AU Speech and Hearing Clinic Renovations
After three years in the making, renovations to Auburn University’s Speech and Hearing Clinic are effectively underway. The Speech and Hearing Clinic is associated with the Department of Communication Disorders in the College of Liberal Arts.
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Professor and Chair of the Department of Communication Disorders and Director of the AU Speech and Hearing Clinic, Dr. Rebekah H. Pindzola explains that, “we are both an undergraduate and graduate training program.” As part of either one of these programs, students must fulfill a certain number of clinical clock hours—“working with real patients with their real disorders, disabilities and need for treatment and other intervention.” Because of this, the Speech and Hearing Clinic has been on Auburn’s campus since 1947. Senior, Beth Overcarsh, a junior clinician in the undergraduate program, readily exclaims that observing in the clinic “has been a great experience for me so far and I have loved being able to watch the speech language pathologists at work and to see how my hard work in my classes will eventually pay off.”
Pindzola also says that the department, including the clinic, has occupied the 1100 quadrant of the Haley Center since the building first opened in 1969. As one can imagine, the program has expanded and thus overcrowding has occurred. Pindzola explains that, “the crowding has effected our academic program but also our clinical training program, which is part of our credited academic expectations.” Due to this fact, the department has very much needed additional space in order to operate effectively.
“With the relocation of the psychology services to another building, then it was made available to us that this 1100 quadrant of Haley be renovated to accommodate us,” says Pindzola.
Pindzola also goes on to further explain that these renovations are occurring in three separate phases. She informs that the first phase is now completed, which included the relocation of faculty offices to the north side of the 1100 quadrant and the addition of new furniture, new flooring, and new paint. There are two more phases to go in this process that is expected to be finished in January 2011.
Pindzola explains that the funding for this project “has come from Auburn University floating a bond issue to the state of Alabama.” Also, since that was not enough, in addition to that money, the clinic has been very fortunate “to get a sizable piece of funding from the College of Liberal Arts Dean’s office and our own department through clinic funds.”
As of now, there is not an official ceremony scheduled to commemorate this exciting event, Pindzola says that the clinic is “hoping to have a grand reveal for our clinic patients and the public at large.” Although no details have been arranged, Pindzola and her colleagues have been working with the College of Liberal Arts and Auburn University’s marketing department to finalize plans for the ceremony, which will most likely take place upon completion in January 2011.
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Professor and Chair of the Department of Communication Disorders and Director of the AU Speech and Hearing Clinic, Dr. Rebekah H. Pindzola explains that, “we are both an undergraduate and graduate training program.” As part of either one of these programs, students must fulfill a certain number of clinical clock hours—“working with real patients with their real disorders, disabilities and need for treatment and other intervention.” Because of this, the Speech and Hearing Clinic has been on Auburn’s campus since 1947. Senior, Beth Overcarsh, a junior clinician in the undergraduate program, readily exclaims that observing in the clinic “has been a great experience for me so far and I have loved being able to watch the speech language pathologists at work and to see how my hard work in my classes will eventually pay off.”
Pindzola also says that the department, including the clinic, has occupied the 1100 quadrant of the Haley Center since the building first opened in 1969. As one can imagine, the program has expanded and thus overcrowding has occurred. Pindzola explains that, “the crowding has effected our academic program but also our clinical training program, which is part of our credited academic expectations.” Due to this fact, the department has very much needed additional space in order to operate effectively.
“With the relocation of the psychology services to another building, then it was made available to us that this 1100 quadrant of Haley be renovated to accommodate us,” says Pindzola.
Pindzola also goes on to further explain that these renovations are occurring in three separate phases. She informs that the first phase is now completed, which included the relocation of faculty offices to the north side of the 1100 quadrant and the addition of new furniture, new flooring, and new paint. There are two more phases to go in this process that is expected to be finished in January 2011.
Pindzola explains that the funding for this project “has come from Auburn University floating a bond issue to the state of Alabama.” Also, since that was not enough, in addition to that money, the clinic has been very fortunate “to get a sizable piece of funding from the College of Liberal Arts Dean’s office and our own department through clinic funds.”
As of now, there is not an official ceremony scheduled to commemorate this exciting event, Pindzola says that the clinic is “hoping to have a grand reveal for our clinic patients and the public at large.” Although no details have been arranged, Pindzola and her colleagues have been working with the College of Liberal Arts and Auburn University’s marketing department to finalize plans for the ceremony, which will most likely take place upon completion in January 2011.
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