By Sean Olson, University Relations
The departments of Communication Sciences and Disorders at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro and North Carolina A&T State University, have received a national award.
The Council of Graduate Programs in Communication Sciences and Disorders has given its 2006 Diversity Incentive Award to the Greensboro Consortium Student Chapter of the National Black Association of Speech Language and Hearing, formed by students at UNCG and NC A&T.
The award, presented earlier this year, recognizes individuals, institutions or academic programs that make “significant contributions to achieving diversity in the field of Communication Sciences and Disorders,” according to the council. “The nominations committee and the executive board were impressed with the significant work done by this collaboration, and view it as a model for other programs,” the council noted in its award letter.
Lead by Bernadette Mayfield-Clarke, who heads up A&T’s CSD program, and Celia Hooper, who heads up the UNCG CSD program, the Greensboro Consortium Student Chapter of the National Black Association of Speech Language and Hearing is the local chapter of the NBASLH, which helps nurture speech, language and hearing students throughout undergraduate and graduate academic careers. Now more than two years old, the association rotates meetings between UNCG and A&T campuses. Students engage in volunteer projects such as health fairs and tutoring, hold fundraisers and hold social functions.
