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 […]

MSUM Hosts Interdisciplinary Treatment Sessions

Rachel Stotts of MSUM’s Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences Department, along with Dr. Brittany Anderson of the University of Jamestown’s Physical Therapy Program, and Dr. Kevin Anderson of the University of Mary’s Occupational Therapy Program, organized interprofessional treatment sessions for six clients at the MSUM Speech-Language and Hearing Clinic this April. Six interdisciplinary teams were formed with students from the […]