Communication Sciences + Disorders News
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Students help Blugold Brain Injury Group members tell their stories to health care providers
Several community members — all part of the Blugold Brain Injury Group, a support group through UW-Eau Claire's communication sciences and disorders department — shared personal stories with health care providers about living with their brain injuries.
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UW-Eau Claire research team studies effects of alcohol on older people
A UW-Eau Claire research team has found that alcohol significantly affects older brains in ways that may threaten their health and well-being, including increasing their risk of falling.
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UW-Eau Claire department sponsors downtown lights for a cause
Lights on the Phoenix Park bridge, Pablo Center at the Confluence and Haymarket Plaza will be aglow in purple and yellow Friday night, Oct. 16, to bring awareness to a “hidden” language disorder.
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Chancellor delivers state-of-the-university message
UW-Eau Claire Chancellor James Schmidt expressed hope during his academic year opening message, that working together and using safeguards put into place will provide for a safe and sustainable return for the fall semester.
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UW-Eau Claire faculty, staff receive 2020 excellence awards
Eight faculty and staff members were recognized during the Aug. 25 opening meeting for their exceptional contributions to UW-Eau Claire.
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UW System top teaching award goes to Dr. Jerry Hoepner
For his excellence in teaching and success in helping students become lifelong learners, Dr. Jerry Hoepner, associate professor of communication sciences and disorders, has been named a recipient of the 2020 UW System Regents Teaching Excellence Award.
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Honors Student Highlight: Thu McKenzie
Thu took an American Sign Language course and discovered that this is where her passion lies. She changed her path and became a biology major with a chemistry minor and certificate in ASL in order to combine her scientific skills with her passion.
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Recognizing student mentors: College of Education and Human Sciences honors partners
UW-Eau Claire’s College of Education and Human Sciences recently honored outstanding area educators and professionals who mentor education and human sciences students at the college’s annual awards reception April 18.
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Communication sciences and disorders department to receive Board of Regents Teaching Excellence Award
Faculty and staff in UW-Eau Claire's communication sciences and disorders department are to be honored by the UW System Board of Regents for their innovative and collaborative approach to teaching.
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Vicki Lord Larson Hall to be new name for UW-Eau Claire’s Old Library
UW-Eau Claire's Old Library will officially become Vicki Lord Larson Hall during a renaming event at 2 p.m. Feb. 15 in the Blugold Central lobby (Room 1108) on the building’s first floor.
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Emeritus professor's textbook used for 'Hello Morse' experiment
Morse code had fallen out of widespread use after World War II. That is, until Google resuscitated it by going live with an experiment called "Hello Morse," which uses images from a textbook written by Dr. Thomas King.
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Chippewa Valley Aphasia Camp: A community of healing
For the last 17 years, stroke survivors in the Chippewa Valley have had a unique resource brought to them through a partnership between UW-Eau Claire's Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders and Mayo Clinic.
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UW-Eau Claire to offer degree in neuroscience beginning in the fall
Current or future University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire students with an interest in studying the brain and nervous system will have a new academic program available to them beginning in the fall.
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Immersions help future teachers gain cultural competencies
A Winterim program that immerses Blugolds in Washington, D.C., area schools provides hands-on experiences designed to help future teachers gain cultural competencies.
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Blugold makes impact at local Juvenile Detention Center
Avery Babb-Schaller, a junior sociology major here at UWEC, has come together with members of her CJ 307 course to work with adolescents at the Juvenile Detention Center right here in Eau Claire.
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Gaining global perspective by studying geography, culture in Ecuador
Can the actions of one Blugold make an impact globally? Brian Kraegenbrink thinks so. After living with a host family in the Amazonian rainforest in Ecuador, the UW-Eau Claire geography major now is considering how he can facilitate change through his day-to-day actions, as well as how he might use his college degree to make a difference in the lives of people living in underprivileged communities around the globe. His homestay was part of a three-week immersion program in Ecuador, an experience he says gave him a peek into the global capitalist system in which the world operates, and an up-close look at how consumer demand and westernization can leave some populations marginalized and living in poverty with little chance for change.
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Why do the liberal arts matter?
Hailey Nelson, a communication sciences and disorders major, knew she wanted to have an international experience during her college years, but with a packed schedule, finding time to study abroad was a challenge if she wanted to graduate on time. So when she discovered a three-week Winterim program in Ecuador she jumped at the chance to immerse herself in a new culture. The catch? The immersion program and prerequisite course, “Culture and Geography in Ecuador,” were clearly outside her usual academic sphere. She enrolled anyway, and soon discovered the impact the liberal arts could have on her future plans as a speech pathologist.
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Vicki Lord Larson Research Fellowship Professional Seminar Event
We will describe the results of two research studies examining typically developing preschoolers’ performance on multiple visual search tasks and discuss the clinical implications for designing AAC displays.
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Registration mistake helps Blugold discover her passion, future career
Dreams of being late for a final exam, forgetting to go to class all semester or realizing after a professor starts talking that you’re in the wrong classroom are common among college students, especially during stressful times of the semester. Typically, the dreamer wakes in a panic, realizes all is well, and goes about their day. But what happens if one of those bad dreams actually turns out to be real? If you’re a Blugold like Tracy Bates you embrace the “everything happens for a reason” motto and go with it. You also discover a major, a passion and a career path that you didn’t know existed before you accidentally signed up for the wrong class as a freshman.
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King moderates sessions, has essay and books published
Dr. Thomas King, professor emeritus of communication sciences and disorders, provides an update on his recent work.
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Students present at national research conference
Forty students from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire attended the National Conference on Undergraduate Research April 7-9 at the University of North Carolina at Asheville.
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Graduate student fulfills lifelong dream through online program
Stacy Magnus, graduate communication sciences and disorders student, is able to fulfill her dream of obtaining her master’s through UWEC’s online program.
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Unique camp makes students feel at home on campus
Camp Campus at UW-Eau Claire gives high school juniors and seniors diagnosed with Asperger’s syndrome or high-functioning autism the opportunity to experience college life and equips them with tools to succeed.
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advocate AND media guru
Although she knew from her first days here that a career in communication sciences and disorders was her plan, Kayla Lake had no idea how her breadth of Blugold experiences would impact that goal. Check out her unique career path!