News, People and Events 2023-2024
For the most up to date information, like us on Facebook to follow all of the latest news and events! Browse our photos related to news, people, and events!
Important Dates
- Monday, August 21st, 2023 - Fall classes start.
Updates
- The Marcia Bannister Fund for Excellence will benefit the Department of Communication Disorders through faculty and staff development, graduate student scholarships and assistantships, and will help expand services of the Geneva Herndon Speech-Language-Hearing Clinic
Speech Language Pathology Master of Science Program named “One of the Best of 2018” by www.speechpathologygraduateprograms.org - The Herndon Clinic received a $250,000 grant from the Kansas Masonic Foundation. As a result, free adult hearing screenings will be offered fall an spring in six western Kansas communities. In addition, services for adults with swallowing difficulties, dysphagia, will be offered in several other Kansas communities. Both services will be provided by graduate students from the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders and the FHSU Herndon Clinic.
Faculty Accomplishments
- Spring 2023: Dr. Blake Roth inducted into the Wichita State University College of Health Professions Alpha Eta National Honor Society, the only interprofessional national honor society for allied health professions. The purpose of Alpha Eta is “the promotion and recognition of significant scholarship, leadership, and contributions to allied health professions.”
- Spring 2022: Dr. Yan Ma awarded with the Faculty Summer Grant for Research, Creative or Grants Activity for Summer of 2022
- Spring 2022: Dr. Qiang Li awarded the 2022 Faculty Summer Grant for Research, Creative or Grants Activity on Acoustic Analysis of Chinese Lexical Tone Production by English-Native Speakers
Student Accomplishments
- Spring 2022: Brooke Bronniman and Dr. Qiang Li gave an oral presentation for FHSU SACAD on Speech-Language Pathologists Using Voice Changes as Early Indicators of Dysphagia in Persons with Parkinson's Disease
- Spring 2022: Megan Feiner, Jade Max, Reagan Linn, Yan Cheng, and Dr. Qian Li gave an oral presentation for FHSU SACAD on The Effect of Transcutaneous Vagus Nerve Stimulation on Chinese Lexical Ton Imitation: A Single Subject Design
Past Workshop Handouts
Keep your knowledge and skills current. Access the materials and tools provided in previous Communication Disorders and Sciences workshops. These include Loopwriter activities, lectures, intervention techniques, RTI models, start-in plans, and sound brochures.