SAA Meeting 12/06/2017 Updates: -Spring meeting dates: Feb 7th, March 7th, April 4th, May 2nd -Future events: Special Olympics. El Rio Health and Safety Fair, Fundraising, ADP Day (April 6th), and Tucson Dog Film Festival (April). -There are a bunch of scholarships for conferences! Check out the website -There will be a vote for the t-shirt contest design-- keep an eye out in your email. Elections for 2018-2019: President: Sarah Broughton Vice President: Athena Luong Treasurer: Kevin Ascherfeld Secretary: Ann Miller Social Chair: Sarah Beatty SAA Meeting 11/01/2017 Mentoring Night was successful! Undergraduates and graduate students discussed the transitions into graduate school, advice, how to prepare for the GRE, and graduate comprehensive exams, and much more! Good feedback was received that this should be upheld at meetings in future years. SAA Meeting 10/04/2017 Upcoming events: -Audiology Conference on October 16th at the U of A -Volunteers are needed—see Bryan -Hopefest on October 28th -Limited number of volunteers are needed-- 6 AuD students. -Dr. Coco’s presentation regarding Tele-audiology! SAA Meeting 09/06/2017 · Icebreaker—welcome everyone! J · Plenty of benefits for joining SAA! · Dues o $10 for local membership o $60 graduates for national membership o $40 undergraduates for national membership · Future meetings: o October 4th: Guest speaker—Dr. Coco Teleaudiology o November 1st: Professional Development/Mentorship Night o December 6th: 2018- 2019 Officer Elections and End of semester party · Future events: o HOPE Fest Oct 28th—bilingual Spanish speakers needed. Contact Bryan Wong bryanwong@email.arizona.edu o Mix and Mingle 9/14/17 Illegal Pete’s at 6p o Arizona Walk4Hearing 11/11/17 at 10a Mesa (1.5 hr drive). Teaming up with ALOHA. Contact Athena Luong. o Bowling or Skating event TBD
· Journal Club the last Wednesday of every month from 6-7p. Contact Aaron Whiteley aaronwhiteley@email.arizona.edu SAA Meeting 1/25/2017 SAA Meeting Minutes 1/25/17 · Introduction of new members. Yay!! · New local member? See Anne (annebliss@email.arizona.edu) · Interested in the optional national membership? See Diane (descheek@email.arizona.edu) · Not getting emails about SAA? See Alyssa (ajeverett@email.arizona.edu) · Want to be removed from the email list? See Alyssa (ajeverett@email.arizona.edu) · Meetings will be on 2/22, 3/ 29 at 5:30-6:30p in Room 409. The April meeting will be a picnic in the park, more info TBA. Feel free to bring friends and family to the picnic! J · Audiology conferences are happening! o Association for Research in Otolaryngology (2/20-2/24) o American Auditory Society (3/2-3/4) o American Academy of Audiology AudiologyNOW! (4/5-4/8) · Student Poster Presentations!!! Happening next meeting 2/22! The deadline for signing up to present is a week before the meeting. Contact Bryan (bryanwong@email.arizona.edu) or Nicole (nicoledenny@email.arizona.edu) for requirements, signing up, and any other info! It's a great way to learn and support your peers! · Guest speaker! Woohoo! We’ll have a video-conference with Ms. Kate Thomas to discuss hot topic issues/advocacy in the field. This will be happening on 3/29. If you want, you can check out legislative things happening in the field at capwiz.com/audiology/issues · Fundraiser for the HAB! We’ll sell Mister Carwash passes (which never expire! We also plan on having a stand set up at Fry’s on Grant Rd on March 25th but this is still TBD! The goal is $200. Fun fact, we do accept credit cards. If you want tax deductions, you may want to write out a check. If you want to extend your support or want to help volunteer with tabling speak with Anne (annebliss@email.arizona.edu)! Also, if you have graphic design skills we are in need of your assistance! · El Rio Health and Safety Fair—free hearing screening event on March 4th 10am -1pm. This is a pending event because there is a conflict with AAS. You’ll be kept updated. Contact Alyssa (ajeverett@email.arizona.edu) if you are interest or if you have questions! · Autism Walk— associated w/ the Autism Society on April 1st. You are welcome to walk; you can sign up as an individual walker for $19. Or as a team through the University or SAA and help volunteer. More information will be sent out via email as it comes along. If you are interested talk to Nicole (nicoledenny@email.arizona.edu). · Social Events- Hike event sometime in April, the exact date TBA. It will be at Seven Falls at Sabino Canyon. It is 3.5 miles easy going hike. Interested? Contact Nicole! (nicoledenny@email.arizona.edu). · Chapter fundraiser! More info to come! · Conference Scholarships! 