JMU CSD Undergraduate Advising

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

The Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders  is now accepting applications for the  Robin C. McKay  Memorial Scholarship  This is a $900 per semester award for the Fall and Spring  semesters of the Senior year. This is not a need-based  scholarship but, rather, is awarded to a well-rounded and academically proficient student studying in the fields of Speech-Language Pathology and/or Audiology.  To be eligible for the McKay Scholarship you must:  · Be a CSD Major  · Be a Junior (rising Senior)  · Have a minimum GPA in the major of 3.25  · Have completed CSD 200, 207, 208, 209, 300 & 301  To apply for the McKay Scholarship you must:  · Submit a resume of past accomplishments/achievements  · Write a brief personal statement as to future goals/aspirations  (no more than 1 page)  Materials must be turned in to the CSD departmental office by March 16, 2017...