Endowed Scholarship Fund for CSD Majors
In 2006, Yvonne Saddler Nielsen of Cullowhee (seated) and Brett Woods, director of
annual giving at WCU, signed an agreement creating a new endowed scholarship fund
for CSD majors.
read more about the fund
CSD Faculty/Student visit Czech Republic
Dr. David Shapiro and five CSD graduate students traveled to the Czech Republic. Click here to read story.
CSD WINS PRESTIGIOUS ACADEMIC PROGRAM OF EXCELLENCE AWARD
The Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders (CSD) was selected as the 2010 recipient of WCU’s Academic Program of Excellence Award. This award was established in 1986 and is given annually to an academic unit in recognition of sustained superior performance. CSD was selected by a university committee from a field of six nominees. The award was presented the Chancellor John Bardo who highlighted several CSD achievements over the past decade including two endowed professorships, an outstanding record of expressive scholarship, the receipt of over 2.5 million dollars in external support, and the provision of over 2,700 clinical sessions annually. The award comes with a $10,000 cash prize. Congrats to everyone associated with the Department!!
CSD faculty voted in the fall of 2010 to use some of its Academic Award of Excellence to support seed projects currently underway through the WCU Speech and Hearing Clinic. These include Aphasia and Alzheimer’s treatment/support groups, a literacy camp at Cullowhee Valley School, and a social skills group for children on the autism spectrum. Look here for updates about how award funds are expanding these and other exciting service activities.
Three CSD Professors Publish Texts
Drs. Georgia Hambrecht and Tracie Rice have a book just published titled Clinical Observation in Speech, Language, and Hearing by Jones and Bartlett. The book is written for the pre-clinical or early clinical student in speech language pathology. The text gives clear direction for guided observations so learners will have a better idea of what they may be observing, why it is relevant, and how observations serve as a building-block to their future role as clinicians.Dr. David Shapiro completed his second edition of Stuttering Intervention: A Collaborative Journey to Fluency Freedom. The first edition of this book (1999) has found a broad national and international audience and is a frequent choice of professors teaching in the area of speech fluency and fluency disorders. Dr. Shapiro, WCU’s first Robert Lee Madison Distinguished Professor, is a Fellow of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association and a world renowned expert in stuttering.
MORE INTERESTING NEWS.....
Shapiro on the Move
Dr. David Shapiro, WCU’s Madison Professor of Communication Sciences and Disorders, spent much of this July at the International Fluency Association Congress in France. While at the meeting, Dr. Shapiro learned of his election as President of this organization. He also presented research papers with co-authors from 7 countries and worked to complete a paper with Czech colleagues with whom he has had a long-term collaborative relationship. We are proud of David!
Helm-Estabrooks Featured
The June 5th issue of the ASHA Leader featured Nancy Helm-Estabrooks’ work with former Representative Gabby Giffords. Dr. Helm-Estabrooks remains very active as Professor Emeritus of Communication Sciences at WCU and Disorders and the former Brewer Smith Chair.
Hambrecht in DC
Dr. Georgia Hambrecht spent part of her summer representing the CSD grant in severe disabilities at the US Department of Education Office of Special Education Research conference in Washington, D.C. Dr. Hambrecht learned information relevant to the department’s current grant project and obtained tips that will be useful in future submissions. Dr. Hambrecht also enjoyed seeing a paper published in Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities with Dr. Bill Ogletree, Trish Davis, and former student Ellen Phillips.
Look who Presented at ASHA this Year
The halls of CSD were empty in the new Health and Human Sciences the week of ASHA due to WCU’s significant presence at the national conference in Atlanta. Almost every faculty member attended and most presented sessions. Both undergraduate and graduate students also had their work featured at the event.
Helm Estabrooks Wins Kleffner
Nancy Helm Estabrooks won the prestigious Frank R. Kleffner Lifetime Clinical Career
Award at this year’s ASHA conference. Helm Estabrooks, known internationally for
her work in adult neurogenics, is the former Brewer Smith Chair at WCU and a current
Professor Emeritus. The Kleffner honors an individual's exemplary contributions to
clinical science and practice over a period of no less than 20 years.