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RUSSLHA News

Congratulations to the new RUSSLHA officers for 2008-09! 

President:  Erin O'Toole

Vice-President:  Laura Rittel

Secretary:  Chrissy Brown-Wilson

Social Chairs:  Sheena Boyce and Liz Keller

Historian:  Katie Ackerman

Treasurer:  Jen Pffanes

Fundraiser:  Stephanie Race and Christina Thomas

Capstone Research Presentations

Capstone Presentations will be Friday, May 2 beginning at 9:00 in Massman Room 250.  Please join us as our second year graduate students present their Capstone Research projects.

Student Honors

It is with great pleasure and pride that we announce two of our students have received the 2008 MSHA Research Awards for their presentations at the 2008 MSHA conference:

Outstanding Graduate Poster                                      Lindsay Wilson, Rockhurst University

Outstanding Graduate Stand and Deliver                  Chris Rohlfs, Rockhurst University

Congratulations, Lindsay and Chris!  We are so proud of your acheivements!

Faculty Honors

Dr. Pam Hart, Assistant Professor, has been selected as one of 20 professionals to participate in ASHA's 2008 Leadership Development Program. She was selected because of her interest and commitment to professional issues and the leadership potential she has demonstrated in her career. Congratulations Dr. Hart!

2008 MSHA Conference

From March 28-30, 2008, several faculty and many students attended the Missouri Speech-Language-Hearing (MSHA) Convention at Tan-Tar-A Resort. The following sessions were presented by Rockhurst faculty and/or students:

Professional Session

Dr. Nancy Montgomery gave the Presidential Address at The President’s Luncheon

Dr. Pam Hart presented “AAC and Visual Structure: Make-and-Take”

Student Technical Session

Maggie Brandt presented “Effects of In-Service Education on Instructor Knowledge and the Early Literacy Skills of At-Risk Youth”  Faculty Mentor: Dr. Nancy Montgomery

Abbie Hammes & Christy Stuckey presented “Functional Communication Training: Let Every Child Be Heard”  Faculty Mentor: Mrs. Carol Koch

Laura Runge presented “Supervisor and Graduate Clinician Perceptions of Off-Campus Supervisory Relationship”  Faculty Mentor: Mrs. Carol Koch

Chris Rohlfs presented “Toddlers with SELD: Parenting Training as an Intervention Strategy”  Faculty Mentor:  Mrs. Carol Koch

Student Poster Presentations

Abby Eubank presented “Analysis of Speech Errors of Spanish-Speaking Three-Year-Old Children”  Faculty Mentor: Mrs. Carol Koch

Rosemary Hart, Lauren Spittler & Amanda Sullivan presented “Educating Guidance Counselors About our Professions”  Faculty Mentor: Dr. Nancy Montgomery

Lindsay Wilson presented “Phonological Awareness Intervention with At-Risk Kindergartners”  Faculty Mentor: Mrs. Carol Koch

Stacy Johner and Therese Hamtil presented “The Effects of Swallow Maneuvers on Vocal Loudness in Individuals with Parkinson’s Disease”  Faculty Mentor:  Dr. Linda Solomon

2008 MSHA Legislative Day

Dr. Nancy Montgomery and many of the CSD graduate and undergraduate students attended the 2008 MSHA Legislative Day Tuesday, February 19, 2008, to advocate for the professions of speech-language pathology and audiology.  Participants attended presentations about the legislative process and then met with thier individual legislators.

Accreditation

The CSD Faculty and Staff and Rockhurst University Administration are pleased to announce full accreditation status through the Council on Academic Accreditation of the American Speech-Language Hearing Association for a period of 8 years beginning March 1, 2007 through February 28, 2015. 

ASHA Convention

CSD faculty and many students attended the 2007 convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association's convention held in Boston, Massachusetts.  Several faculty members presented at the convention including the following:

Ms. Carol Koch, Ms. Lynn Drazinski, and RU graduate student Kimberly Van den Enden presented "Mentoring the Millennial Generation:  Implications for Clinical Supervision".

Dr. Nancy Montgomery presented "Why Can't Mario Read," a collaborative research project completed by former graduate student Margaret Walker, with the help of Dr. Jack Katz.

Dr. Pam Hart presented a poster session entitled "Relationships Between Perceived Supervisory Needs and Practicum Outcome Measurements"

One of the highlights of the convention was the keynote address at the ASHA awards luncheon presented by Bob Woodruff and his wife Lee, based on their new book In An Instant.  Bob sustained a head injury while covering the war in Iraq as a journalist.  Their presentation highlighted the benefits he and his family have received from services provided by a speech-language pathologist.  A podcast is available at the following link:

www.asha.org/podcast/

Faculty Acheivements

Dr. Linda Solomon is once again working with the American Stroke Foundation and graduate student, Maggie Brandt will be assisting her. Dr. Solomon is also continuing her work with the Kansas City Parkinson’s Association to facilitate the communication skills of these individuals and their families. Graduate students, Olivia Byram and Laura Frye will be assisting her.

Dr. Nancy Montgomery is currently serving as the President of the Missouri Speech-Language Hearing Association. This office is a three year commitment, first serving as President-elect, then President, and then past president.  As President, she represented MSHA at the ASHA Health Care Conference in St. Louis during in April, 2008.