The Iona chapter serves as a forum for current issues in speech pathology, hearing and language.

Our Mission:
The Speech and Hearing Club is Iona's chapter of the National Student Speech Language and Hearing Association. Our members are either interested in or majoring in Speech-Language Pathology or Audiology. In this organization, we pass along information about career possibilities, graduate schools, and developments in the field. This organization also gives majors an opportunity to meet outside of the classroom, creating a community of support for each other. This past year, our organization held it's 5th annual "Strides for Speech Walk." Here, we successfully helped to raise funds for supplies for Iona's on campus Speech-Language Pathology clinic, where senior students in our major gain can gain supervised experience. We were also able to send some of the proceeds to the American Stroke Association in order to benefit stroke victims, whom we, as future Speech-Language Pathologists, may possibly treat as clients in the future. Our organization, like most others on campus, had lots of fun sending a team to the Autism Walk and participating in many other community service projects. In the future we look forward to strengthening our connection to both the Iona and New Rochelle communities.

Meeting time:
We meet every other Thursday at Noon in room 301 in the Murphy Center.

Officers:
President: Stephanie Maiello
Vice President: Amelia DiCicco
Secretary: Allegra Bello
Treasurer: Corey Mac Lennan
Gaels Activities Board (GAB) Rep: Lauren Gaetani
Sophomore Representative: Cassondra Richards

Advisor: Suzanne Thompson, MA, CCC-A

Events:
Our main event in the Fall is the Walk 4 Hearing, which takes place at Riverside Park, NYC, and in the Spring is the Strides for Speech Walk, which takes place on campus.

Club Awards :

• Spring 2011: Won a $500 Community Service Award from the National Speech Language Hearing Association (NSSLHA) for the club's support of the Manhattan Chapter of the Hearing Loss Association of America (HLAA)
• Spring 2011: Awarded the "Commitment to Mission" GAEL Award for being the club that is most committed to the mission of their club and the mission statement of Iona.
• 2011-2012: National Silver NSSLHA Recognition Award
• 2010-2011: National Bronze NSSLHA Recognition Award
• 2009-2010: National Bronze NSSLHA Recognition Award
• 2008-2009: National Bronze NSSLHA Recognition Award

Individual Awards:

• 2011-2012: Sophia Gil - Minority Student Leadership Award
• Ariana Feger - Member Honors from NSSLHA 2011

Public Recognition:

• Nov. 2010 Issue of NSSLHA Now!: "Going pro" by Corey Fisher (Baker)

Contact information:
Contact any member of the E-Board if you'd like to be a part of our club or for more information! For more information about the National Student Speech Language and Hearing Association (NSSLHA), please go to nsslha.org