Michigan Intercollegiate Speech League

Each year the MISL participants and coaches meet at the MASC (Michigan Association of Speech Communication) Conference to set the specific schedule for the current school year. 

Current Officers Include:

Executive Director – Carole Bennett (cabennet@oaklandcc.edu) 2011
I. E. Director – Ray Quiel of EMU (rquiel@emich.edu) 2009
Performance Studies Director – Carole Bennett of OCC 2010
Debate Director – Ed Hinck of CMU (hinck1e@cmich.edu) 2011

Our Possible Tournament Schedule for the 2007-2008 year
is flexible and various schools request the hosting privileges of the MISL tournaments
The specific dates and locations are determined at the fall
MASC Conference held the first week of October-locations vary.

Standard MISL Tournaments:

1. Fall MISL typically held the second Saturday in December.  It is a one day event.

2. In February or early March we host the Novice State Championships.

3. In late February or March we host the State Championships.  

Standard MISL Festival:
We hosted the one-day OCC & EMU Performance Studies Festival at Oakland Community College on February 20-21, 2009.  Email lstille@emich.edu or cabennet@oaklandcc.edu for more information. See the list of special guests at: http://www.oaklandcc.edu/StudentLife/Forensics.htm
And to get a sense of what our Festival is like, see our 2007 Festival pages:  http://homepage.mac.com/prospero0/OCC/occ-definition.htm

Other Michigan Schools offer alternative tournaments.  Please contact individual schools for exact dates of the tournaments.  The schools, contact persons and typical month for a forensic tournament are indicated below.