On behalf of President John Sexton and Dean Richard Kalb, I wanted to invite you to serve as judges for the NYU Global Debate event scheduled for this Fri, Feb 27.
The NYU Global Debate Competition pits undergraduate debate teams from all its global sites against one another in a contest that will award prizes totaling nearly $50,000. The grand prize is $5000 for each team member. Students from all 17 NYU sites including Florence, London, New York, Abu Dhabi, and Shanghai are encouraged to debate the same topic using video as well as in-person competition. The event involves over 100 students in total each year.
The debates are judged by members of the NYU community including faculty, staff, alumni and graduate students. A catered breakfast and lunch will be served to both competitors and judges. This year’s topic is:Resolved: that the world is safer now than a decade ago.
No prior debate experience is needed.
Breakfast and judge orientation are at 9:30am in Hemmerdinger Hall. Rd 1 is scheduled to start by 10:15, Rd 2 by 11:15. There will then be a lunch break and Rd 3 is scheduled for a 1:45 start. All rounds should be completed by 3:30pm. It is fine for people to judge for just one or two rounds, if they have schedule conflicts for part of the day. We try to be flexible to facilitate a diverse judging pool.
Anyone who is interested can send an email to globaldebate@nyu.edu. For more information, please visit the NYU Global Debate website listed in my signature.
Will Baker
Director, NYU Global Debate
www.nyu.edu/cas/globaldebate