TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — The University of Alabama’s department of communicative disorders will celebrate its 75th anniversary with a colloquium starting at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, May 18, in the Speech and Hearing Center.
The event will feature guest lecturers, brunch and dinner. Registration is $85, $150 for couples; for details, go to http://training.ua.edu/cd75.
The speakers will discuss the legacy of the program and its impact on the knowledge of students in the field of speech and communicative disorders.
The speakers are: Sue T. Hale, assistant professor and director of clinical education in the department of hearing and speech sciences at Vanderbilt University; Dr. Tommie L. Robinson, director of the Scottish Rite Center for Childhood Language Disorders at the Children’s National Medical Center and associate professor of pediatrics at the George Washington University School of Medicine; and Dr. Gloria D. Kellum, vice chancellor emerita for University Relations and professor in communication sciences and disorders at the University of Mississippi. Hale and Robinson are former presidents of the American Speech Language Hearing Association.
In addition, former faculty and students will share reminiscences about the program. Dr. Laura Moss, clinic coordinator for the Speech and Hearing Center, will talk about the future of the department.
A brunch is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Saturday, May 18, with the guest speaker program at noon, followed by reminiscences at 1 p.m. A dinner will start at 6 p.m. May 18 at the Alabama Museum of Natural History on the UA campus.
In September 1938, T. Earle Johnson, chairman of the UA department of speech, began offering undergraduate academic coursework in what has come to be known as the discipline of human communication sciences and disorders. At the same time, he announced the opening of a speech and hearing clinic to serve both the local and the University communities.
Since 1938, UA’s Speech and Hearing Center has served citizens of Alabama, and the academic program is the oldest continuing program of its kind in Alabama. The first graduate-level seminar started in September 1939, and the first master’s degree was awarded in 1941.
For details on the event and the department, contact Dr. Marcia Hay-McCutcheon, associate professor and chair, at mhaymccu@as.ua.edu or 205/348-4572.
The department of communicative disorders is part of UA’s College of Arts and Sciences, the University’s largest division and the largest liberal arts college in the state. Students from the College have won numerous national awards including Rhodes Scholarships, Goldwater Scholarships and memberships on the USA Today Academic All American Team.
Contact
Richard LeComte, media relations, rllecomte@ur.ua.edu, 205/348-3782
Source
Dr. Marcia Hay-McCutcheon, mhaymccu@as.ua.edu, 205/348-4572