Advisor: Rose Institute Email: rosedebate@gmail.com Rediscover rhetoric, confidence, & effective communication is a vital tool in almost every area of life, from learning in school, to creating friendships, to building a career. Public speaking remains the number one fear in the United States. At Rose Debate Institute, it is believed that practicing effective communication deserves as much investment as any other activity. In the public speaking program, students have fun growing in confidence, practicing peer-to-peer communication and the art of conversation, thinking critically, speaking persuasively, and studying speech writing along with the practice of rhetoric.