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 …
2012 News
Help 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 …
Catching 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 …
Meet 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 …
Message 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 …
Alum 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 …
We 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 …
Offering 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 …
Our 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; …
‘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 …