Rachel Root ’17, a graduate student who is studying to be a speech language pathologist (SLP), received the Linda Herman Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year award on October 15.
CSD professors and clinical educators offer their knowledge for guests attending Family Day on campus.
Illinois has at least 15 regional groups that meet regularly and provide continuing education opportunities.
CSD students and department members successfully celebrated Homecoming 2017 in a number of ways.
Fellow speech pathology graduate students donned purple to support Elizabeth Rice, who lost her mother to domestic violence.
Undergraduate tudents prepared and disseminated a vocal health education program, Inside Your Voice (IYV) at Bone Student Center.
Grades for the independent study are based on more than just travel. Students are expected to attend regularly scheduled meetings to plan for travel, conduct research on an aspect of the travel experience to share with fellow travelers, set personal goals for travel, and write a reflection after travel to discuss what they learned.
Beginning in the fall of 2017, the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders was pleased to welcome individuals seeking transgender voice therapy services to be clients at the Eckelmann-Taylor Speech and Hearing Clinic. Community outreach and promoting awareness on the topic were the first and largest aspects of preparation.
Sarah Sadler, first year Speech-Language Pathology (SLP) graduate student, has been elected the Vice President for SLP Programming of the National NSSLHA Chapter. She encourages other students to get involved and not be intimidated by opportunities that may seem out of reach.
Cosette Groisiller, a Communication Sciences and Disorders (CSD) senior, was selected to participate in the Minority Student Leadership Program (MSLP) offered by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA). She is one of 40 students, from 200 applicants.
