Portland State University - Speech & Hearing Sciences

Email can wait, enjoy summer break!! ☀️ 😀
Actually, it can’t wait. Have you chosen your groups for AAC yet? 😅 Due on Tuesday, Aug 25th. 😂

Everyone is extremely proud and excited to support our second year grads today! ceremony #2024

Just a couple of first year graduate student clinicians, waiting for a couple of pre school aged clients 😀😅

Join for their second virtual OSHA Job Fair! 🌸
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Saturday, April 20, 2024, from 10am- 12pm
This is an opportunity for job seekers to connect and network with companies who have current opportunities in your industry.
Free for all interested parties to attend and connect with several prospective employers. ❤️

‼️Repost from
Happening Today 😃😃
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Equity Discussion Group (EDG) is thrilled to announce our first virtual event for the school year! On Thursday, April 4, 2024 at 6 pm - 7:00 pm PST for Cultural Humility within Speech and Language with Meridith Heckler and Megal Magdaleno. Meridith and Megal both graduated from PSU with a M.S. in Speech and Hearing Sciences.
This event will focus on sharing the general background on cultural humility; how cultural humility applies to speech and language; and what steps individuals can take to learn more, apply, and teach about cultural humility.
All PSU students and faculty are welcome and encouraged to join.
This event will take place virtually and can be attended at this Zoom link: https://pdx.zoom.us/j/
85104152080
This event will be recorded and available upon request.

🌱We are grateful for the privledge of sitting in this classroom, safe and unbothered, while just outside voices march for justice and peace.
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Let’s use our education to advocate for justice and stand in solidarity with those facing struggles beyond these confines.

The SPHR Grad Lab is active today!
Grad students are completing assessments and assignments. Keep up the good work 💪💪💪

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Pop quiz 🫠
Great learning begins with caffeine.

🔗Click the link in bio to register through Linktree’s Workshop, Classes, and Events tab or on Handshake!

📝 Today’s Workshop:
Writing Resumes and Cover Letters Virtual Workshop
📅 Tuesday, January 9
⏰ 3:30 – 5:00pm

Learn about formatting, targeted resumes, and showcasing your fit for positions. Students and alumni, this one’s for you! Don’t miss out! ✨

✨Wishing all you brilliant minds a year filled with resonant discoveries, meaningful connections, and echoes of success! 💯🎊✨Happy New Year!

Happy Thanksgiving to those celebrating and to all, a day filled with warmth, togetherness, and reasons to be thankful. 🍁✨

Gratitude transforms challenges into opportunities. 🪄🧞‍♀️
🤗 Embrace the hurdles and let’s remain grateful for the lessons learned, the resilience gained, and the strength discovered. 💪🏽 🌻

What a day!
Who can feel the looming pressure of finals week? 😵‍💫
Let’s focus on the beauty of small moments during this academic hustle😌💛
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Happy Monday, folks! ☀️
As Thanksgiving approaches, let’s kickstart this week with the power of gratitude.
Today, we start by asking: What are you grateful for? 🤔
🗣️ Share a word or slogan that helps you remain grateful.
🍕☕👭Take a pic of something you’re grateful for and tag us! Use to join the conversation! 💬✨

🎉🌟 We are excited to announce that Melissa Ugianskis has been named the recipient of the prestigious 2023 ANCDS Student Fellowship Award! 🏆📚

Melissa’s unwavering dedication and hard work in the field of aphasia research have truly paid off, earning her this well-deserved recognition. 🌟💪

As part of this achievement, Melissa will have the amazing opportunity to be matched with an ANCDS member who shares her research and clinical interests. This mentorship will provide her with invaluable guidance, allowing her to dive deeper into her studies and explore various research and clinical issues. 🤝📊

Join us in celebrating Melissa’s remarkable accomplishment. We wish you the best of luck on this exciting journey! 🎉🎓🌟

Congratulations to the the winner of the 2022 SPHR Diversity Scholarship, Diana Lopez!

Diana is a first-generation Mexican-American from Salinas California. She is interested in working with Spanish-speaking populations and providing services in underserved communities. Her primary interests lie in working with adult populations with cognitive communication disorders, swallowing disorders, and aphasia, though she maintains interest in clinical work with people across the lifespan.

Thank you, Diana, for choosing PSU and for all you have brought to our program!

[image description: Diana Lopez, a Mexican-American person with short dark hair, black glasses, and brown skin, stands in an archway in front of a cloudy turquoise background. Her head is angled a bit to the left as she smiles slightly at the camera. Outside of the brown archway is a wall with brilliantly colored flora in three-dimensional relief.]

You can now help the Aphasia Lab develop a computerized word-finding test! They're looking for people with aphasia due to left hemisphere stroke to participate in 2-3 sessions total for a NIH-funded study. Contact them at 503.725.3275 / [email protected] for more information or to request a flier for your client.

[image description: On a light-green background with the title "PSU Aphasia Lab", a yellow dialogue bubble asks "Have trouble talking (aphasia) after stroke?" A stylized representation of a brain composed of geometric shapes with gem-like colors appears below, and then the text: "Join Our Study. Help us develop a test to assess word finding skills"]

The Gordon-Brannan Endowed Scholarship is named after long-time SPHR faculty member Mary Gordon-Brannan, who passed away in 2020. Mary taught at PSU for more than 30 years, influencing generations of members of our professional communities. Mary was particularly passionate about training SLPs for working in public school settings.

