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Announcements

Announcing Early Retirement -- Brenda C. Seal, Ph.D., Professor of Communication Sciences and Disorders is retiring at the end of this summer after 33 years of affiliation with JMU.  Dr. Seal came to JMU’s Speech Pathology and Audiology Department in 1981 as an instructor.  She had previously taught in both the Department’s graduate and undergraduate program for 5 years while she served as speech-language pathologist at the Virginia School for the Deaf and Blind (1973-1981).  Brenda directed the JMU Speech and Hearing Lab for 7 years, from 1986 through spring 1993.  She was promoted to Professor in 1998 and she was made an ASHA Fellow in 2007.  She plans to maintain several research projects in her lab beyond her retirement. 

To Incoming CSD Graduate Students Fall, 2009 – WELCOME!!!

We look forward to seeing you at our required Orientation on Thursday and Friday, August 20 and 21.   SAVE THESE DATES!

In the first half of July we’ll email you details about Orientation.  We’ll use the email address you included on your application for graduate school so please make sure this is correct.  If not, before July 1 please let Carolyn West, CSD Administration Assistant (westcb@jmu.edu) know of your changed email address.

We’ll also post the details of Orientation here so watch this space.

2009-2010 ICCS Conference – DATE ANNOUNCED!!

Save the dates – October 2 and 3, 2009.  The Ninth  Innovations in Clinical Communication Sciences Conference (ICCS) will be held  Friday, October 2, 2009 (late afternoon and evening) and Saturday, October 3, 2009 (all day) in the HHS (Health and Human Services Building) on the JMU campus. 

Details of the outstanding keynote speakers for the conference are being finalized and will soon appear in this space.  STAY TUNED!!!
CEUs will be available.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us at iccs@jmu.edu

New Faculty for Fall, 2009 – Welcome!

Welcome to Dr. Christy Ludlow

Ph.D. Fellowships available! Contact Dr. Charles Runyan for details.

Congratulations

  • Dr. Kia Johnson on being named the 2009 MO-KAN-NE Trio Achiever from the MO-KAN-NE Chapter of Mid-America Association of Educational Opportunity Program Personnel, awarded in recognition of academic, professional, and personal success .
  • Dr. Roger Ruth on receiving the 2008 Honors of the American Academy of Audiology
  • Dr. Dan Halling for being elected to the Board of the Council on Academic Accreditation of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, effective January 2008 and for being elected the Vice-Chair for Audiology for the Council in 2009.

Academic News

Application Deadlines

  • Ph.D. in CSD
    Applications accepted any time.
  • Doctor of Audiology (Au.D.)
    Applications for admission for Fall 2009 Due 2/1/09
  • Master’s Degree in Speech-Language Pathology
    Applications for admission for Fall 2009 Due 2/1/09
  • Post-Au.D. Ph.D. Contact Dr. Dan Halling
  • Dual Au.D./ Ph.D. program Contact Dr. Dan Halling
  • Clinical  SLP plus Ph.D. program available. Contact Dr. Charles Runyan.
  • Master’s Degree (by research) in CSD.  Contact Dr. Rory DePaolis

Need graduate coursework to maintain certification/licensure and/or to keep current? As the year progresses, watch this spot for information about courses that will be available in Summer, 2009.

See more information on enrolling as a non-degree seeking student.

Contact the Department

Communication Sciences and Disorders
HHS 1128, MSC 4304
James Madison University
Telephone (540) 568-6440
Fax: (540) 568-8077

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