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June 11, 2023

Spring 2023 dean’s list

A total of 1,632 Health Sciences students made the spring 2023 dean’s list. To qualify for the dean’s list in the College of Health Sciences, a student must earn a 3.30 GPA in a minimum of 12 graded (A-F) credit hours.

Sarah Grace Kutter

May 7, 2023

Mizzou Made 2023: Sarah Grace Kutter, BHS

Sarah Grace Kutter, a native of Richardson, Texas, is completing her BHS in Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences.

Savannah Gonzales

April 30, 2023

Mizzou Made 2023: Savannah Gonzales, BHS

Savannah Gonzales, a native of Muskego, Wisconsin, is completing her BHS in Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences.

Show Me Research Week

April 17, 2023

Students represent SHP at Show Me Research Week

SHP students presented on everything from sleep disorders and primordial grief to cancer’s impact on speech and communication.

Teri Dowds-Adams and Brent Adams pose with their 10-year-old children Daniel and Ashlee.

April 3, 2023

Siblings making strides thanks to collaborative approach to therapy

The Adams family credits teamwork between TigerOT, the MU Speech and Hearing Clinic and PhysZOU for Ashlee and Daniel's growth.

Teresa Pitts

Feb. 27, 2023

Teresa Pitts to be next chair of Department of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences

Dean Kristofer Hagglund has selected Teresa Pitts, PhD, CCC/SLP, to be the next chair of the Department of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences. She will lead a department that is home to one of the nation’s oldest continually accredited programs in speech-language pathology and offers the only PhD program in speech-language pathology in Missouri. “Dr. Pitts received overwhelming support as a candidate for department chair,” said Kristofer Hagglund, Dean of the School of Health Professions. “Her robust research program in the areas of swallowing and respiration, and her experience in teaching, mentoring and clinical practice make…

Nicholas Smith

Feb. 16, 2023

Mothers with depression take longer to respond to their child, MU study finds

Nicholas Smith is a faculty member in the Department of Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences.

Jan. 25, 2023

Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences named a leading speech pathology and audiology program

The Mizzou Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences program has been named to Newsweek’s USA Leading Speech Pathology & Audiology Programs 2022.

Jan. 11, 2023

Fall 2022 Dean’s List

Congratulations to students who made the Fall 2022 School of Health Professions Dean’s list!

Dana Fritz with her first-year Speech-Language Pathology graduate students.

Dec. 20, 2022

Students have unconventional final in Speech-Pathology class

This certainly wasn’t your average final exam! Dana Fritz, Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences clinical professor, coordinated an “Amazing Diagnostic Race” final for the first-year graduate students in her Diagnostics in Speech Language Pathology class. The students had to go through each step of a diagnostic as quick as possible to get to the finish line, similar to the “Amazing Race” TV show. They even had color-coordinated bandanas for each team! Check out the fun photos: