2012
From the Dean’s desk
I am delighted to write to you from the College of Letters & Science, the heart of UW-Madison where students learn to make a good living and lead a good life. When I think of …
November 27, 2012Help support our doctoral students!
Ray Kent influenced thousands of undergraduates, graduate students and doctoral candidates during his 36-year tenure in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders. Now, the department would like to extend Kent’s influence to a new …
November 27, 2012Catching up with Lois Nelson, professor emerita
Lois Nelson (BSE’54, Education, Ph.D.’60, Speech), professor emerita Years on faculty: 1960-1996 When I first retired in May 1996, I tried staying in bed until 9 a.m. But I grew up on a farm and sleeping …
November 27, 2012Meet our newest faculty member
Audra Sterling isn’t new to the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, having spent the past three years in a postdoctoral fellowship at the Waisman Center. But Sterling is a new faculty member in the College of …
November 27, 2012Message from the Chair
Your department has a new name — we are now the Department of Communication Sciences andDisorders — but we are still the department you remember, the one that provided the outstanding training that prepared you …
November 27, 2012Alum trains next generation of clinicians
Sarah Stuntebeck (BSE’00, MS’02 Communicative Disorders) planned to pursue a career in medicine when she first arrived on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus for student orientation. But she needed a three-credit course to fill a …
November 27, 2012We Are Everywhere!
The Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has long been regarded as one of the finest programs of its kind in the United States. So it should not be a …
November 27, 2012Offering Hope in Guatemala
On a broad porch overlooking coffee farms outside Antigua, Guatemala, small children played happily with toys. They were waiting their turn for a pre-literacy test that resembled yet another game at the Family Development Center …
November 27, 2012Our students use the latest technology
It’s a chilly November day, and three preschoolers have important decisions to make: What should they wear? They look out the windows and are told of the frigid conditions outside. They’re already dressed, of course; …
November 27, 2012‘The poster professional for our program’
Students like Lesley Dixon (MS’11, Communicative Disorders) are one reason the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is a fixture near the top of national program rankings. “Lesley is like …
November 20, 2012Matthew Hoffman Receives National Award
Matthew Hoffman, an MD/PhD student pursuing a PhD in the Department of Communicative Sciences and Disorders, recently received a Graduate Student Scholarship from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. He studies the physiology of voice production and …
November 19, 2012Halloween Fun in the Dept. of Communication Sciences & Disorders
Some of the AuD students in the UW-Madison Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders dressed up for Halloween as spondees. Spondees are compound words that are often used in testing hearing. The creative AuD students …
November 19, 2012Kids enjoy NSSLHA Halloween 2012
On October 25th, the UW-Madison chapter of the National Student Speech-Language and Hearing Association held their 2nd annual Halloween Party for children who attend the UW Speech and Hearing Clinic (UWSHC), and children of faculty …
October 26, 2012New faculty Q&A: Audra Sterling
Audra Sterling, a new member of the faculty for the Department of Communicative Disorders, was recently profiled on the College Of Letters and Science News and Notes.
September 28, 2012Dr. Nadine Connor named Chair of School of Medicine and Public Health Animal Care and Use Committee
Nadine Connor, PhD is an Associate Professor in the Department of Communicative Disorders and Department of Surgery at UW-Madison. She teaches graduate level courses in research and voice disorders to students pursuing a MS degree …
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