On March 7th, a plane of students and faculty from the School of Communication Science and Disorders landed in Atlanta. The plane ride marked the end of a trip to Panajachel, Guatemala, where the group gave the gift of hearing to children and adults. Through Porch de Salomon, an outreach organization, Selena Snowden, her husband, …
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SCSD changes lives on Help Guatemala Hear Mission
20 Questions with Juliann Woods
20 Questions with Juliann Woods 1. What was your first job? I grew up on a farm so my first jobs involved feeding animals and driving tractors as soon as I was tall enough. I do not think my dad worried about child labor laws. 2. If you were to write a personal memoir, what …
CONTINUE READINGUndeclared to MD Anderson: Meet SCSD Alumna Jaimie Payne
How does one go from being an undeclared sophomore to working for MD Anderson, one of the most revered cancer hospitals in the world? Jaimie Payne figured it all out and this is her story. Payne started at Florida State University in 2007 as an undeclared major. “I loved Tallahassee,” Payne said. During her first …
CONTINUE READING20 Questions with Carla Wood
20 Questions with Carla Wood What was your first job? I worked multiple part time jobs to fund school. Among them, I worked as a librarian assistant, respite care provider, Deaf relay phone operator, medical transcriptionist, and most challenging… salad bar prep at a Wendy’s fast food restaurant (back when they had salad bars). If …
CONTINUE READINGSCSD’s Snowden leads mission trip in Guatemala
On February 28th, Selena Snowden and Halle Van Oss will travel to Panajachel, Guatemala with ten undergraduate students for an eight day audiology mission trip. The team from Florida State‘s School of Communication Science and Disorders will work to provide audiology services to the people of Panajachel. “I am so blessed to have been granted …
CONTINUE READINGMeet SCSD Student: Teresa Carmedelle
In November, members of the Florida State University NSSHLA chapter attended the ASHA Convention. One of the attending students, Teresa Carmedelle, had the opportunity to present her undergraduate honors thesis. Teresa was six years old when she had her first interaction with speech-language pathology. “My younger sister was diagnosed with childhood apraxia of speech,” she …
CONTINUE READINGDelta Zeta makes donation to L.L. Schendel Speech and Hearing Clinic
It was a cold, windy day when Delta Zeta sorority presented the School of Communication Science and Disorders with a check for $14,844.14. The check was made possible through Delta Zeta’s philanthropy event, Hamburgers for Hearing, which benefits the L.L. Schendel Speech and Hearing Clinic. The clinic provides community services that improve communication abilities of clients, …
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