News: Communication Sciences and Disorders
Discovering What Is Rarely Spoken
As she prepares to retire, a new endowed scholarship from Martine Vanryckeghem is ensuring future generations of fluency disorder specialists continue the life-changing conversations she and her late husband Gene...
UCF Awarded $1.25M to Prepare Special Educators, Speech-language Pathologists in Autism
For two decades, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) has provided funding to prepare UCF graduate students to serve the growing number of children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders (ASD)....
Graduation Spotlight: Ashlei McGhee, Communication Sciences and Disorders
Meet Ashlei McGhee. Despite doctors bestowing grim expectations on her chances of communicating or attending college due to medical complications at birth, Ashlei stands as a testament that we are...
CSD Alumnus Brings Discussion on Fluency Disorders Across the Country
Randy Panzarino ’16 ’19 ‘21MA, originally from Melbourne Beach, Florida, graduated from UCF with a bachelor’s in psychology in 2016, a bachelor’s in communication sciences and disorders in 2019 and...
UCF Professor and Students Break Barriers in Health Literacy
The average English-speaking adult reads at a seventh to eighth grade reading level, Dr. Richard Zraick, UCF communication sciences and disorders professor, said. Zraick said health literacy is the ability...
Alumna Spotlight: CSD Grad’s International Journey Brings Her Home to a Leadership Role
Aleksandra Krawczyk ’15, ‘18MA is a UCF alumna with degrees in communication sciences and disorders and creative writing. During her time as a student, Aleksandra was highly engaged in campus...
How Kaitlyn Shrum ’08 ’11MA Built Her Dream Career the Second Time Around
Kaitlyn Shrum, owner and founder of Southern Speech and Myo in Neptune Beach, holds a Certificate of Clinical Competence from the American Speech-Language and Hearing Association. In addition to many...
Knight Life @UCFCHPS Spotlights iREAD Reading Program
Stephanie Roque, a graduate student in the School of Communication Sciences and Disorders, is helping young readers discover a new love for learning through her hands-on experience in the iREAD...
Students Use AI to Improve Health Literacy
Anyone who has ever walked out of a doctor’s office feeling confused or overwhelmed will appreciate the work Professor Richard Zraick is doing to make patient education more accessible. “Health...
National Student Speech Language and Hearing Association team up with Lions Club for global hearing needs
UCF’s National Student Speech Language and Hearing Association collaborated with Lions District 35-O to sort hearing aids Saturday at the Seminole County Sheriff’s Office. Dr. Janel Cosby, audiologist and professor in...
