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Purpose
- To encourage professional interest among university students in the study of speech and hearing sciences.
- To assist university departments and local organizations interested in speech, hearing, and language behavior and disorders.
- To provide professional information.
- To provide a vehicle for student representation in matters of professional concern.
- To encourage student interaction.
Eligibility
Any undergraduate or graduate student interested in the study of speech and hearing sciences, is eligible for membership in the Chapter. Membership in the national organization is independent from that in a local chapter.
Benefits
- Official recognition by NSSLHA Educational enhancement
- Exposure to professionals in speech and hearing sciences and other related fields
- Participation in a pre-professional organization
- Interaction with other students
- Volunteer experience
Past Year's Activities and Events: 2006-2007
Fall Term:
- New Student Orientation - Welcome lunch
- Jean Baton Swindell's Resource Center (Providence) lecture series
- Holiday Party at Paccini's
- Graduate Student Q&A Panel
- Guest speakers
Winter Term:
- Waiting room makeover
- Donations to the Urban Clinic - rolling paper rack and paper
- Food drive for the Transitional School
- Fundraising to include donations from Men's Warehouse, Portland Spirit, Nancy & William Dawkins, and Tanya Dudrov
- Buttons and shirts designed
- Guest Speakers
Spring Term:
- Recruitment Fair Volunteers
- Fundraising leg-work completed for Fall 2007
- Guest Speakers
- End of the Year Party at Paccini's
Current Officers
Olga Shkurinsky (President)
os@pdx.edu
Jessica Black (Vice President)
jessica_black03@hotmail.com
Kerri Nelson (Treasurer)
kbn@pdx.edu
Kristianne Dierkes(Secretary)
dierkes@pdx.edu
Faculty Advisor
Susan Ginley
sginley@pdx.edu
If you have any questions or suggestions, please feel free to contact an officer or the advisor. The NSSLHA office is being established and we will update as soon as we have the information.
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