4, $50 chapter scholarships for those going to an audiological conference for local members. o Requirements: § Answer the essay Question: How will attending this conference support my professional and/or educational goals? o Submit your application to Diane descheek@email.arizona.edu
SAA Meeting 11/03/2016 SAA Elections and Mentoring Night President-Bryan Wong, 2nd year AuD Vice President: Brenden Bagnoli, 2nd year AuD Secretary: Sarah Broughton, 1st year AuD Treasurer: Kevin Ascherfeld, 1st year AuD Activities Chair: Athena Luong, 1st year AuD Congratulations! Mentoring Night was quite a success! Undergraduates and graduate students discussed the transitions into graduate school, advice, how to prepare for the GRE and comprehensive exams, and much more! Good feedback was received that this should be upheld at meetings in future years. Upcoming Events: Walk4Hearing-1st annual Arizona walk taking place on November 12, 2016 in Mesa. Tucson SAA is supporting our local support group, ALOHA. Find out more: http://hlaa.convio.net/site/PageServer?pagename=walk_home_page American Academy of Audiology Conference-April 5–8 in Indianapolis, IN. American Auditory Society Conference-March 2-4 in Scottsdale, AZ.
CHear Fund-Anne Bliss will be hosting a fundraising raffle this spring. If anyone knows of any businesses or persons that would want to donate to this raffle contact Anne! annebliss@email.arizona.edu SAA Meeting 09/01/2016
Meeting: Diane began the meeting at 5:35 PM and introduced Dr. Story. Dr. Story presented an amazing presentation on his background and his research with vocal tract modeling. Our final meeting of the semester will be on Tuesday May 3rd, at 5:30 in SLHS 409
Our farewell meeting to the 3rd years SAA Meeting 3/01/16 Meeting start time: 5:30 PM Total Attendance: 13 Officer Attendance: 3/5; Jinna Borgstrom, Holden Sanders, Adrianna Sanchez Meeting:
SAA Meeting 2/02/16 Meeting start time: 5:30pm Total Attendance: 17
Officer Attendance: 4/5; Diane Cheek, Jinna Borgstrom, Lauren Hopwood, Holden Sanders Meeting:
Diane explained national membership policy change as of January 2015, SAA annual dues for local chapter for half price if joining mid-academic year, national membership no longer required. Diane discussed information from the regional representative: National SAA Board of directors, AudiologyNOW!, e-Audiology webinars. Member Nicole Denny asked for support for a classmate who is running for national SAA Board of Directors. Diane discussed AudiologyNOW! registration, and explained what the conference entails. Diane discussed spring calendar for SAA meetings, professional conferences, outreach events and fundraisers. Holden discussed El Rio community outreach event. Lauren discussed bowling social and fundraiser. Diane explained student poster presentations for March SAA meeting. Diane discussed Special Olympics Healthy Hearing, local screenings. Diane discussed UA Career Services for resume/CV and cover letter checks, mock-interviews, and career counseling. Danielle presented information on the Protect Your Ears Program, looking for an interested graduate student to take over organizing the program. Joint NSSLHA event to give information to underclassmen about SAA and NSSLHA. The meeting concluded with an opportunity to ask clarifying questions and snacks.
Meeting: Diane explained officer election process. Lauren reminded us officers who are elected are required to work with current officers for next semester. Diane expressed a desire to change policy to be able to run for president.
All members voted for 2016-2017 officers
Congratulations to our SAA Officer-Elects for 2016-2017!
President: Diane Cheek Vice President: Page Beukelman Secretary: Alyssa Everett Treasurer: Sunny Burdick Social Chair: Nicole Denny Undergraduate Liaisons: Holly Durr and Sam Sekator
Diane congratulated our new officers and encouraged everyone to identify ways to better the organization. Diane told everyone if you think about any suggestions for re Lauren let everyone know the auction for CHEER Fund is going on and will be open until Friday December 11th. The CHEER fund provides help for those who do not have insurance and cannot afford clinic fees. Please help out and bid!
Lauren informed us next semester we will start having more fundraisers and informed us we will have a bowling fundraiser.
Diane ended the meeting.
Future meeting dates:
Diane informed everyone that officer elections will be at the next meeting. Diane introduced the ARSOBO project and Dr. Duncan Guest Speakers: Dr. Dean and Dr. Duncan Dr. Duncan introduced the ARSOBO project ARSOBO Mission: Assist in alleviating the physical, psychological, and economical barriers faced by individuals with disabilities by providing high-tech, low-cost medical devices that minimize their disability.
1. Employ those who use the medical devices that they build (those who use them, build them)
2. Charge only what the families can afford
3. Work toward a sustainable ‘social business’ – bottom line is for the social good
Dr. Dean discussed how to manage a new vision with ARSOBO as the example of how to do this.
Defining best practice:
1.A process or method that represents that most effective way of achieving a specific objective, or which has been proven to work well and produce good results, and is thus recommended as a model. (Segen’s Medical Dictionary. C 2012 Farlex, Inc.)
2.An evolutionary process matches a best evidence based model with the needs of a population and the environment (community) in which they live
3.Dynamic process that responds to new challenges objectives (goals)
Diane reminded everyone about officer positions. Adriana will email everyone about officer position descriptions and requirements for SAA.
Future meeting dates:
Discussed SAA Chapter Challenge Adriana discussed Hopefest- we need a few more 2 and 3rd year volunteers to counsel for Hopefest
Diane introduced today’s guest speaker Dr. Lotto
Dr. Lotto gave us an overview of his research.
SAA Meeting 9/8/15 Diane began meeting with introductions of officers followed by introductions of those in attendance Discussed what we do as a chapter of SAA
Future meeting dates:
Discussed SAA membership changes
Discussed the benefits of SAA national membership: Local community involvement & leadership opportunities
Networking
Discounted rates and volunteer opportunities at AudiologyNOW!:
Free AAA Fellow upgrade upon licensure for that year
Professional resources
Education & Research
And many more benefits. Diane referred everyone to the national SAA information packet for a full list of all the benefits of national membership. Adriana sent this to everyone in the reminder email sent on 9/2/15. Please email Adriana if you need a copy to be sent to you. Diane then discussed other pre-professional organizations specifically NSSLHA for audiology students.
Upcoming event: Hopefest
Next month's meeting: 10/13/15 Opened meeting for questions:
Past Meeting Minutes Meeting MinutesStudent Academy of Audiology University of Arizona Chapter February 10, 2015 Meeting Minutes I. The SAA Meeting was called to order at 5:30pm. 16 members and Drs. Dean and Velenovsky were present. II. National SAA Chapter News
