SASS Assistant Professor Tony Herdman is featured scientist on The Year of Science BC website (http://yearofsciencebc.ca/stories-scientists-and-careers/featured-scientists/tony-herdman/).
Congratulations Tony!!!
Professor Tony Herdman is featured scientist on The Year of Science BC website
Whitney Anderson, Michelle Johnson, Amita Khurana, Megan Staniforth, and Osamu Takai have been awarded the The Elks and Royal Purple Fund Scholarships by CASLPA.
Congratulations Whitney, Michelle, Amita, Megan, and Osamu!!!
Applicants for these scholarships are evaluated on the basis of academic coursework, clinical practicum references and an essay including career goals.
UBC students this year received 5 out of 17 scholarships that were available to students in all Canadian programs. This is a very high success rate, and an excellent result for our School!
The School of Audiology and Speech Sciences’s Aphasia Mentoring Project received mention in Issue #28 of the TREK magazine under the title, “Living with Aphasia”. The full article can be found on: http://www.alumni.ubc.ca/trekmagazine/28-fall2010/aphasia.php
For more info on the Aphasia Mentoring Project, please go to: Aphasia Mentoring Project
Shannon Osmond (Year 2 Audiology) is the recipient of the 2010 Harold F. and Anne Bedner Uphill Scholarship.
This scholarship is awarded by the College of Health Disciplines to a female First Nations student in a health profession program, on the basis of academic performance and leadership in Aboriginal health.
We are pleased to announced that Clint Meyers has joined the School of Audiology and Speech Sciences. He is replacing Michelle McCaughran, who is retiring in December, in the position of School Administrator. Clint is a highly educated CGA and UBC Alumni. Prior to joining the school Clint held a senior position with UBC Finance.
Please join us in welcoming Clint into the School of Audiology and Speech Sciences
The School announced the 2010 recipients of our Clinical Faculty awards at the BCASLPA Awards Dinner on October 15, 2010.
Mary Lou Iceton received the Elizabeth MacLeod Award for Excellence in Clinical Education (Speech-Language Pathology) for 2010. Ms. Iceton practices at the Kelowna General Hospital and has been a UBC Clinical Instructor since 1992. Ms. Iceton has supervised 26 students during the past 19 years, sometimes mentoring more than one student per year. Students are unanimous in describing Ms. Iceton as an excellent clinician who is passionate about her work and who fosters a positive and respective environment for learning.
Brent McNeill received the Noelle Lamb Award for Excellence in Clinical Education (Audiology) for 2010. Mr. McNeill practices at McNeill Audiology, an independent clinic he established in 1996 which offers diagnostic, amplification, and rehabilitation services to hearing-impaired individuals. Brent has been on our Clinical Faculty since 1984, advancing to become one of our few Clinical Associate Professors in 2003. He has supervised numerous students in both Major and Minor externship placements over the years. Students have described their experiences with him as richly rewarding.
The faculty and administration of School of Audiology and Speech Sciences are pleased to have the opportunity to recognize Ms. Iceton and Mr. McNeill for their many contributions to the School’s educational mission, and would like to extend sincere congratulations to them both.
SASS clinical faculty awardees Grace Shyng (2nd from left) and Dina Collins (3rd from right) are flanked by representatives from the School. From left: Sharon Adelman, Grace Shyng, Noelle Lamb, Liz MacLeod, Dina Collins, Valter Ciocca and Lisa Avery.
February 10, 2010 – The School of Audiology and Speech Sciences (SASS) awarded clinical faculty members Grace Shyng and Dina Collins the first Noelle Lamb Award in Audiology and the Elizabeth MacLeod Award in Speech-Language Pathology, respectively.
In a simple ceremony at the Friedman Building headed by SASS Director Valter Ciocca, and faculty emeriti Noelle Lamb and Elizabeth MacLeod, Shyng and Collins each received personal plaques in recognition of their excellence in clinical education.
The awards are named after two of the School’s emeriti faculty, Lamb and MacLeod, who had spearheaded and developed the School’s clinical education program, which provides students with clinical placements in British Columbia and around Canada, as part of the School’s M.Sc. curriculum.
Wall plaques, which list yearly awardees’ names, were also unveiled at the School.
Others present at the event were Clinical Coordinators Lisa Avery and Sharon Adelman, as well as some faculty members and staff of the School.
The School of Audiology and Speech Sciences (SASS) is marking forty successful years. The only program in British Columbia to educate audiologists and speech-language pathologists, the School has much to celebrate as it enters its fourth decade. In 2008, SASS moved into renovated teaching and research facilities in the $19 million, energy-efficient Friedman Building. The cutting-edge facilities have expanded opportunities for research and education. The School now enrols 35 new Masters students each year. The School also has five to six Ph.D. students, two Post-Doctoral Fellows, a University-based faculty of 15, and a clinical faculty complement of over 170.
SASS began in 1969 as a Division of the Department of Paediatrics in the UBC Faculty of Medicine, achieving independent status as a School in 1981. For the first 13 years, the program was funded by private donations and research grants alone; UBC assumed responsibility for a portion of the budget and salaries in 1982. For its first 20 years, the School’s size remained constant at six faculty members and an average class size of 12. In 1987, a Funds for Excellence Award from the Province of British Columbia allowed the School to double enrolment and add new faculty members. The School has only continued to grow, and looks forward to a bright future.
The SASS community will celebrate the anniversary with a by-invitation-only dinner on May 28th for alumni, faculty, students and staff. Attendees are also invited to an open house event at the Friedman Building on the following day for a tour of the new facilities. We look forward to the opportunity to reunite with faculty and alumni from over the years, to celebrate the considerable accomplishments of the School, and to look forward to the future together.
The School announced the first recipients of the new clinical faculty awards at the BCASLPA Annual General Meeting on October 17th. The awards allow the School to recognize a speech-language pathologist and an audiologist who demonstrate excellence in and commitment to the clinical education of the School’s students.
The Elizabeth MacLeod Award for Excellence in Clinical Education (Speech-Language Pathology), was awarded to Dina Collins of G.F. Strong Rehabilitation Centre. The Noelle Lamb Award for Excellence in Clinical Education (Audiology), was awarded to Grace Shyng of the Western Institute for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing.
The faculty and administration at the School of Audiology and Speech Sciences are pleased to have the opportunity to recognize Ms. Collins and Ms. Shyng for their many contributions to the School’s educational mission, and would like to extend sincere congratulations to them both.
For more information on these awards, or to nominate candidates for 2010, please visit the awards webpage.
This year, for the first time, audiologic screening was offered as part of a Healthy Athlete Program at the BC Special Olympics. Besides the Healthy Hearing activities, the Healthy Athlete program offered Special Smiles, Fit Feet, Open Eyes, and Health Promotion services. These programs have been provided for several years by Special Olympics North America in the U.S., but Healthy Hearing made its Canadian debut at the BC Special Olympics in Abbotsford this July.
Audiology Instructor Sharon Adelman, graduate students Lauren Hulecki and Ning Hu, Clinical Assistant Professor Leslie Bennett and Clinical Educator Jason Schmiedge, all joined the team of American audiologists who attended to familiarize us with the organization and the Special Olympics Healthy Hearing protocol. Together they evaluated and discussed results with several hundred of the 1,100 athletes who were present at the Games.
