Debate
West Georgia has an outstanding debate program. In 2006, for the thirty-fourth consecutive year, a West Georgia team qualified for the National Debate Tournament. Only four other colleges in the nation have qualified as many or more times consecutively for this tournament: Harvard, University of Kansas, Northwestern University, University of Southern California. The West Georgia Debate Team placed third in the nation at the National Debate Tournament in 2002, the highest UWG has ever finished at the NDT.