III. Starkey Funds and SAA-ARSOBO Earmolds
IV. Upcoming events
V. Extra SAA T-shirts Available
VI. Next meeting – March 10, 2015 from 5:30-6:30 pm VII. The meeting was adjourned at 5:50 pm.
Student Academy of Audiology University of Arizona Chapter Decemeber 4, 2014 Meeting Minutes I. The SAA Meeting was called to order at 5:30pm. 22 members and Dr. Velenovsky were present. II. Audiology Patient Choice Act of 2014
III. CHear Fundraiser
IV. Upcoming events
V. Next meeting – TBD
VI. Officer Elections
VII. The meeting was adjourned at 6:30 pm. Student Academy of Audiology University of Arizona Chapter October 9, 2014 Meeting Minutes I. The SAA Meeting was called to order at 5:35pm. 21 members and Dr. Dean were present. II. Membership dues & T-shirts
III. Officer elections
IV. El Rio Health Fair wrap-up
V. Upcoming events
VI. Next meeting – November 13, 2014
VII. The meeting was finished at 6:05 pm. Student Academy of Audiology University of Arizona Chapter September 4, 2014 Meeting Minutes I. The SAA Meeting was called to order at 5:30pm. 28 members, Dr. Velenovsky and Dr. Wong were present. II. Welcome
III. Meeting Day and Time
III. Dues and T-shirts
IV. El Rio Health and Safety Fair
VI. Upcoming Events
VII. SAA Website
VII. The meeting was finished at 6:05 pm. Student Academy of Audiology University of Arizona Chapter April 2, 2014 Meeting Minutes I. The SAA Meeting was called to order at 5:00pm. 14 members and Dr. Dean were present. II. Welcome, New Officers, and Updates
III. Life Care Hearing Center Screenings
IV. Upcoming SAA events
V. New Officer Position
VI. The meeting was finished at 5:30pm. Student Academy of Audiology University of Arizona Chapter March 5, 2014 Meeting Minutes I. The SAA Meeting was called to order at 5:00pm. II. Welcome, Voting for New Officers
III. Announcements
IV. The meeting was finished at 5:25 pm. Student Academy of Audiology University of Arizona Chapter February 12, 2014 Meeting Minutes
I. The SAA Meeting was called to order at 5:00pm. II. SAA Meeting Times
III. The El Rio Health Fair
IV. Special Olympics
V. Turn Down the Volume
VI. International Ear Care Day and All Ears Cambodia
http://allearscambodia.org/introduction/index.html http://www.who.int/pbd/deafness/news/IECD/en/index.html VII. Running for an SAA Officer Position
VIII. Living Well With Tinnitus and Protect Your Ears Program
IX. The meeting was finished at 5:40pm. Student Academy of Audiology University of Arizona Chapter September 10 and 12, 2013 Meeting Minutes
I. The members present were introduced. II. Sertoma Walk on September 28 2013.
III. SAA members were invited to attend NSSHLA’s welcome back picnic on 9/21/13 at Reid Park. IV. Membership Dues
V. SAA T-Shirt
IV. Reports and Suggestions from members
VII. Elections April 17, 2013 Meeting Minutes Student Academy of Audiology University of Arizona Chapter I. The Meeting was called to order at 5:00pm. II. Eight SAA members were present. III. Report from members
IV. The meeting was adjourned at 5:15pm. April 3, 2013 Meeting Minutes Student Academy of Audiology University of Arizona Chapter I. The Meeting was called to order at 5:00pm. II. Seven SAA members were present. III. Report from members
IV. The meeting was adjourned at 5:15pm. March 20, 2013 Meeting Minutes Student Academy of Audiology University of Arizona Chapter I. The Meeting was called to order at 5:00pm. II. Nine SAA members, two undergraduate SAA members, and two faculty members were present. III. Report from Faculty Advisor
IV. Reports from officers and committees.
IV. SAA Continuing Education Opportunity.
V. The meeting was adjourned at 5:20pm. February 27, 2013 Meeting Minutes Student Academy of Audiology University of Arizona Chapter I. The Meeting was called to order at 5:10pm. II. Ten SAA members, two undergraduate SAA members, and one faculty member were present. III. Reports from officers and committees.
IV. SAA Continuing Education Opportunity.
V. The meeting was adjourned at 5:30pm. February 13, 2013 Meeting Minutes Student Academy of Audiology University of Arizona Chapter REMINDER: DEADLINE FOR SAA MEMBERSHIP DUES: FEB 27, 2013! I. The Meeting was called to order at 5:10pm. II. Twelve SAA members, five undergraduate SAA members, and two faculty members were present. III. Reports from officers and committees.
