Simon, Lou Anna K
450 ADMINISTRATION BLDG EAST LANSING MI 48824-1046517-355-6560
presmail@msu.edu
http://president.msu.edu/
Office: Presidents Office Operations
Office: Educational Administration
Title: President
Wilcox, Kim A
429 ADMINISTRATION BLDG EAST LANSING MI 48824-1046517-355-1524
kwilcox@msu.edu
Office: Provosts Office
Office: Communicative Sciences & Disorders - Cas
Title: Provost & Vice Pres, Acad Afrs
Title: Professor
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I spoke to Cara Boeff for quite some time today. I also sent her a copy of the following e-mail and I sent it to the president of MSU as well. --------------------
To Whom It May Concern,
My name is Marnie Rossow. I am a 1999 graduate from MSU in audiology and speech sciences. My undergraduate experiences at MSU exceeded my expectations and provided me with opportunities that no other university had to offer. I was able to complete independent studies with faculty that had expertise in autism, voice disorders and cleft palate malformations. I was also able to attend the only overseas study program in London England for speech and audiology students. No other undergraduate programs offer these opportunities.
The undergraduate CSD department is superior. The programming Michigan State currently offers in communication sciences and disorders prepares students to complete their masters degree. To eliminate the program would start a downward spiral to a field that is already in desperate need for clinicians. In my opinion keeping a small undergrad program and enlarging the masters program is an option. If the university doesn't offer undergraduate programming the masters program is less likely to flourish. Have you explored the opportunities for those of us in the field, but not in the proximity of East Lansing, to pursue a Ph.D.? Accessibility and a sense of ownership is the key from undergraduate all the way through Ph. D. programming.
As speech pathologists we serve those who can not help themselves. Has your child, grandchild, parent, friend, colleague ever needed a speech-language pathologist for therapy? Here are some examples of what we do: eliminate an articulation disorder during the school years, improve a language disorder effecting reading and writing in school, help an autistic child who is "locked in" to their own body, rehabilitate someone after losing their speech from a stroke, community reintegrate a member of society after a traumatic brain injury from a car accident, and the list goes on and on. As speech pathologists we are often the only light at the end of the tunnel because we are therapists at heart. We work with a disorder to create order. We reinstall what was lost and we amplify when nothing is believed to be heard. Fostering a love for the field of speech pathology begins with sound undergraduate programming. To deny those in need the opportunity to communicate would be a catastrophic mistake. If undergraduate programming is cut this is a risk.
I have worked in many settings in my career thus far. Currently, I am in the school system but I remain casual at my local hospitals by choice. I understand the state of the economy first hand. I am familiar with budget cuts. I feel I speak for most speech therapists when I say I truly love my chosen area of work. I adore the personal fulfillment of doing my job. The need for trained therapists with the extra mile in their education is a necessity. There is already an enormous shortage of therapists in this field of work. I trust no other university than Michigan State to provide what is needed educationally to assist those in need medically, academically, personally and emotionally. Please save the CSD program. You will be investing in the future of education, medicine, therapy, research, and keep MSU a leader in educational opportunities.
Regards,
Marnie Rossow, M.S., CCC-SLP
mrossow@yale.k12.mi.us
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