CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION 2023

Please join us as we celebrate 100 Years of Communication Sciences and Disorders. We invite current students, alumni, faculty, administrators, and community members to honor our past, celebrate our current successes, and advance our legacy into the future. Consider joining us at one or more of the events listed below. Become a Centennial Sponsor today.

Date Event

Friday January 27 in SECC 108

White Coat Ceremony 1-4 P.M.

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Wednesday February 1

Listen to Episode 5: Celebrating 100 Years of CSD@WCU (1923-2023). Panel discussion with administrators, faculty, adjunct instructors, and alumni.

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Tuesday March 21 in SECC Ballroom A

Centennial World Voice Day 7-9 P.M.

Saturday April 1 at the WCU Foundation

Centennial Banquet 4-9 P.M.
4-6 P.M. Alumni Networking and Speech and Hearing Clinic Tours
6-9 P.M. Banquet

Keynote Speaker: Amanda Charney-Berardi, 2006 MA alumna and the Founder and Executive Director of Small Steps in Speech. In 2009, Amanda founded Small Steps in Speech in memory of her fiancé, Marc Small, who was killed while serving our country in Afghanistan. Small Steps in Speech has raised over 2 million dollars to help children with communication disorders.

Michelle Sharkey, 2005 MA alumna and the Founding Owner of The Speech and Language Center in West Chester, PA will introduce the Keynote Speaker.

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Wednesday April 12- Saturday April 15

Student and Faculty Presentations at the Pennsylvania Speech-Language-Hearing Convention
April 12-15, 2023
Valley Forge Casino Resort, King of Prussia, PA

Friday April 28 at the Graduate Center

National Student Speech-Language-Hearing Association Conference 8:30 A.M.-4:30 P.M.

"Why Counseling Is Important in Speech-Language Pathology and How to Do It Effectively," with presenters Cari Tellis, Ph.D., CCC-SLP and Orlando Barone, M.S.

Register for the NSSLHA Conference

Friday September 15

Sturzebecker Lecture 10 A.M.
Dr. Yoosun Chung, George Mason University
“Ableism and Augmentative/Alternative Communication”

Tuesday October 10

Art with a Heart 6:30 – 9:30 P.M.
Sykes Ballroom

December 1

Clinic Celebration 4-6 P.M.
Speech and Hearing Clinic

Thank You to Our Sponsors

Gold Sponsors

Educational and Behavioral Health Services Logo LittleBee Speech Logo

Silver Sponsor

Powerback Rehabilitation Logo

 

Bronze Sponsors

Scott Heinerichs Northern Speech.com Logo VoiceEvalU8 Logo

Small Steps in Speech Logo Calipso The Speech Clinic, Inc. Logo

Peque Valley School District Logo Trinity Health Logo S&L Center Logo Estille Voice International Logo

 

We would also like to thank

Simucase Logo The Voice Foundation Logo PRC Logo

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