UWM Communication Sciences & Disorders

✨🐾We are Panther Proud to celebrate the collaborations of our UWM Communication Sciences & Disorders graduate students with our research-active faculty and research collaborators!

🐾Emma B. (CSD MS student) presented a research poster at the 46th Annual Symposium for Research in Child Language Disorders (SRCLD) Conference! Together with Alyssa Wojtyna, MS, CCC-SLP (Project Manager/Statewide Coordinator, WisCCA Grant; UWM Communication Sciences & Disorders), John Heilmann, PhD, CCC-SLP (Professor, UWM Communication Sciences & Disorders), and Dawn Merth-Johnson, MA, CCC-SLP (Collaborator), the team showcased their research titled, "A Framework Guided Matrix Analysis of System-Level Supports for Comprehensive Evaluations."

🏆Additionally, Emma B. received a travel award to present at the SRCLD Conference hosted by the University of Wisconsin-Madison ! Way to go, Emma!🎉🎉
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The 46th Annual SRCLD was held at the Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center in Downtown Madison, Wisconsin.

The SRCLD features a "pre-conference tutorial, invited plenary talks, short oral presentations, and more than 100 posters over a two and a half day period. The meeting is regularly attended by more than 200 researchers and students from the US and multiple other countries." Retrieved from https://srcld.wisc.edu/about/

Photo provided by John Heilmann, PhD, CCC-SLP (Professor)

University of Wisconsin Milwaukee University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee Graduate School Rehabilitation Sciences and Technology

June brings many promotional campaigns to recognize aphasia and dysphagia — two conditions SLPs help people navigate.

Enjoy these recent related articles and podcasts from your colleagues to read, share, and use to help raise awareness: https://at.asha.org/12k

Explore Summerfest for free on Jun. 18 for Show Your College Pride Day! Stop by the Mid Gate Promotions Booth from noon to 3 pm wearing a UWM shirt or hat to get a free admission ticket.

💛 🖤 Check out UWM’s booth for , swag items and a front-row wristband giveaway! Enter to win at the link in the comments ⬇️ [Winners must be at UWM’s booth at 2 pm on Jun. 18 to claim their wristbands]

✨🐾After 25 years of dedicated service, CSD celebrates the retirement of Dr. Shelley Lund, a nationally recognized scholar in augmentative and alternative communication (AAC).

Dr. Lund’s work has helped transform AAC practice by advancing individualized, participation-based, and culturally responsive approaches to communication assessment and intervention.

At UWM, she has been an outstanding mentor, leader, and advocate. From guiding students into the profession to leading the implementation of holistic admissions and advancing equity initiatives within the CSD program and College of Health Sciences, her impact has been both profound and lasting.

Dr. Lund’s legacy is one of scholarship, advocacy, and meaningful change. Thank you, Dr. Lund, for your extraordinary contributions. We wish you the very best in your retirement. Congratulations!🎉🎉

💛🐾We are proud to celebrate Dawn M. Hennes (Clinical Associate Professor, Educational Internship Coordinator) and her remarkable 25 years of service to the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee!

Dawn’s career has been defined by her dedication to students, the profession of speech-language pathology, and the communities she has served. As a clinical educator and School Placement Coordinator, she built strong community partnerships, expanded meaningful clinical opportunities, and helped shape generations of confident, compassionate clinicians.

Her leadership in developing UWM’s undergraduate clinic and her contributions to clinical education have left a lasting mark on our program. Above all, Dawn has been an extraordinary mentor, inspiring students to grow, reflect, and see themselves as professionals from the very beginning.

Thank you, Dawn, for your incredible service. Congratulations on your retirement!🎉🎉

Celebrating the collaborations of our undergraduate students with our research-active faculty!

🌟Please join us in congratulating Savanna S., Katherine C. and Emily B for presenting at the UWM Undergraduate Research Symposium.

Their study, “The Effect of the Miracle Berry on Taste Perception in Healthy Adults,” was mentored by Barbara Roa Pauloski, Ph.D., CCC-SLP (Associate Professor; Coordinator, Undergraduate and Post-Baccalaureate Programs)

Way to go!🥳

Photo provided by Barbara Roa Pauloski, Ph.D., CCC-SLP (Associate Professor; Coordinator, Undergraduate and Post-Baccalaureate Programs)

✨We're celebrating National Speech-Language Pathologist Day!👂🎓🧠🗣

💛This day is dedicated to recognize and appreciate the hard work of SLPs and SLP assistants (SLPAs) who support clients to improve communication skills and to meet their communication needs. Thank you to our SLPs and SLPAs making an impact across the various settings including early intervention, schools, and healthcare facilities!

Want to learn more about a career in the speech-language-hearing field?
An SLP career path involves treating clients with swallowing and unique communication needs, including voice, speech, language, cognition, hearing, and augmentative and alternative communication needs.

🔎Discover where a degree in Communication Sciences and Disorders can take you:
🎓Pre-Speech-Language Pathology
🎓Bachelors degree (BS)
🎓Non-Degree Seeking (NDS)
🎓Accelerated 3+2 (BS/MS)
🎓Masters degree (MS)

Learn More at⤵
https://uwm.edu/rehabilitation-sciences-technology/academics/?_program_group_facet=communication-sciences-disorders

🎉Congratulations to our UWM NSSLHA Chapter as they received Silver Chapter Honors!

When you see a UWM NSSLHA chapter member or advisor, be sure to wish them congratulations!🙌

🎉 Huge congratulations to our 2026 Silver🥈Chapter Honors recipients! ⁠
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Throughout the 2025–2026 academic year, these chapters built strong, supportive communities for CSD students—driving advocacy efforts, promoting inclusivity, supporting CSD-centered causes, and contributing to the ASHFoundation's NSSLHA Scholarship. Their work has made a lasting impact on campuses and in the field. ⁠
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We’re so proud to recognize the efforts of these incredible chapters!
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