School of Allied Health Sciences to Host Students, Faculty from South Korea
The Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) School of Allied Health Sciences Department of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences will host a group of speech pathology and audiology students and faculty from Hallym University in South Korea from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. April 29-May 1 at 3601 Fourth St.
Rajinder Koul, Ph.D., professor and chair in the Department of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences, and associate dean for research in the School of Allied Health Sciences; and Sue Ann Lee, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences, will serve as TTUHSC representatives during the visit.
“Our students are excited about this opportunity to interact with students from South Korea and are eager to converse about life and education in South Korea and the United States,” Koul said. “We hope this visit will give all of us an opportunity to engage with students and faculty to facilitate an insightful learning experience for all involved.”
Visiting faculty and students will attend six special lectures by TTUHSC School of Allied Health Sciences faculty in the areas of autism, neurogenic communication disorders, bilingual speech and language acquisition and augmentative and alternative communication.
Students will also have the opportunity to visit The F. Marie Hall SimLife Center and the anatomy laboratory, as well as attend two classes taught by professors
in the Department of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences.
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