Author: Carrie Wyatt

The National Student Speech Language Hearing Association chapter at Wichita State University has been awarded Gold Chapter Honors for attaining a distinguished level of achievement in the areas of member recruitment and engagement, community outreach, and service, legislative advocacy, and fundraising during the 2022-23 academic year.

Graduate students in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders (CSD) speech-language pathology (SLP) program will host their fourth annual Aphasia Awareness Night from 3-5 p.m., Tuesday, July 19 at the Eugene M. Hughes Metropolitan Complex (5015 E. 29th St. North).

The event is geared toward health professions students, but anyone (especially within psychology, counseling and social work) is welcome to attend.

Come learn about working with patients who have aphasia. The event will feature a question and answer session with clients who have acquired aphasia and their caregivers. They will offer insight on the most beneficial techniques and support when working with various healthcare providers. The goal of the event is to foster a multidisciplinary approach to benefit these patients.

All attendants should enter through Entrance N located on the south side of the building (look for the awning). All attendants will then move through various stations throughout the event.

For more information, contact ashley.purdum@wichita.edu.

Please join the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders (CSD) for hors d’oeuvres, presentations and speakers to celebrate in celebration of Dr. Julie Scherz and her amazing achievements at Wichita State from 4:30-6:30 p.m. Friday, April 8 at the Eugene M. Hughes Metropolitan Complex (Zoom option also available).

During the event, administrators, students, colleagues and Zoom participants will share stories of her time at WSU.

Scherz, a Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Certification and American Speech-Language-Hearing Association fellow, earned all three of her academic degrees from WSU (Bachelor of Arts in education, 1969; Master of Arts, 1971; Doctor of Philosophy, 1989). She served nine years on the faculty at Indiana University-Purdue University in Fort Wayne, Indianapolis, and 22 years at Wichita State. She retired from her professional career in 2020, serving the last five years as Chair of CSD.

Visit event link to RSVP by April 1. Please include total number of attendees on the registration form, so we have an accurate count for catering purposes. For more information (or if you encounter online form issues), contact csd@wichita.edu.

Please join the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders (CSD) for a come-and-go event featuring hors d’oeuvres and speakers celebrating Dr. Raymond (Ray) Hull at 4:30 p.m. March 22 at the Rhatigan Student Center (Room 233). During the event, Students and colleagues will be present to share stories of his time at WSU.

Hull served as a professor in the CSD department at Wichita State for 27 years before retiring in 2020. Before coming to WSU, Hull was a professor and chair of the Communication Disorders Department at Northern Colorado University. Since retiring, he continues to write books and contribute to newspaper columns.

All participants must RSVP by March 15 to attend. Click the registration link to RSVP by March 15. Please include total number of attendees, so we have an accurate count for catering purposes.

For more information (or if you encounter online form issues), contact csd@wichita.edu.

A student in the department of communication sciences and disorders is looking for participants in a comparison study of skilled strategies used with bilingual adolescents between school-based and non-school-based speech-language pathologists (SLPs). The study is under the direction of Dr. Karissa Marble-Flint and Dr. Douglas Parham.

If interested, contact Laura Santos or Dr. Marble-Flint or call 316-978-6356.