NSSLHA
NSSLHA EXECUTIVE BOARD
PresidentNicole Pacente: nkpacen@ilstu.edu
Contact if you have questions about:
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General nsslha questions
Family weekend
Homecoming
Vice PresidentStormi Bell: slbell@ilstu.edu
Contact if you have questions about:
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Banquet
Apparel
Volunteer information
SecretaryAllie Ricks: akricks@ilstu.edu
Contact if you have questions about:
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Meeting minutes
Website
TreasurerAnna Lucht: aclucht@ilstu.edu
Contact if you have questions about:
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Dues
Snack bar
Bar crawl
SIG Coordinator-
8/25/2014
Emma Milliken: egmilli@ilstu.edu
Contact if you have questions about:
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SIGs
What is NSSLHA?
 A pre-professional membership association for both graduate and undergraduate students
interested in the study of communication sciences and disorders
 Provides members with opportunities to:
 Get acquainted with other students and faculty
 Explore professional issues
 Perform community service
Hands & Voices
 NSSLHA’s charity for the year
 It is a non-profit, parent-driven organization dedicated to supporting families of children who
are deaf or hard of hearing
 Represents people from all different approaches to, and experiences with, deafness or hearing
loss
Family Day
 Saturday, September 13th
 Starts at 8:30am in sch130 (Light breakfast provided prior to this)
 At 9:45am we will move to Fairchild hall for presentations from professors and staff, hearing
screenings, clinic tours, and a provided lunch
We need volunteers to work the apparel table, help with chair drop off, help with getting families
pamphlet and cleaning up breakfast, selling raffle tickets, helping setting up and cleaning up lunch, and
helping to direct families to presentations!
Homecoming
Redbird rumble:
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Tuesday, September 30th, 2014
7-9pm
Hancock stadium
Registration ends by noon on September 25th
Requires a minimum of 6 people to participate
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Volunteer Opportunities
1. The Blair House
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 Bingo
 Wednesday nights @ 7
Bromenn
 If interested contact Sue Seibring
 Sue.Seibring@advocatehealth.com
Partners in Reading
 Register by September 5th
 www.normalpl.org/kids/partners/
Children’s Discovery Museum
 Attend orientation either August 29th or September 12th
 http://www.childrensdiscoverymuseum.net/volunteers/
Family Day
Apparel Table
Festival ISU
Homecoming
Apparel
 https://www.kotisdesign.com/mykotis/art_approval.asp?id=109204
Parent shirts:
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http://www.kotisdesign.com/mykotis/login.asp?idx=cr58nsug110870&l=art
Dues
 $20/year
 $15/semester
Includes: membership, volunteer opportunities, membership to a SIG, opportunities to interact with
others in the field and faculty members, much, much more!
Snack Bar
 Fairchild, Room 314 (Student Work Room)
 Open to all CSD students with access to the room
 Plethora of items for sale, including chips, cookies, Hot Pockets, water, Gatorade, Diet Coke,
candy bars, and SO MANY MORE!
 Directly supports NSSLHA and all we do
STAY CONNECTED!
 Website: isunsslha.com
 Facebook: ISU NSSLHA
Faculty Member of the Month
 Send your nomination to akricks@ilstu.edu
 Will begin in September
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When you nominate tell us why you think he/she deserves to win faculty member of the month
They will receive a certificate and know they were nominated by you, as well as a giftcard
SIGS
What is a SIG?
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Smaller groups within NSSLHA
Gathering of students who share interests
Allow more peer interaction
More interaction with staff
Supplemental guest speakers
This year’s SIGs:
1. Auditory Processing Disorders (APD)
 Faculty advisors: Teri Tyra & Candice Osenga
 Collaboration between speech and audiology (as well as other disciplines)
 Diagnosing and treating APD.
 Provide some knowledge about what APD is and what we can do about it.
 We will be reading a book: Title TBD
 We expect that we will meet monthly and will try our best to find a convenient time for
the majority of the group.
2. Professional Voice
 Faculty advisors- Dr. Smith & Dr. Vinney
 Look at the special skills and unique needs of professional voice users with a focus on
singers and actors.
 Guest speaker: instructor from the school of theatre
 Organize a trip to a play on campus, or a movie night
 Frozen yogurt afterward to talk about the demands of vocal performance.
 If you are interested in singing, theater, music, or any kind of professional voice use, this
is the SIG for you!
3. Stuttering
 INFORMATION TBA