And the good news about our tremendous graduate students continues! PSU PhD scholar, Nimisha Muttiah has received an ASHFoundation Graduate Student Scholarship: specifically, the Endowed Scholarship for International Students.
The American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation (ASHFoundation) invites full-time students who will be or who are currently enrolled in a graduate program in communication sciences and disorders to submit applications in competition for graduate scholarship awards. Of all applicants, up to four students may be awarded Endowed Scholarships, including the International Scholarship underwritten by the Kala Singh Memorial Fund.
Nimisha’s research contributions have included (but are not limited to):
A Conversation on Global Issues in AAC — Presentation, ISAAC 2014
A Low-Tech Visual Scenes Display Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) Intervention for young children with complex communication needs – Presentation, ISAAC 2014
Research on AAC Intervention for Adolescents with Severe Disabilities — Presentation for PSU Colloquium, 2014
Research on AAC Interventions in Low-Resource Countries — Poster presentation, ASHA 2013
Parents’ Perspectives on Special Education Services in Sri Lanka – Poster presentation, ASHA 2012
All scholarship recipients will be announced and recognized at the November 2014 ASHA Convention in Orlando, Florida.
