We are so proud of the CMDS majors who also participate in research during the year. Some participate in Truman’s McNair Program, some do independent studies, some are part of ongoing faculty research groups. On Tues April 16  Truman’s 2013 Student Research Conference was held. The following CMDS students participated – many of these students also presented their work at the recent convention of the Missouri Speech-Language-Hearing Association convention - Congratulations!
AMANDA R. KERR, RACHEL A. PATTERMANN, and JESSICA L. MURFIN
Dr. Janet Gooch, Faculty Mentor
E-Book vs. Printed Book: How the Medium Affects Comprehension

JULIE E. BANGERT, JESSICA A. EMMETT, and MARILYN D. HUGHES
Dr. Ilene Elmlinger, Faculty Mentor
The Effect of Education on Willingness to Use Hearing Protection

KELLEY T. KOENIG and RACHEL A. PATTERMANN
Dr. Janet Gooch, Faculty Mentor
Early Head Start Language – Enrichment Program

ELIZABETH A. BOEDEKER and HANNAH P. FARNSWORTH
Dr. Ilene Elmlinger, Faculty Mentor
Infant Hearing: Perspective of Expectant Mothers

BRIDGET E. LEACH and MEGAN L. PATTEE
Dr. Janet Gooch, Faculty Mentor
The Effects of Visual Cueing on Phonological Working Memory

ELIZABETH A. BOEDEKER, RACHEL A. PATTERMANN, JESSICA L. MURFIN, AMANDA R. KERR, SARAH K. WALKLEY, MICHELLE S. KRAHENBUHL, KATIE N. BEERS, MEGAN ILLY E. ILLY, AUDREY T. MECKLENBURG, ABIGAIL J. BOCKHAUS, MEGAN L. PATTEE, KELLEY T. KOENIG, and KAYLA A. TIGGES
Dr. Paula Cochran, Faculty Mentor
To Technology and Beyond: Promoting Technology in Communication Disorders

CMDS Graduate students attend luncheon celebrating Graduate Education Week in Missouri!

2013 Quest for the Cup Champs! Missouri Speech Language Hearing Association Convention

Quest for the Cup is a quiz-bowl competition held at the Missouri Speech-Language-Hearing Association annual convention. Teams from all 8 Missouri public and private university master’s programs in communication disorders compete as they review for their national exam (Praxis). This week, Truman’s team won the Quest with a perfect score! Congrats to Audrey, Katie, Amy, Jenna, and Stephanie for doing us proud!

Alumni & friends of
Truman State University
are invited to the
9th annual Tru-Bash
at MSHA in Tan-Tar-A
on Friday, April 5th
from 7:30-10:00 p.m.
Room 501

We hope that you will make a special effort
to join us as we celebrate the success of the
Truman State Speech and Hearing Clinic
50th Anniversary Campaign

Thank you for helping us exceed our goal! $100,000 Raised!

Truman CMDS Students, Clients, Faculty & Staff

April 26 Language and Literacy Conference – Register NOW (please try to register and pay your $50 by April 12)
This is a special opportunity, where you will have all day access to a national expert right here on campus. This is worth .6 ASHA CEUs. CMDS students have also been invited to enroll ($10). This event is co-sponsored by CMDS and Education and the topic this year is “Morphology Awareness: More than Mere Knowledge,” presented by Dr. Susan Ebbers. Dr. Ebbers’ website: readingway.com Dr. Ebbers is compensated for her presentation and receives royalties for her publications. This will be of great interest to ANYONE in CMDS or education/literacy, no matter what age group your special interests entail.

To register there are several steps, both online and physical. You will need access to a printer. In the end, you will print out your registration form and send it with a check to a campus address (no credit card required). When you get on the RPCD website, there are a bunch of irrelevant events because they sponsor teacher workshops all over the place- don’t worry about finding us in their categories, just scroll down and you will see our workshop. Here’s the link:

To register: go to http://rpdc.truman.edu. Click on “Workshops”, then “Northeast RPDC Workshop Registrations”, then scroll down, click on the title, and follow the directions. Registration deadline: Friday, April 12, 2013.

WOW!!!! We did it! thanks to everyone who made our campaign a success. See the story in TrumanToday
We raised $100,000!!!
These funds will help with scholarships and clinic operations.
You can still help — Make your donation to the
CMDS 50th Anniversary Campaign here: Make A Gift

Eight new graduate students began the program this spring. Including the alma maters of these new students, universities represented by the current CMDS graduate students on campus include:
Truman State University, Augustana College
Saint Louis University, University of Wisconsin – Madison
University of Iowa, University of Northern Iowa
University of Missouri, Southeast Missouri State University
Central Michigan University, University of Illinois – Champaign
Illinois State University, Ouichita Baptist University – Arkansas
University of Minnesota

The 26th Annual Research Forum in Communication Disorders will be held at Truman State University Wednesday, December 12, 2012, from 6:30 – 10:00 PM. Local professionals are invited to attend at no cost. Holiday refreshments will be provided. This course is offered for 0.3 ASHA CEUs (Intermediate level, Professional area).

With the help of student from Ms. Garlock’s Sign Language course, we’d like to wish everyone the best of the season:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoOuliSjcp0

Dr. Cochran’s Assistive Technology class celebrated Halloween Wed evening, October 31.