USU COMD-DE Department

Starting the first day of Fall 2008, you need to have the CILs passed before you earn 60 USU credits or you will be assessed a $30 late penalty. "
For information on late fees, test fees, or if you have been assessed a fee more than once, please review the main CIL web page at http://cil.usu.edu/

We are hosting a graduation reception on Saturday the 3rd from 11:30-1;00 for graduating seniors in the Lillywhite Building. All seniors should get their cash or checks made out to COMD to Shanna by Monday of finals week. The cost is $5 for 2, $10 for 4 or $20 for larger families. We will also have cold drinks after the graduate ceremony on the 2nd and we urge all graduate students to bring their families to the building to tours and to meet the faculty. They should go to the College reception in the CEHS building directly after graduation and then come to the Lillywhite building.

COMD 2600 is now in the registration system so students can register for it using the CRN of 48579. The class is scheduled MWF 1:30 - 2;20 in FAV 262.
COMD 5210 is also now in the system. The CRN is 48573.

SLP student clinicians - Please click HERE to get your supervisor evaluation form. Please print out the form and turn it in to Shanna at the front desk. Thanks.

The College of Education and Human Services (CEHS) is inviting students to apply to become members of the CEHS Education Council. Students on the council would be working with other students in CEHS involved in planning Education Week, monthly college service/social activities, fund-raising, etc. The council meets one time every other week for about an hour. For an application please pick up a yellow sheet at the front desk in the COMD Department. Applications are due Friday, April 18. If you would like more information please email Jonathan Kidd at jonathan.kidd@aggiemail.usu.edu Thank you.

For students who are not residents of Utah... Please review the information regarding the new law for Utah Residency for Tuition Purposes. For information or for specific questions, please see the USU Residency website (http://www.usu.edu/admissions/information/residency.cfm) or contact the Admissions Office (797-1079).

Students, please remember that when you go into the system to request a background check that you select the correct process and your university as the institution. Several university students aren’t doing this right now.

The School of Graduate Studies has two 0.25 time assistantships available through the Graduate Student Senate. We are looking for a web designer and a graphic designer, or two graduate students with comparable skill and experience, and would greatly appreciate your help in getting this information out to potential candidates. I have attached a document with further description of the two available positions. Interested students should contact me via email or at the GSS office to schedule an interview. Thank you.

If you need both a Quantitative Intensive AND Depth Science course you could take ECE 3260 "Science of Sound" that would meet both requirements with one course. The only catch is that you have to have had Math 1050 OR take the math placement test and test out of 1050. There are several other classes listed that meet both requirements as well (with DSC/QI next to the course number). The Depth Life and Physical Sciences list is on age 67 in the Summer 08 Bulletin and about page 100 in the other bulletins (fall, spring). Good luck.

Working with Dee Child as a teaching/lab assistant in COMD 3100 (Anatomy) next Fall Semester and COMD 2400 (Orientation) Spring semester. $750 per semester.

If interested please email me with your terrific qualifications, including your grade in COMD 3100, your overall GPA, anything else that lets me know how great you would be in this position.

Graduate Student Meeting with CAA site visitors
March 27
3:00-3:30
Lillywhite room 6

Undergraduate Student Meeting with CAA site visitors
March 27
3:00-3:30
Lillywhite conference room

Please set an appointment to review your registration for your next semesters with your advisor. Dee Child will be gone April 3 - 11 so you should meet with him soon. Sign up for an appointment on the sheet outside his office. There have been some minor adjustments in the schedule of COMD classes that you will want to review with him. Some of the COMD classes for Fall Semester may not show up online in Banner (online registration) yet. Keep checking Banner from time to time for updates. We will also post the CRN#s, times and locations for classes on this webpage if they do not show up in Banner, as they come available.

For upcoming Juniors, please make sure you register for the following classes for Fall Semester (2008) unless you have already taken the courses:

Orientation/App COMD 2400
Lang Speech Hear Dev. COMD 2500
Intro Disorders Course COMD 2600
Phonetics COMD 3500
Anatomy COMD 3100

For upcoming Seniors, please register for the following COMD classes for Fall Semester:

Seniors will also need to take a Depth Science course if you have not already done so. The COMD class we were hoping would be approved to meet this requirement was not approved so you will need to choose a non-COMD course. The courses that meet that requirement are listed on approximately Page 100 under "Depth Life and Physical Sciences" in the printed registration bulletins each semester.