IV. Possible SAA Volunteer Opportunities.
V. The meeting was adjourned at 5:40pm. January 30, 2013 Meeting Minutes Student Academy of Audiology University of Arizona Chapter
January 16, 2013 Meeting Minutes Student Academy of Audiology University of Arizona Chapter I. The meeting was called to order at 5:00pm. II. Role Call: A. Fifteen Audiology students, and two faculty advisors (Dr.Dean and Dr.Velenovsky) were present. III. SAA Website: http://www.arizonasaa.wordpress.com A. Giau displayed the new SAA website. This website will show the meeting minutes, and information about upcoming events. IV. Delegating Committees and Responsibilities
1) Community Outreach. Nydia Q. and Curtis V. will serve as the contacts for this committee. This committee is in charge of coordinating community service projects that require the help of SAA members. 2) Turn Down the Volume Committee. Andrew Couch, Gina M. and Mary Rose D. will serve as the contacts for this committee. This committee is in charge of coordinating the hearing prevention booth on the UA lawn. 3) Special Olympics Committee. Stephanie B., Lynn I., and Nick R. will serve as the contacts for this committee. This committee is in charge of coordinating the annual Special Olympics event in Phoenix in April. a) Nick will also assist with creating a bank account for SAA and will research how our chapter can apply for funding and travel grants from AAA for special events like the Special Olympics. 4) Professional Outreach Committee. Lynn I., Morgan N., Vivian R., and Daisey S. will serve as the contacts for this committee. This committee is in charge of collaborating with the UA NSSLHA chapter to ensure undergraduate students receive opportunities in SAA, and ensure a strong relationship with NSSLHA. This committee is also in charge of coordinating with professionals in the field of audiology and inviting speakers to present to our audiology students at workshops. 5) SAA Representative Role.Jojo T. will serve as the SAA representative at meetings with UA undergraduate professors, to ensure undergraduate students learn about Audiology and about our department. V. Voting A. Membership Dues. 1) The SAA members present voted on a $15 cost for membership dues. Nick R. will collect these funds at the next meeting.
1) The SAA members present voted to have bi-weekly SAA meetings from 5pm-5:30pm on Wednesday evenings. VI. The meeting was adjourned at 5:19pm. November 19, 2012 Meeting Minutes Student Academy of Audiology University of Arizona Chapter
Faculty members and students present included: Dr. Dean, Dr. Dede, Dr. Marrone, Dr. Casteix, Dr. Velenovsky. James S., Mary Rose D., Morgan N., Carly R., Andrew G., Andrew C., Nick R., Johna T., Jimmy G., Stephanie R., Giau L., Daisey S.
1) Giau has already contacted Leticia to coordinate outreach to undeclared majors at the University of Arizona, and is waiting for Leticia’s response. 2) Andrew G. suggested the idea for AuD students to teach an introductory Audiology course through the GPSC “Graduate Enrichment Program” by which our students would get paid to teach the course and fundraise for SAA, and outreach to undeclared majors. 3) Dr. Casteix emphasized the importance of creating an SAA mission statement to maintain our chapter focused on achieving our goals such as outreach.
1) Begin a mentorship program between 3rd and 4th year AuD students to mentor 1st and 2nd year AuD students (similar to the SLP students’ “Pass the Torch” program). This will allow students near the end of their studies to pass along valuable knowledge and experiences to students in earlier stages of the program. 2) Dr. Dean suggested we maintain a close relationship with the UofA NSSLHA chapter, and assign a liaison to keep communication up to date with NSSLHA. Dr. Dede shared that Kelly V. (undergrad NSSLHA officer) has volunteered to serve as a liaison between SAA and NSSLHA.
1) Giau suggested we begin to build close relationships with Audiologists in the Tucson area to expand our student’s networking opportunities and host educational forums with professionals in the field.
1) Several students have suggested the idea to create a committee (with one student representative from each cohort) to meet with faculty members/advisors to voice feedback/concerns/suggestions to a group of faculty members or advisors. 2) Several faculty members present expressed their concern that this committee should first meet with SAA advisors, as this may avoid repercussions, confrontations, and arguments. 3) Mary Rose and Lynn suggested SAA should first create a clear protocol for this committee to follow when meeting with faculty members.
1) This is an opportunity for our AuD students to help through the “Healthy Hearing Program” and join other SAA chapters to serve the community.
1) Dr. Dean mentioned the hearing screenings program at El Rio (Hollywood Barrio) that took place last year, and will continue in March, 2013. He mentioned Nick and Nydia’s involvement in providing services to those with little access to health care, and creating a hearing prevention program for young adults.
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