Congratulations to the winner of the 2022 Gordon-Brannan Scholarship, Cameron Levi Davis! Cameron has just completed their graduate program, having developed interests in AAC, school-age language development, and speech sound disorders. These interests have led them to their future clinical fellowship experience with an elementary school in the Salem-Keizer School District. Cameron's passions also include cooking, playing Dungeons & Dragons, and reading mystery novels.

Congratulations Cameron, and best of luck in your Clinical Fellowship!

[image description: Cameron Levi Davis, a smiling white person with short, wavy brown hair and round glasses]

Congratulations to Ruthie Aldrich, who also was awarded a Shari Kazdoy Memorial Scholarship this year! Ruthie is a first-year graduate student in SPHR. She plans to pursue a career in pediatric speech-language pathology with a focus on AAC, stuttering, articulation, and language disorders. One of her career goals is to become fluent in ASL.

Congratulations Ruthie, and best of luck as you begin your second year!

[image description: Ruthie Aldrich, a white woman wearing a deep blue top and a purple and light-blue earring, smiles as she stands in front of a background of bay laurel.]

Congratulations to Brighid Thomas, who was awarded a scholarship from the Shari Kazdoy Memorial Fund. This fund is named after audiologist Shari Kazdoy, a former SPHR faculty member who was killed by a drunk driver in 1986. The memorial fund established in her memory seeks to support students whose career plans include working with people in the d/Deaf and Hard of Hearing communities.

Brighid is a first-generation college student who earned a BA from PSU in 2012, with a focus on German, Applied Linguistics, and Anthropology, They returned in 2020 as a post-baccalaureate student studying ASL, Special Education, and SPHR. They are now preparing to move across the country to begin a Master's degree program at Gallaudet University, the only University in the world where all programs and services are specifically designed to accommodate d/Deaf and Hard of Hearing students. Congratulations, Brighid, and best of luck in your next steps!

[image description: Brighid Thomas rests their chin on their hand while facing the camera. They are wearing glasses and their long brown hair is in a braid. In the background is a framed piece of abstract art.]

Each year, the Oregon Speech-Language & Hearing Association (OSHA) Education Foundation gives the Bob Buckendorf scholarship to one graduate student from each of Oregon's three Master's degree training programs in speech-language pathology.

We are proud to have Izela Michel as the winner of this award from the PSU class of 2022! Izela is a Mexican-American student in our Bilingual Concentration who will be completing her program next week! She has been the PSU graduate student representative to OSHA and she has served on the ASHA Hispanic Caucus. Her clinical interests include bilingual assessment and treatment and Childhood Apraxia of Speech. She is passionate about preserving heritage languages, breaking down cultural barriers, and mentoring future SLPs. She hopes to work with culturally and linguistically populations and under-resourced communities, and to merge her passions for clinical and policy work in the future.

Thank you for the many roles you have filled at PSU, Izela, and congratulations on this award!

[image description: Izela Michel, a woman with long brown curly hair wearing a denim jacket and black leggings, smiles as she sits on a bench in a park-like setting.]

The Pacific EarClinic (PEC) on the campus of Portland State University (PSU) is open for appointments! In the image below, local live music lover Ryan Suarez gets earmold impressions (EMIs) for his custom musician’s earplugs. Hearing conservation is just one of the many services offered at the new PEC at PSU.

Others services include:
Diagnostic hearing evaluations, Hearing screenings, Hearing aid evaluations, Hearing aid fittings, Hearing aid verification (AKA probe microphone measures), and more!

Please contact us for an appointment. We look forward to "hearing" from you (see what we did there?).

Phone: 503-352-3020

Email: [email protected]


[image description: At a slight angle, four photos are arranged in two rows above. The upper left shows a crowd at a concert. Below is a picture of a person getting earmold impressions made. Earmold impressions themselves are shown the lower right. Above this is an image of completed custom earplugs. Text below these images is angled up: "Custom Hearing Protection. Pacific EarClinic". The logos for Portland State SPHR and Pacific University School of Audiology surround the text.]

Congratulations to Dr. Jeff Conn, who received the 2022 President's Diversity Award in the Distinguished Faculty Category! Dr. Conn was recognized for their accomplishments in making PSU a more diverse, inclusive, and equitable university.

[image description: Dr. Jeff Conn receives the President's Diversity Award from PSU President Steven Percy. To Dr. Conn's left are Associate Dean Matt Carlson, Provost Susan Jeffords, and Vice President for Global Diversity and Inclusion Ame Lambert. All are standing in front of a green background with the PSU logo.]

The Harrison-Edlefsen Endowed Scholarship Fund was established by PSU Alum Sandi-Jo Edlefsen in order to support future generations of students through their Master's program in SPHR.

Please join us in congratulating Megan Heath, winner of this year's Harrison-Edlefsen Scholarship! Megan is a first generation college student in the first year of her Master's program. She has a background working with preschool and early-elementary age children, and she is interested in pursuing a career in medical speech-language pathology with a variety of pediatric populations. She believes that a family-centered approach is essential to providing a supportive and enriching environment, and she has a particular interest in bilingual services.

Congratulations, Megan!

[image description: Megan Heath, a white woman wearing glasses and a floral-print top, smiles in front of a natural background]