Carls Center for Clinical Care and Education

05/02/2026

Happy 4th work anniversary to Kristara!

Kristara joined our team and brought teamwork, humor, and dedication to education. She collaborates with our students, patients, and teams to ensure they understand the revenue cycle. Kristara, we are lucky to have you!

05/01/2026

Summer Specialty Clinics (SSC) will be returning for its 80th year in the Summer of 2026! CMU is proud to continue this legacy program, which provides intensive, evidence-based speech and language interventions to children aged 3 through 14. With the support of donors, CMU strives to ensure that any child who is eligible for SSC can attend.

In addition to providing these interventions, SSC allows us to provide a unique clinical training opportunity for our graduate and undergraduate students of speech-language pathology. Your donations will allow us to continue to provide scholarship opportunities for children who may not otherwise be able to attend SSC.

Donate today!

Help a child with a communication disorder attend CMU Summer Speech-Language Specialty Clinics designed to benefit him or her for life!

05/01/2026

We'd like to take a moment and celebrate Sarah's 8th work anniversary here at the Carls Center!

We are grateful for Sarah's dedication to CMU, our students' experiences, and our patients. She embodies CMU's values with each interaction she has. Thank you, Sarah, for your choosing the Carls Center every day.

05/01/2026

On World Laughter Day, we are reminded how powerful joy and humor can be in the workplace.

Just yesterday, we celebrated Maxine’s retirement after nearly six years of dedicated service at the Carls Center. We are truly grateful for her compassion, work ethic, and commitment to patient care. Her laughter and sense of humor will be greatly missed.
Maxine, we wish you all the best as you begin this next chapter of your life.

04/25/2026

Earlier this month, we deployed our Mobile Health Central to the 2026 Michigan HOSA State Leadership Conference took place at the Grand Traverse Resort and Spa, bringing together 3,344 dedicated students eager to learn, grow, and engage in hands-on experiences that will help shape their futures in healthcare. BSN students were judges for two home health aide competitions right on Mobile Health Central, giving our students great experience to interact with future healthcare professionals.

04/20/2026

We were thrilled to be at the Paula Pirnstill Health & Safety Fair this weekend. Our Audiology students were able to be on Mobile Health Central providing hearing screenings to adults and children under the supervision of Dr. Nicole Ferguson 🦻

04/07/2026

A unique Garage Sale Fundraiser will be this upcoming weekend, and all proceeds will go towards sponsoring a child with hearing loss to attend the Summer Speech-Language Specialty Clinics (SSC)

04/07/2026

Check out this amazing work our students are doing
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When it comes to hearing aids, the “right” setting can look different for everyone. That question is at the heart of two research projects being conducted by CMU Doctor of Audiology students under the supervision of Dr. Yunfang Zheng.

04/06/2026

Audiology students, guided by Dr. Jackson, visited the Isabella Commission on Aging to give back through free hearing aid cleanings—supporting 20 community members.

04/01/2026

This is such important work, Dr. Palmer! 🔥⬆️

A Central Michigan University faculty member is helping provide training to screen the hearing of infants who might have otherwise gone without.

03/20/2026

Congratulations to Dean Simpson!

CAPCSD proudly recognizes Jennifer Taylor, AuD, CCC-A (The University of Memphis), and Jennifer Simpson, AuD, CCC-A (Central Michigan University), as recipients of the 2026 Honors of the Council Award.

This distinction represents the highest honor bestowed by CAPCSD, recognizing individuals whose contributions to the Council and to academic education in Communication Sciences and Disorders have had a profound and lasting impact on the profession.

Please join us in celebrating their achievements and the meaningful influence they continue to have on CSD education and the CAPCSD community.

03/20/2026

We love seeing the work that our faculty and students (now alum) are doing ! What an inspiring project 🔥⬆️ Congratulations, Dr. Katie Strong!

People living with aphasia and cognitive-communication disorders share their perspectives on quality of life using photos they took and curated. The project ...