Thursday, April 9, 2009

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Student Awards

The Dept. of Communication Disorders and Deaf Education made the following awards:
Kathleen M. Tucek, Outstanding Undergraduate Student in
Communication Disorders & Deaf Education and
Tina L. Ebert , Graduate Research Award in
Communication Disorders & Deaf Education

Undergraduate students Katie Tucek, Speech-Language Pathology & Jen Archer, Deaf Education received awards for their capstone presentations at Fontbonne University’s Celebrating Excellence in Student Scholarship exhibition.

Students at MSHA

Also making professional presentations at the convention were graduate students:
Joan Parato & Colleague: “I’m Dying to Starve”: Language Impairment or Language Difference
Tina Ebert & Carmen L. Russell, Ph.D.: Reported Clinical Needs of Prelingually Deafened Adult CI Users

The following graduate students presented posters:
Denise Brown, Kelly Steiner, Alecia Dixon, Kelbe Hollrah, Joan Parato, Jessica Haines, Chelsea Adkins, Tiffany Peterson, Tina Teller, Meredith Colwell, Alecia Plotzke, Jessica Risch, Lauren Vogler, Kristin Bond, Susan Bonk, John Mundloch, Amanda Alton, JoAnn Woodworth, Shannon Ady, Stacey Faerber, Melissa VanHoy, Heidi Ricks, Lisa Meyer, Abby Briggs, Stephanie Costephens, Angela Cole, and Shannon Lynch.

Faculty at MSHA

Fontbonne University is pleased that several of its faculty made professional presentations at the Annual MSHA Convention this year:

Gale Rice, Ph.D.: In-Home AACS Service for Individuals Who Have ALS and Strategies to Identify and Treat Velopharyngeal Insufficiency
Carmen L. Russell, Ph.D.: The Thing That Does That Stuff: Trends in the Treatment of Anomia
Barb Meyer M.S. with other clinic directors: Supervision 101
Paola Brush, M.S. & Nancy Murphy M.S.: Targeting Sound System Disorders through Child Literature

NSSHLA News

Congratulations to the Fontbonne chapter of National Student Speech Language Hearing Association (NSSHLA). They raised $350 at their bake sale to support Missouri Speech and Hearing Association's (MSHA) charity “Operation Smile”.