Attention On-Campus First Year Graduate Students, Here is the information regarding COMD 6220 for Summer Semester:

COMD 6220 Severe Communication Impairments
CRN:35286
Instructor: Stacy Sessions
Dates: May 12 through May 23
Days/Times: Daily 9:00 AM - 1:30 PM
Location: JQL 122

We want to invite you to the 7th annual production of George F. Handel’s Messiah presented in English, Spanish and American Sign Language.

This is truly a unique cultural event, sponsored by the Department of Communicative Disorders and Deaf Education and Cache Community Connections. This year’s concert series will be held in the Ellen Eccles Theater in Logan, March 28th and 29th. We will have over 100 singers, 50 instrumentalists and 20 theatrical interpreters for the Deaf. Volunteer performers come from as far away as Springville in Utah County. This year we are adding an educational family matinee on March 29th that will provide insight into the life and times of Handel, concert etiquette, Baroque music, Deaf culture and much more. The matinee might also be appropriate for senior citizens who prefer concerts during daylight hours. Please come and enjoy this one-of-a-kind cultural experience.

Proceeds from the concert series support our annual international humanitarian hearing healthcare mission where doctoral students in audiology and faculty provide services to underprivileged men, women and children. Last year we saw over 300 patients and fit over 40 hearing aids in Mexico.

Graduation will Be May 2nd and 3rd. Graduate School exercises will be May 2nd. Graduates will meet at the USU Fieldhouse at 12:30 and will march in a processional to the USU Spectrum starting at 1:00. Graduation exercises will begin at 1:30. This is where graduating grad students will march across the stage and get their diplomas. Saturday the processional for undergraduate students (and graduate students as well if they choose to participate) will begin at approximately 9:00 and the USU graduation exercises will begin at approximately 9:30 or 10:00. Our College graduation exercise where our undergraduates get their diplomas will begin at 2:00 in the USU Spectrum. You will be receiving additional information about other graduation activities, how to get caps and gowns, etc. from the university in the future.

Jeri Brunson, the Graduate Student Senate President, sits on the ASUSU Executive Council. The Tier II committee is currently working on money allocations for the coming year. Jeri would like student input from our Graduate Students on where we'd like the money to go. There are several proposals on the table and a survey would help narrow down the prospects.

Attention On-Campus SLP Graduate Students: Items in Group D and Group E (Blackboard) of the grad student checklist are due this semester if you are planning to graduate at the end of this semester. These items will provide you with information about the ASHA exam, certification applications, etc.

Desa Winter Workshops will be February 29 and March 1, 2008. For information on DESA winter workshops schedules and presenters, please download the following .pdf file. Desa Workshops.pdf

Students who are juniors this year and are planning to go into Audiology have been advised to take Statistics 1040 as soon as possible if they have not already taken it. USU's new math placement policy will likely require that you take the math placement test if it has been longer than one year since you have had a math class. In the event that you are not able to get into Stat 1040 until Spring Semester 2009 because of the math placement policy, the Audiology Committee will allow you to graduate without having Psyc 2800 (Psychological Statistics). In that unlikely situation you would likely have to take Psyc 2800 as part of your graduate program.

Attention Undergraduate Students...
As you know, a new math placement policy was implemented at Utah State University last summer. You are required to have taken the prerequisite courses within one year of the time you wish to take for your math or statistics courses.

You should review the math placement policy that was implemented at USU last summer. It is located at http://www.usu.edu/policies/pdf/MPATL.pdf
If you have not already done so, please meet with your advisor to make sure your plans for taking the math placement test (if necessary) and math and statistics classes are in place.

When you join ASHA between May 1 and August 31, 2008 you'll receive membership and certification through December 31, 2009—which means you'll receive up to 20 months of membership for the price of 12! That's over and above the discounted dues we offer you...a potential savings of $350!

