robin. We are also very proud of our multiple top-ten speakers at the NDT over the past few years.

UNT Debate has attracted numerous students whose academic success speaks for itself, including National Merit Finalists and Valedictorians. Graduates have gone on to win prestigious awards including the CSIS internship and the Kennedy Center internship to Latin America. UNT debaters have attended graduate school at some of the finest graduate programs in rhetoric, international relations, philosophy, and other disciplines. Recently, UNT debate alumni have matriculated to the University of Pittsburgh, Georgetown, and Johns Hopkins (to name a few).