Texas Debate Collective

01/21/2025

Applications for the TDC 2025 Student and Teacher Institutes are now open on our website! Camp this year will take place from July 13th to July 26th in San Marcos, Texas. We'll see you there!

06/22/2024

The Texas Debate Collective is celebrating its 15th birthday, and you're invited! Tickets for the TDC 15 Gala are now on sale at tinyurl.com/tdcfifteen and the Gala will take place at 7PM on August 3rd in Austin, TX. We hope to see you there!

01/14/2024

The TDC Student & Teachers Institutes will be held in-person July 21st through August 3rd, and it will be in the Austin area.

Registration for the student institute will be open through March 23rd. TDC is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, and we reserve half of our student slots for full-scholarship students every year. Decisions will begin with scholarship admissions on April 1st.

You can register on our website, https://texasdebatecollective.org! Any questions about registration or our format can be answered at [email protected], or may already be answered in our website FAQ.

Stay tuned for updates about our curriculum and staff list!
If you are interested in joining our staff this summer, there is also a staff application under the Faculty and Staff tab on our website.

08/04/2023

TDC 2023 has ended! Thank you to everyone who helped make this camp happen this year, and thank you to everyone who attended!

We hope to see you again next year! Enjoy the rest of your summer and good luck with your upcoming debate season!

07/12/2023

We’re halfway there!

Thanks to the support of the community, we’ve reached the halfway point of our fundraising goal! TDC 2023 starts in less than a week!

GoFundMe link: gofund.me/ce17a55f

We also want to send a large thank you to those who have already supported our fundraiser and those who have shared it with others. We appreciate you! 💚

07/05/2023

This year, TDC has encountered a significant increase in costs, and we're asking for help to offset the increase.

You can find the link to our GoFundMe page here: https://gofund.me/ce17a55f ! 💚

04/08/2023

Congratulations to TDC alumni Zion Dixon and Leah Yesh*tila on their run at NDT, making it to octos of the tournament! We're proud of you both!

02/07/2023

TDC 2023 registration is now closed for paying students!
New scholarship applicants can email us to apply!
The teacher's institute application is still live!

Camp will be held in-person July 16th through July 29th.

We will be holding camp on campus at UT Austin this year, and full tuition is $2450. Please don't let the cost prevent you from applying if you are worried about your ability to pay - TDC is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, and we reserve half of our student slots for full-scholarship students every year.

Registration for the student institute will be open through March 25th. Decisions will begin with scholarship admissions on April 1st.

You can register on our website, https://texasdebatecollective.org! Any questions about registration or our format can be answered at [email protected], or may already be answered in our website FAQ.

Stay tuned for updates about our curriculum and staff list!

If you are interested in joining our staff this summer, there is also staff application under the Faculty and Staff tab on our website.

08/06/2022

Thank you for attending TDC 2022! We hope to see you again next year! Good luck this season and enjoy the rest of your summer!

04/08/2022

TDC is happy to announce our current 2022 staff list! We can't wait to welcome in-person our wonderful group of instructors.

Please also note that scholarship applications for our student institute are still open. If you believe you are eligible for a need-based scholarship for camp, we encourage you to apply!

Ryan Lampman
Krutin Devesh
Zion Dixon
Sarah Gelfer
Sebastian Cho
Leah Yesh*tila
Pranav Vijayan
Allison Aldridge
Ben Erdmann
Breigh Plat
Phoenix Pittman
Sarah Zheng
Mark Kivimaki
Nate Kruger
Muhammad Khattak
Grant Brown
Nelson Okunlola
Rodrigo Paramo
Alex Yoakum
Isaac Chao
Kris Wright
Andy Werner
Elijah Pitt
Cassandra Lizardi
Delon Fuller
Eric Schwerdtfeger
Michael Harris
Nolan Burdett

Stay tuned for more camp & staff updates! We can't wait to see everyone in Austin this summer!

07/08/2021

For a limited time only, you can receive a free TDC T-shirt with each $10 donation to our camp!

Texas Debate Collective is a non-profit organization, and your donations help sponsor another student's scholarship to debate camp!

1. Visit the TDC Estore and make a donation. Make sure to use an email that we can contact you at, and fill in the order notes during checkout to indicate interest in a t-shirt.
https://texasdebatecollective.org/estore

2. We will email you the appropriate form to fill out and ensure receipt of your T-shirt.

The donation and corresponding form must be completed by Monday July 12th!!

Welcome to our estore! Check out all of our new merch both new and old. 100% of the profits go to the Texas Debate Collective and can be used to fund more scholarships. If you don’t desire a product, click the donate button and donate to the cause!

05/01/2021

Congratulations to all of the TDC alumni who competed at the TOC last weekend! There were 8 TDC students in outrounds:

Zion Dixon, Champion
Leah Yesh*tila, Semi-Finalist
Ben Erdmann, Octo-Finalist
Lulu Whitson, Doubles
Breigh Plat, Doubles
Tommy Yu, Doubles
Krutin Devesh, Doubles
Abhinav Sinha, Doubles

Additionally, congratulations to the following TDC alums who qualled:

Joey Georges
Jarvis Xie
David Herrera
Kishan Kalaria
Tommy Yu
Phoenix Pittman
Daniel Lee
Vail Chen
Jet Sun