UWM Communication Sciences & Disorders

05/20/2026

✨🐾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!🎉🎉

05/20/2026

💛🐾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!🎉🎉

05/19/2026

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-🌟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)

05/18/2026

✨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

05/18/2026

Congratulations UWM Class of 2026!🎉🎉

05/13/2026

🎉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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05/13/2026

Calling all UWM graduate students! Looking for a quiet space to study or meet with other grads? Check out the Grad School Commons at the UWM Golda Meir Library!📚

Located on the second floor, east wing of the UWM Libraries, the Graduate Student Commons provides UWM graduate students with a “third space” — an alternative to home and classroom — for studying, connecting with colleagues, and building community.

It includes individual and group seating with a variety of comfortable chairs, study booths, and white boards. The space is partitioned into two zones: one for quiet study and another for collaboration and conversation.

Access is via Panthercard and limited to currently enrolled students in the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee Graduate School.

05/11/2026

In today’s healthcare environment, effective patient care depends on teamwork.

Students in the College of Heath Professions & Sciences (CHPS) from nursing, physical therapy, occupational therapy, and speech-language pathology came together for an interprofessional education (IPE) simulation.

Sarah, a CSD MS student shared, “This IPE simulation felt valuable to my learning, because it gave me insight as to what a real world case might look like in a hospital setting...with speech so to see how I can use my profession to work together in a team that included PTs and nurses was extremely helpful and will allow me to build my skills.”

As students worked through a realistic ICU scenario, they brought coordinated expertise from multiple disciplines, each contributing a unique lens to improve outcomes and provide effective patient care. As part of the team-based care, SLP students assessed communication and swallowing concerns.

While IPE has long been incorporated within individual programs, this experience reflects a broader initiative to expand interprofessional simulation across CHPS, creating more opportunities for students to learn with, from, and about one another in meaningful, hands-on ways.

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As part of a growing effort within CHPS, students from nursing, physical therapy, occupational therapy, and speech-language pathology recently came together for an IPE simulation.

05/08/2026