NSSLHA Meeting Minutes 11/6 & 11/7
ASHA, NSSLHA, and MSHA Memberships
Dr. Ginsberg spoke about the benefits of an ASHA membership
Look for a handout about ASHA from Dr. Ginsberg on EMUNSSLHA website
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)
http://www.asha.org/
ASHA Annual Convention November 15-17, 2012- Atlanta, Georgia
ASHA Annual Convention November 14-16, 2013- Chicago Illinois
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ASHA is one of the Top 25 biggest professional organizations in the country
140,000 members of ASHA
CFCC standard revisions come from ASHA
Great way to network!
Volunteer roles directly with ASHA are very impressive to employers
http://www.asha.org/academic/career-ladder/volunteer.htm
Volunteering at the ASHA Annual Convention gives you a discounted registration rate
ASHA is organized by committees, boards and councils
Special interest groups (SIG) are communities within the ASHA community
Students may join Special Interest Groups through their NSSLHA membership. SIGs are
sometimes used to pull individuals for committees and are an excellent way to communicate with
professions in your field of interest.
• Each SIG publishes a newsletter, “Perspectives”
Special interest groups within the ASHA community often look for graduate students to cultivate
into future leaders. Become a member of NSSLHA and get involved!
National Student Speech Language Hearing Association (NSSLHA)
www.nsslha.org/
Membership cost $60
Mel, our chapter’s president, spoke about the benefits of membership to NSSLHA.
• Members receive The ASHA Leader, a monthly publication by ASHA.
• Members receive an ASHA login to access all journals and use of Haywire a search engine
specifically developed for communication science professionals
• NSSLHA publication “NSSLHA Now!” are mailed out to members twice a year
• Discounted registration rate at ASHA Annual Conventions
• Discounted liability insurance, some internships require insurance
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NSSLHA-to-ASHA membership conversion program requires that you’re a member of
NSSLHA for two consecutive years leading up to the year of your graduation for a $225
discount and one year membership prior to graduation is $50 off ASHA membership.
Michigan Speech Hearing Association (MSHA)
http://www.michiganspeechhearing.org/
MSHA Annual Conference March 21-23, 2013- Dearborn, Michigan
MSHA Annual Conference March 27-29, 2014- Kalamazoo, Michigan
Student registration cost with volunteer work is $20
Dr. Stevens spoke about the benefits of MSHA. Dr. Stevens was a previous president of MSHA.
Top 10 list of reasons to become a member of MSHA
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Looks good on your resume
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Your friends are all joining
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Cost is reasonable
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Your membership supports the oldest state association of our profession in the country
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Student members get breaks on dues when you graduate
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Good way to find out info about jobs in Michigan and state policies
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Opportunity to connect with professions in the field, networking
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Opportunity to learn from other people both informally and formally
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Gives you opportunities for participation on committees
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Vehicle for building lifelong friendships
Updates and Reminders
Volunteer Opportunies
Second round of volunteer orientations completed. If anyone is still interested in attending a
volunteer orientation email emu_nssslha@emich.edu
Apparel Sales
Apparel online cart almost finished. We’ll email the link for purchasing apparel in the beginning
of next week. The online cart will be available for purchasing apparel for a week and a half.
Yankee Candle Fundraiser
Yankee Candle orders are due Friday 9th by noon. Drop off completed order forms in Mrs.
Kowalski’s office in the green box.
We will be emailing members who signed up to volunteer with the Yankee Candle Fundraiser.
Help will be needed to sort product when it comes in and pass out product.
Check out our how much money we’re raised on our bulletin board. The fundraising
thermometer gauges our level of money raised. Our goal is to reach $2000 by end of year.
Princeton Review GRE Free Practice Test
See handout with steps to access free GRE test online www.emich.edu/nsslha
Princeton Review provides scores
Speaker next Wednesday, November 14th at 9:30am in room 232
Audiologist working in cochlear implants at University of Michigan Hospital will be discussing
specialty in cochlear implants and collaboration with SLPs.
Adopt-A-Family
We’ve requested 2 families for Adopt-a-family. Once we receive we will post on the
board/email. Members will receive a point for contributions.
Next meetings
Tuesday 20th 4:30pm
Wednesday 21st – No classes for holiday- NSSLHA meeting CANCELLED!
December 4th and 5th regular meetings
No speaker in December, instead planning a get together to hang out for either the 11th or 12th.
We’ll order food and have snacks. Will keep you posted.