July 2012

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2012 ANCDS Fall Conference Scholarship Competition Open

The Academy of Neurologic Communication Disorders and Sciences (ANCDS) Membership Committee is pleased to announce that scholarships will be offered for 10 students to attend the ANCDS Fall Conference in Atlanta, Georgia. The scholarship competition is open to currently enrolled Speech-Language Pathology master's and doctoral students, and other students specializing in clinical neurologically-based communication disorders and sciences. Students do not need to be members of the ANCDS to apply for the scholarship.

Instructions

Students must submit a 500-word essay expressing their interest in neurogenic communication sciences and disorders. Submissions are due no later than September 15, 2012. For more information, contact Dr. Gloriajean Wallace, Chair, ANCDS Fall 2012 Conference Scholarship Committee, at wallacgn@ucmail.uc.edu, or Ms. Frances Laven, Administrator, ANCDS, at P.O. Box 26532, Minneapolis, MN, 55426, by telephone at 952-920-0196, or by e-mail at ancds@incnet.com.

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Department of Labor Launches Online Portal for Health Care Jobs

The Department of Labor recently launched an online platform, the Virtual Career Network, to help individuals find jobs in the health care sector, Healthcare Finance News reports.

Current and prospective health care workers can use the Virtual Career Network to:

• Find information on more than 80 health care occupations, including health IT jobs;
• Look up local education and training programs;
• Search current health care job listings;
• Take online courses; and
• Find sources for financial aid.

Read more about the Virtual Career Network.

Students Needed to Participate in Gender Discrimination Research Study

Do male or female students enrolled in degree programs in speech-language pathology in the U.S. experience gender discrimination from their university or college professors and/or clinical supervisors?

Students are needed to participate in this research study to learn about the frequency, intensity, and impacts of any gender discrimination acts from a clinical supervisor. Participants should be currently enrolled in a graduate or undergraduate speech-pathology or communication science program in the United States.

For more information about this study, contact Richard Adler at 218-477-2474 or by e-mail at adlerri@mnstate.edu.

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