UB Ethics Bowl Team Qualifies for National Ethics Bowl
November 16, 2015
Contact: University Relations
Phone: 410.837.5739
The University of Baltimore's Ethics Bowl team has qualified for the National Ethics Bowl, to be held next February in Washington, D.C. The team's top-five finish at the Southeast Regional Ethics Bowl in St. Petersbug, FL, this past weekend qualified them for the national meet.
"Our students are thrilled with this; it's the first time a UB team has qualified," said Fred Guy, director of the University's Hoffberger Center for Professional Ethics and team coordinator. "We beat out such schools as Wake Forest, the University of Florida, the University of Miami, Auburn, and 15 other larger universities."
Team members include:
- Anna Alrub
- Raquel Bowings
- Thermon Morris
- Abby Salazar (team captain)
- Keannu Smith-Brown
- Moses Wamalwa
An Ethics Bowl is not a debate, but rather a competition to determine which team can analyze an ethical case most effectively and pose the best solution to the presented ethical problems. Each match consists of a moderator, who asks an opening question to the teams, and judges who ask follow-up questions. Teams are judged on how clear, thoughtful and systematic they are in answering questions from judges, and in pointing out weaknesses in the opposing team's case analysis. Judges are selected to provide a wide range of backgrounds, experiences and perspectives.