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Wayne State student audiology chapter earns national recognition

Wayne State's chapter of the Student Academy of Audiology (SAA) was named the "Most Well Rounded" champion by the national SAA Board of Directors in the 2015-2016 SAA Chapter Challenge!

Communication sciences and disorders (CSD) students are engaged in the university and Detroit communities through a host of service, educational and social activities.

Au.D. students provided free hearing screenings in the Detroit metro community throughout the year and hearing protection to Detroit firefighters at a reduced cost. Wayne State Student Speech-Language-Hearing Association (WSSLHA) and SAA students joined forces this year for a book drive and donated over 700 books to the Children's Hospital of Michigan. They co-sponsored the Winter Clothing Drive and the CSD Fall Mixer and collected and donated drinking water for the Flint Water Crisis.

WSSLHA students organized and led a Multicultural Night to discuss culture and communication. Student-sponsored events included the annual SAA Bowling Night and the annual WSSLHA Banquet. Students participated in CSD tutoring and attended professional meetings with CSD faculty members.

WSSLHA membership meeting, fall semester, 2015.
Left to Right: Holli Hollister, Cristy Starkweather and Avital Elyazam volunteered in the 2015 Motor City Apraxia Walk, Warren, MI.

Scholarships

One goal of our 2016-2021 CSD Strategic Plan is increasing scholarship support for deserving CSD students. Each year we select students to receive the following scholarship awards. Please donate to support your choice of scholarship fund!

  • The John Gaeth Endowed Scholarship Fund (Audiology)
  • Richard W. and Kristine Vogt Sbaschnig Endowed Scholarship Fund (Speech-Language Pathology)
  • Joan Cortright Memorial Endowed Scholarship Fund (Public Schools: CSD or Education)
  • Theodore Mandell Fund (School Audiology or Speech-Language Pathology)
  • Clara B. Stoddard Endowed Scholarship Fund (School Audiology or Speech-Language Pathology)
  • Trabman Family Memorial Endowed Scholarship Fund (undergraduate CSD)
Left to Right: Kimberly Brief, Katie Stevenson, Brittany Chisolm at Children's Hospital of Michigan in Detroit.
Left to Right: Kimberly Brief, Katie Stevenson, Brittany Chisolm at Children's Hospital of Michigan in Detroit.

This year a new scholarship fund was announced: The Mr. and Mrs. Walter and Cecelia Mayor Schultz Endowed Scholarship, established by Dr. John and Mrs. Karen O'Leary.

We are also very grateful for the support of the Mervyn L. Falk, Ph.D. Memorial Fund (Speech and Language Center).

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