The Department of Communication Disorders (CD) offers a limited number of graduate assistantships (GAs) each year based on university budget. Graduate Assistants provide support to the department in several ways, which could include but are not limited to: 

Faculty GA: 10 or 20 hours/week
Waiver Amount – 35% for 10 hours, 70% for 20 hours  

Responsibilities:  

• Provide support to faculty members within the Marshall Speech and Hearing Center 
• Assist faculty with specialty clinics (ALS, LOUD Crowd, Feeding Clinic, Voice and Swallowing, ASD) in the Marshall University Speech and Hearing Center  
• Assist faculty with teaching undergraduate classes or scholarly research  
• Assist with community service
• Assist in department administrative duties  
• Assist in recruitment efforts across campus  

Speech and Hearting Center: 10 or 20 hours/week
Waiver Amoung – 35% for 10 hours, 70% for 20 hours  

Responsibilities:  

• Provide support to the clinical office manager and supervisors within the Marshall Speech and Hearing Center.   
• Welcome clients  
• Complete patient registration 
• File, Fax & Maintain Cleanliness of Clinic
• Send and retrieving campus mail   
• Answer the phone professionally   
• Accept client referrals  
• Assist with invoicing   
• Request orders  

Students in the Communication Disorders department are eligible to apply for the following scholarships. Students will be notified by the chair of the department when the program is accepting applications. The following three scholarships are typically open for students to begin applying in the spring semester.  

1.       The Scottish Rite of Freemasonry Foundation Scholarship established by the West Virginia Scottish Rite of Freemasonry Foundation, Inc   

2.       The Stephanie Dyer Memorial Scholarship established by the Dyer family 

3.       West Virginia Speech, Language and Hearing Association Scholarship 
 
Additional scholarships are awarded annually to students following faculty recommendation:  

4.       The Kristin McComis Parsons Memorial Scholarship was established by LinguaCare Associates, Inc. This is a $1000-3000 scholarship which is awarded to a second-year student and chosen by the Chair of the Department.  

5.       Frazier Family Scholarship. This is a $500.00 scholarship which is awarded to a second-year student. The awards are provided to students following faculty recommendation.  

6.       The Sally Garrett Walters memorial scholarship. This is awarded to a graduate student who is a resident of West Virginia, in financial need and in good academic standing.  

7.       The Becky and Rex Johnson SLP Scholarship. This is awarded to a student who attends Marshall University’s undergraduate program, is admitted to graduate school and is an Ohio resident with financial need. The amount of the scholarship is $1000.00 and is awarded in the students’ first semester of the graduate program.  

Students may apply for financial support to travel to professional conferences, (i.e., WVSHA, ASHA). Students must submit the following 3-months prior to the date of the conference:  

o    Letter detailing the conference they wish to attend 

o    Budget detailing cost of conference, cost of hotel/housing, travel, and other expenditures.  

Applications will be reviewed by a faculty committee and students will be notified of the amount awarded in writing. Awards will be determined on funding available.  

Students must provide a written summary of the sessions attended and 3-5 concepts they learned during conference attendance, and how they will utilize this information in the future. This summary is due one month following conference attendance. All students are also required to write a formal thank you note to Dan Garrett, the alumni who provides all financial support for this award. Information will be provided to all those awarded travel support. 

The WV Department of Education offers a Supplemental Funding Grant which provides a stipend to up to 5 graduate students  annually. The intent of this supplemental speech-language pathology funding is to provide a resource for county school districts to receive fully certified speech-language pathologists. Students who receive this stipend are committed to working in the WV schools for a period of one and a half years upon graduation, for each year the funding is accepted. Students must apply for this stipend by sending an email to the chair of the department indicating why they want to work in the WV schools.  

NOTE: Average scholarship awards are $5000-$8,000; however, award amounts will vary annually and will be based on the number of students who apply and continued support from the WVDE.  

For more information regarding other types of financial assistance, contact Marshall University financial aid office. https://www.marshall.edu/sfa/