July 10, 2022 | Anna Flanagan A CFY pairs a first-year practitioner with an experienced practitioner in a mentoring relationship designed to ease the transition between student and independent provider of clinical services When students take on their first professional position after completing their master’s degrees in speech and hearing science with a focus on […]
Month: June 2022
Oversen’s road to a Fulbright grant was paved by family
June 27, 2022 | Vince Lara-Cinisomo Spanish was spoken in her childhood home Amanda Oversen’s interest in linguistics has a very clear inspiration: her mom. Oversen, a Speech and Hearing Science major who graduated in December 2021, was recently awarded a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship to Spain. Her goal is to become a bilingual speech-language […]
RST 180 ‘Once-in-a-lifetime’ trip for students
June 20, 2022 | Vince Lara-Cinisomo As much as the trip is about learning the logistics and operations of iconic RST sites, it is also an epic road trip RST 180 has a rather dry course title: Professional Applications. But for the students who take the class, it is anything but. RST 180, which returned […]
Dr. Husain Named McCristal Scholar
June 08, 2022 | Anna Flanagan Dr. Fatima Husain, professor of speech and hearing science, has been named the 2022 King J. and Marjorie R. McCristal Distinguished Scholar in the College of Applied Health Sciences, the most prestigious recognition of scholarly achievement given by the College. The award presentation and McCristal Lecture will take place […]
Andrew Bender appointed director of operations at Chez Veterans Center
June 02, 2022 | Vince Lara-Cinisomo Andrew Bender has been hired as Director of Operations at Chez Veterans Center, effective July 1. Bender, who served in the U.S. Army and reached the rank of lieutenant colonel, comes to Chez from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Career Center, where he has been serving as the associate […]