A delayed welcome to Bailey Fletcher, speech language pathology clinician

Bailey joined us back in early August as a speech language pathology clinician in Speech, Language Hearing Sciences. She supervises graduate students with their clinical assignments and provides speech services in the Moorhead school district. Q: Do you have any previous/other connection(s) to MSUM?A: I am a proud alum! I graduated from my undergraduate program in 2017 and my graduate […]

Welcome, Courtney Bannister, speech language pathologist and SLHS clinical supervisor

Courtney Banister came to MSUM in early August to be a speech language pathologist and clinical supervisor in the Speech Language Hearing Science Department. She supervises graduate students with their clinical assignments and provides speech services in the West Fargo school district. Q: What drew you to MSUM? What was your selling point to come here?A: I graduated from MSUM […]

Distinguished alum and longtime professor recognized for career in fluency disorders

While teaching for nearly 40 years at Moorhead, Bruce Hanson (’75) helped grow Speech-Language Hearing Sciences programs, expanded hands-on clinical experiences for students, became one of the nation’s first Board-Certified Specialists in Fluency Disorders, and gave back to his community through private practice and volunteer service. His extraordinary legacy is being recognized today with the MSUM Foundation 2026 Distinguished Alumni […]

SLHS Celebrates Brain Injury Awareness Month

March is Brain Injury Awareness Month, and the department of Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences (SLHS) is increasing awareness about this public health epidemic. First year graduate students are creatively educating students within Murray Hall as well as hosting a coloring contest within the MSUM Speech-Language-Hearing Clinic. Brain injury includes any injury to the brain after birth, and includes traumatic injuries, strokes, tumors, […]

October is AAC Awareness Month

October is augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) awareness month. AAC is defined as any means of communicating other than talking. Here at MSUM, we have the Speech Language and Hearing Clinic that supports all things communication. The Regional Assistive Technology Center (RATC) located within the clinic, specializes in assisting others with finding the right AAC fit for them. Recently, Jennie […]