Let ASHA help you make a smooth, successful transition from student to professional.

Come learn about the organization that BusinessWeek Magazine just ranked as one of the top ten places to launch your career.

WHO: All majors are welcome and strongly encouraged to apply to Teach For America.

WHY: Only 50% of the 13 million children growing up in low income communities will graduate high school. Those that do graduate, on average, perform at an eighth grade level. Educational inequity is our nation’s most pressing problem, but you can help solve it.

This information session will focus on the following areas:
1. The issue of educational inequity in America
2. How Teach For America is working to eliminate this inequity
3. The logistics of becoming a Teach For America corps member (salary/benefits, training, nation-wide placement opportunities, and partnerships with top graduate schools and corporate employers)
4. Free Pizza!!!
WEBSITE: www.teachforamerica.org

Ana Wolfowicz
Recruitment Associate
Teach For America
ana.wolfowcz@teachforamerica.org

One day, all children in this nation will have the opportunity to attain an excellent education.
FINAL application deadline for the 2008 corps: February 15, 2008

Next week is Education Week. The activities are for all CEHS students (not just undergraduate students)! On Monday in the TSC Ballroom, there will be stands set up for Graduate Students to display their research posters during the Quiz bowl & Aggie Ice Cream. Come and show what the CEHS Graduate Students are doing!!! (If a graduate student can not be there, they can arrange to drop off and pick up posters for display only.)

Below is an outline of the weeks activities:
Mon. 28th
Quiz Bowl * The quiz bowl will take place in the west side of the TSC Ballroom from 11:30-12:30 pm. * * We will have Deans vs. Department Heads and Professors vs. Students. The winners of each will then compete with each other * The grad students will have a Graduate Research Poster Session display in the east ballroom from 11:30-1:00 pm * Set up posters from 10:00-11:00 am
Aggie Ice Cream * Aggie ice cream in the TSC Ballroom from 11:30-1:00 pm

Wed. 30th
STAB movie * August Rush will be playing in the Ballroom at 7:30pm and again at 9:00

Thurs. 31st
Spelling Bee * Spelling Bee in the Sunburst Lounge from 12-1:00 pm

Fri. Feb 1st
Service Project * The service project will be in the TSC Sunburst Lounge from 10-2:00 pm * * We are going to record books in tape, if you have a tape recorder, bring it * * We are also sewing beanies and writing letters to teachers we've had in the past

Rehearsals for the 7th annual production of George F. Handel’s Messiah presented in English, Spanish and American Sign Language begin Sunday, January 20th from 6:00-8:00 p.m. in the Dansante Building (59 S 100 W). If you have sung in choral ensembles and have a desire to learn this great masterpiece, come and join with us. Tell others. This is truly a unique opportunity.

Students graduating in Summer 2008... If you plan to walk in the graduation ceremony you must fill out the "Early Walk" application by April 1, 2008. Applications are available in EDUC 103 and FL 205.

"The following recent Graduate Council action will affect your graduate students. Please forward this important information on to your faculty and to your graduate students so they are aware of these changes.

"After discussion and a review of what other graduate schools require, the Graduate Council approved an increase in the Continuous Registration Fee from $15 to $100. With this increase we hope to encourage students in their timely completion of degree programs. The CRF is designed for students who will not be on campus or using university resources for one or more semesters, but plan to return to their program of studies in the near future. This will be effective for Spring 2008 forward. Graduate students will still need to obtain a memo from the department indicating that they will be using continuous registration and, along with the payment, have it sent to the graduate studies office when they participate in continuous registration.

"As a reminder please also remember that the Results of Examination form must be turned in by faculty member or departmental staff member. It can not be delivered by the student."

Scholarship applications are available at the office in the COMD Department. If you are a junior or senior and have not yet passed the College of Education Writing Exam you must take it immediately!!

When: Saturday January 12th, at 8:00 am (the doors are locked so it is important to be on time).
Where: HPER building (meet at the front entrance).
Cost: $15 to $40 (bring cash) depending on which certification you receive.
Please email Autumn if you plan on attending: a.j.newson@aggiemail.usu.edu

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