FROM THE
DIRECTOR’S DESK Mark Guiberson, PhD, CCC-SLP
Summer 2023
Division of Communication Disorders students at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention in New Orleans in November 2022.
Dear friends, Welcome to the 2023 Division of Communication Disorders Newsletter! We are thrilled to share the latest updates, achievements, and innovations within our dynamic academic community. From remarkable support to outstanding faculty and student awards, as well as continued innovations in clinical practice and training, there is much to celebrate. We are delighted to announce a major gift to the Steve Elliott Scholarship in Communication Disorders. This scholarship, established by UW Speech & Hearing Clinic patron, Steve Elliott, provides financial support to deserving students pursuing studies
in speech-language pathology. Steve’s lifelong friends, Paul and Judy Lerwick, endowed this scholarship in 2015 and have continued to build the scholarship portfolio over the last ten years. With this new gift, the Division has the flexibility to offer a Steve Elliott UW Speech & Hearing Clinic Graduate Assistantship. UW Speech Clinic Director, Corri Sandoval, was thrilled to hear about this new graduate assistantship. “We are very excited to have the Steve Elliott Speech and Hearing Clinic Graduate Assistantship to support day-to-day processes in the clinic as well as assistance with externship and offcampus clinical placements.” Last year,
several alumni contributed to the Steve Elliott Scholarship in Communication Disorders. These funds go directly to our students, just as Steve would have wanted. We would like to acknowledge our faculty and students for their outstanding achievements and recognitions this past year! As you’ll see in the newsletter, several of our esteemed faculty members have received awards and funding. Likewise, our students have been flourishing and earning welldeserved recognition for their academic accomplishments. These achievements not only reflect the expertise and dedication of our faculty and students but also demonstrate our Division’s reputation