JMU CSD Undergraduate Advising

Spring registration starts on November 5.   Cheyenne, our peer advisor, will have extended office hours the weeks of October 22, 29, and November 5.   Students have two options: Attend regular office hours (Mondays and Fridays 11-12:30) Email   csdug@jmu.edu   to schedule an appointment if they are unable to attend office hours.

Summer Linguistics Study in York, England: There will be an information session on the study abroad program in York. It will be hosted by students who went last summer. They will be in HBS 4043 on October 10 between 11 and 1. Stop by anytime to talk with them about their experiences. Also, please note, there was a misprint on the study abroad website. The program is during the month of July (not the dates previously listed on the website).

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR SPEECH STUDY The Speech Acoustic Lab at James Madison University is seeking healthy volunteers to participate in a study about conversations.  Volunteers will participate in several communicative tasks in an IRB-approved study. During the different communicative tasks, you will engage in conversations with a student researcher and will be  audio recorded  during these tasks. The study will be completed in the Speech Acoustics Lab located in the Health and Behavioral Studies (HBS) Building. This study will consist of a single visit that will be approximately one-hour long. Participant Criteria – 18-25 years old No history of speech, language, and/or hearing (and related) disorders Native speaker of American English If you have any additional questions or if you meet the participation criteria and are interested in participating, please contact Ashley Cox at  cox3aj@dukes.jmu.edu .   If you know someone who is interested a...

Study Abroad opportunities for CSD students this summer in both Rwanda and England.  Contact Dr. DePaolis for more information Depaolra@jmu.edu.

We hope you all enjoyed your summer and are happy to have you back! We are working on updating the blog for the 2018-2019 school year, but please take some time to look around and see what the blog has to offer.

Welcome Back! Please explore all of the information.  We have been working to make sure everything is updated for the 2017-2018 school year.

Ethics Award This year's Student Ethics Essay Award asks communication sciences and disorders (CSD) students to explore the ethical challenges of independent and evidence-based clinical judgment. First-place winner receives $750 and a complimentary student registration to the 2017 ASHA Convention in Los Angeles! Deadline to enter is April 14 .

CONGRATULATIONS to CSD students that have been in offered membership in  The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi ! You have been elected to membership based on your superior academic achievement. This is  one of the highest honors  that can be conferred on a student at James Madison University.  Phi Kappa Phi is the nation’s oldest honor society and the  only  one at JMU that elects its members from all academic disciplines based on scholarship.  Standards for election to Phi Kappa Phi are extremely high.  Membership is by invitation only to the top 7.5 percent of second-term juniors, the top 10 percent of seniors and the top 10 percent of graduate students. Be proud of your accomplishment and we encourage you to accept this honored invitation! ~Dr. O'Donoghue