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Issue 23 | May 2025

News

Investing in Rural Communities: a Grant-Funded Initiative to Train the Next Generation of SLPs

by Abby Shainberg

The School of CSD at the University of Memphis obtained a 2024 training grant through the Tennessee Department of Education for the project, Filling the Need for Highly-Qualified Speech-Language Pathologists and Assistants in Tennessee Schools (P.I. Jarmulowicz). "The idea for this grant came from a real and growing problem we've seen across Tennessee," explained Katherine (Kat) Mendez, co-investigator on the project. "There simply aren't enough speech-language pathologists working in schools...This grant is intended to respond to that need and develop a sustainable, long-term solution."

Learn more about this new grant, the students it will help support and the long-term solutions it will help provide for Tennessee's public school districts.

Harper receives Susan Te-Paske "See Me" Award during Disability Advocacy Week

Read on to learn more.

New Faculty Profile: Dr. Rita Bailey, Director of the Future SLP-A Program

Read on to learn more.

Supporting Future SLPs in Rural Tennessee: Meet Scholarship Recipient Maddy Piefer

by Abby Shainberg

First year SLP student, Maddy Piefer, is the inaugural recipient of a new scholarship training SLPs to work in rural districts. A native of a rural community herself, Maddy brings a deep personal connection to the mission of this scholarship.

Read on to learn more about Maddy and this innovative initiative.

Spring 2025 CSD School Award Winners

See all of our Alumni and School Award Winners from the Mid-south Conference

School Updates Spring 2025 >