Student Association, Scholarly Activities, & Scholarships
NSSLHA
The ULM Chapter of the National Student Speech-Language-Hearing Association (NSSLHA)
welcomes students majoring in Speech-Language Pathology. NSSLHA provides opportunities
for leadership and service. Members take part in various activities on campus and
within the community, such as the ULM Speech and Hearing Clinic Fall Festival, Spring
Conference, ULM Browse on the Bayou, food drives supporting the Food Bank of Northeast
Louisiana, ULM Family Tailgate, and sponsoring local children through The Center for
Children and Families' Christmas Project. The chapter also participates in Better
Hearing and Speech Month activities each May. Recruitment occurs at the beginning
of each fall and spring semester. Officer elections are held annually in the fall,
and officer positions consist of one undergraduate liaison with the rest of the officers
being graduate students. In addition to being a member in the local chapter, students
are also encouraged to affiliate with the national chapter. For more information about
this organization, contact Amanda Elias, elias@ulm.edu.
Scholarly Activity
Faculty members serve as mentors to graduate students conducting research that is
subsequently presented at the annual Spring Conference sponsored by Speech-Language
Pathology and the ULM Research Symposium. The research can be submitted for peer review
and is often accepted for presentation at state, regional, and national conferences.
Students and faculty have presented research at the annual conferences of the American
Speech-Language-Hearing Association.
Scholarships
Several scholarships are available at both the undergraduate and graduate levels:
• Lynn Rowe Moore Scholarship of Excellence
• Lawrence J. Danna
• Dr. David Irwin Research Scholarship
Speech-Language Pathology
