From left to right: Kaylee Cullen, Margaret Dallapiazza, Jennifer Mantes and Hannah Wolkstein. (Submitted photos)
The University of Wisconsin-Madison's Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders recently awarded scholarships to four graduate students.
The students are:
Kaylee Cullen - Recipient of the Loon Scholarship
Cullen (BA'12, Communicative Disorders and Spanish) is a first-year master's student in the Speech-Language Pathology program. She completed a senior honors thesis under the mentorship of Assistant Professor Michelle Ciucci and continues to work in Ciucci's lab as a graduate research assistant.
In January, Cullen traveled to Guatemala with Clinical Associate Professor Michelle Quinn to help evaluate a parent-child pre-literacy program. Cullen is looking forward to completing her summer practicum in Birmingham, Ala., in inpatient rehab at UAB Spain Rehab. She will also serve as co-president of the National Student Speech Language Hearing Association (NSSLHA) for the 2013-2014 school year.
Margaret Dallapiazza - Recipient of the Shana Kay Scholarship
Dallapiazza is a senior receiving a Bachelor of Arts in Communication Sciences and Disorders. She will start the Au.D. program at UW-Madison this fall. Dallapiazza has assisted the Au.D. and Ph.D. students in Professor Cynthia Fowler's lab in their projects for the past two years. After continuing her education, Dallapiazza hopes to work as a clinician with the aging population.
Jennifer Mantes - Recipient of the Go Big Red Scholarship
Mantes (BA'11, Communicative Disorders) is currently a second-year master's student in the Communication Sciences and Disorders program at UW-Madison and will graduate in May.
She is currently the co-president of the NSSLHA and is also a Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities (LEND) trainee. She has also worked for Systematic Analysis of Language Transcripts (SALT) for the past four years, most recently as the lab manager. Her future career goals are to work with children in a school or clinical setting in the areas of speech, language, and literacy.
Hannah Wolkstein - Recipient of the Lewis Family Scholarship & Frank V. Powell Award
Wolkstein is a senior, majoring in Music Education with an emphasis in Communicative Disorders and Cello Performance. She is a research assistant in the UW/VA Swallowing, Speech and Dining Enhancement Program.
Wolkstein will attend UW-Madison in the fall for her master's degree in Speech-Language Pathology. Her future career goal is to be a speech-language pathologist in a school setting, and incorporate her musical background into her practice.