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The
Texas Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation (TSHF) is currently
accepting applications for the 2012 research and service awards. The
application deadline is December 15, 2011, for awards to be presented
at the annual luncheon on Friday, March 9, 2012, during the TSHA
Convention in San Antonio. Visit the TSHF Current Funds page on our
web site, http://www.tshfoundation.org/currentfunds.html, for
instructions and forms.
TSHF
Research Grants are supported by the following funds:
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Lear
Ashmore Research Endowment Fund
- Established in 1992, this general Research Fund of the
Foundation was named to honor Lear
Ashmore.
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Tina
E. Bangs Research Endowment Fund
- Established by Tina
Bangs in 1992 to support research.
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Presidents
Research Endowment Fund
- Established in 1993 by ten Past Presidents of the Texas
Speech-Language-Hearing Association, the fund has been added to by
additional Past Presidents.
-
Empress
Zedler Research Endowment Fund
- Established in 1999 by former students and colleagues
of Empress Zedler to
support research in the areas of reading and writing.
-
Sandy
Friel-Patti Research in Child Language International Travel Fund
-Established in 2004 by the family and friends of Sandy
Friel-Patti, Past President of TSHA and of the Foundation.
Supports travel to present doctorial research in child language in
an international venue.
Questions about the TSHF
Research Grants can be addressed to Elizabeth Wiig,
Research Awards
Chairperson, at ehwiig@krii.com.
The
TSHF Service Awards recognize and support clinical excellence and
leadership:
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Burtis-Vogel/Elkins
Community Service Award - Established in 2001, Awards
given from this fund are intended to advance the work of
speech-language pathologists who exceed expectations in providing
services that benefit the community at large or who advance the
field of speech-language pathology.
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TSHA
Young Leadership Award This award was created
in 2010 by the Executive Board of the TSHA in order to foster
leadership within the professions of speech-language pathology and
audiology. This award is intended for students or young
professionals in the professions of speech-language pathology and
audiology who have demonstrated leadership abilities and who show
potential to become leaders of the TSHA.
Questions about the TSHF
Service Awards can be addressed to Jennifer Watson, Service
Awards Chairperson, at j.watson@tcu.edu.
Most
of the scholarships administered by TSHF are affiliated with a
specific university graduate program. Check the list below to see if
your university is one of those offering scholarships. Applications
for most of the scholarships are made directly to the university
program or the sponsoring organization, ie, HACD or EPSHA. For
university-sponsored scholarships, each graduate program will
announce when it is ready to accept applications for the 2012 awards.
Available
Scholarships applications made to
- Jon
Ashby Abilene Christian University
- Madeline
Brand El Paso Speech & Hearing Association
- Jeanne
Braniff -Terrell available for a student selected from these four
north Texas universities: UTD, TWU, UNT and TCU; an applicant from
each university is selected by the university and sent the TSHF
scholarship committee for the final decision.
- Margaret
Crabtree University of Houston
- Elizabeth
Carrow Woolfolk Our Lady of the Lake University
- Donna
Fox full-time doctoral students in any Texas program; see TSHF
website for application information.
- Gardner
Gateley Baylor University
- Gil
Hanke Stephen F. Austin State University (SFA)
- Houston
Assoc. for Communication Disorders for UH, Lamar University or
Houston area TWU distance program
students.
- Sara
Haynes student interested in neurogenics in any Texas program;
see TSHF website for application information.
- Judith
Keller Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
- Anne
Mauzy UT Austin
- Grace
Middleton El Paso Speech & Hearing Association
- San
Antonio Speech Language Hearing Assoc. Our Lady of the Lake
University in conjunction with SASLHA.
- Sherry
Sancibrian Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
- Elnita
O. Stanley Stephen F. Austin State University (SFA)
Questions
about TSHF Scholarship funds can be addressed to Melinda
Corwin,
Scholarship Chairperson, at TSHFscholarships@gmail.com.
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