UNI Speech Language Pathology & Audiology Alumni

11/14/2025

Do you use "The Grandfather Passage" in your clinical practice?

Across the years, college students regularly had their speech screened during their first semester on campus. This article from September 8, 1945, mentions speech faculty members Dr. Fossum and Dr. Johnson supervising these assessments. Readings like "The Grandfather Passage" or "My Grandfather" have an interesting history and continue to be used for clinical and research purposes.

Do you use "The Grandfather Passage" in clinic?

For more information about the Grandather Passage, read:
Reilly, J., & Fisher, J. L. (2012). Sherlock Holmes and the strange case of the missing attribution: A historical note on “The Grandfather Passage”. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 55(1), 84-88.

11/12/2025

As part of the 150th Celebration for University of Northern Iowa, our student-run Iowa Conference for Communicative Disorders (ICCD) conference is going to be really special! Alumni speakers, cohort reunions, emeritus faculty guests, and some great topics. Put it on your calendar now and watch for upcoming announcements!

11/11/2025

The UNI Department of Communication Sciences & Disorders wants to express our thanks to veterans today and every day! We also want to show our appreciation for our audiologist and speech-language pathologist alumni who work with veterans.

11/11/2025

Mark your calendar — we’re one week away from Panther Push Day! Join us in referring interested students to UNI on Tuesday, November 18. Know someone who would look good in purple? Click below and let’s get acquainted!

https://pantherpush.uni.edu/refer-student

11/07/2025

Were you a member of Sigma Alpha Eta or the UNI National Student Speech Language Hearing Association?

11/06/2025

10/31/2025

Any guesses from our alumni?

UPDATE: The first "speech correction" class was offered in 1931! To learn more, visit:
https://indexuni.library.uni.edu/page-scans/17-01-01-03v0023-s0001-n0001-p0006

Guess what year the first course in "speech correction" was offered at UNI?
HINT: It was during the period that University of Northern Iowa was called Iowa State Teachers College. Leave your guess below and check back next week for the answer!

10/24/2025

Opening of the Communication Arts Center in 1978!

10/23/2025

Today is International Stuttering Awareness Day (ISAD) 2025.

Around the world, 79 million people who stutter and their allies are united by this year’s theme, “A Diverse Stuttering Community Meeting Challenges With Strengths.”

We honor every person who chooses to speak, every listener who makes space, and every family, friend, and professional who stands beside someone who stutters. Stuttering connects people of every age, background, and culture. Please join us in celebrating the many strengths that come from living and working within a diverse stuttering community.

Share your story. Post your photo. Tell the world what stuttering has taught you about patience, courage, and empathy. Use the hashtag to help your message reach others who need to hear it.

10/21/2025

10/21/2025

Thank you to Alondra (UNI SLP), Ashley (UNI SLP), Sara (KU SLP) & Carly (Iowa AuD), who all graduated from UNI's undergraduate program, for sharing their grad school advice and tips with our current undergraduate students.