2013
ASHA to honor three communication sciences and disorders faculty
Three faculty members in UW-Madison’s Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders will receive awards from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) next month. Full Article
October 30, 2013PhD Students win National Scholarships
Allison Schaser and Laura Grant have been awarded New Century Scholars Doctoral Scholarship from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation. These doctoral scholarships support strong doctoral candidates who will commit to attaining the research doctoral degree and …
October 28, 2013Professor and Ph.D. Student Support ‘The Wisconsin Idea’ Through Community Service
Dr. Michelle Ciucci is currently serving as the President of the Wisconsin Chapter of the American Parkinson Disease Association (APDA). Allison Schaser, UW‑Madison PhD candidate, is the Vice President. The purpose of APDA is to …
October 28, 2013Chapman writing a second chapter
Ever since she was a young girl growing up in Oak Ridge, Tenn., Robin Chapman has loved the writtenword. She read voraciously and began writing poetry at age 8, all the while laying the foundations …
October 25, 2013Message from the chair
We proudly present you with our second e-newsletter. Last year’s newsletter reached well over athousand former students and generated an amazing amount of clicks, which reflects our solid and involved alumni base. Thanks for continued …
October 25, 2013From the Dean’s Desk
As the new dean of UW-Madison’s College of Letters & Science, I am delighted to introduce myself and As an economist, I have devoted my scholarly career to studying the ways in which human beings …
October 25, 2013The Wisconsin Idea in action: Au.D. faculty, students bring hearing healthcare to rural Wisconsin
Jon Douglas and Amy Hartman, clinical faculty in audiology, in conjunction with alumna ElizabethSeeliger (BSE’97, Au.D.’09) from Wisconsin Sound Beginnings and the MCH LEND pediatric audiology training program, have established out-of-hospital clinics for the Amish …
October 25, 2013Catching up with alumni: Ilene Levine Stern
Our featured alumna for this newsletter is Ilene Levine Stern , who earned her M.S. degree in audiology in 1975, when our department was known as Communicative Disorders. Ilene got her undergraduate degree in speech …
October 25, 2013Solving speech and swallowing disorders
The more Michelle Ciucci learned about speech and hearing science as an undergraduate student at theUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the more she wanted to know. From acoustics, to human development, to language, to anatomy, …
October 25, 2013Loon Reunion
A flock of uncommon loons returned to Madison in July to celebrate three decades of friendship and one decade of generosity to the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders. “The Loons” are alumni who have …
October 25, 2013Communication Sciences and Disorders Newsletter – Fall 2013
In this issue Message from the chair Written by Gary Weismer on October 25, 2013 We proudly present you with our second e-newsletter. Last year’s newsletter reached well over a thousand former students and generated …
October 25, 2013Capstone certificate program opens new possibilities
Clinical training programs depend on undergraduate programs to establish the knowledge base on which graduate speech-language pathology or Au.D. training can be built. Many SLP and Au.D. graduate students come to us with an undergraduate …
October 13, 2013Students take part in APAD Walkathon
On Sunday, April 14, 2013 the Wisconsin Chapter of the American Parkinson Disease Association (APDA) Walkathon took place at Promega Corporation in Madison, WI. For the third year in a row, the UW-Madison Chapter of …
June 10, 2013Four CSD graduate students win scholarships
The University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders recently awarded scholarships to four graduate students. Read more.
April 22, 2013Uw-Madison Audiology, UW Speech and Hearing Clinic to host Hearing Health Symposium
The UW Speech and Hearing Clinic and the Audiology program in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders will be hosting its first annual UWSHC Symposium: Spotlight on Hearing Health. The event is on April …
April 9, 2013Trio of CSD faculty earn state awards
Three faculty members, professor Susan Ellis Weismer, associate clinical professor amy Hartman and clinical professor Joan Kwiatkowski were recently honored with awards at the Wisconsin Speech-Language Pathology & Audiology Association Conference… more
March 1, 2013Loons To celebrate This Summer!
Click on “Scholarships”, to your left, and you will find that the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders offers a “Loon Fellowship Award” once yearly to a graduate student who “…fosters social skills, communication, and …
February 26, 2013