National Student Speech Language Hearing Association

NSSLHA is a national student organization for undergraduates studying human communication behavior. It is the only organization of its kind recognized by the American Speech-Language- Hearing Association (ASHA). Currently, membership has surpassed 18,000 members in over 285 chapters. Winthrop's chapter is active in the community through their service projects. This chapter also works towards sending its members to the North Carolina and South Carolina Speech Language and Hearing Association's annual conventions. Dues are $45/year, covering membership from January to December.

Being a NSSLHA member has many benefits for your future professional career. You will receive:

• subscriptions to the following: the NSSLHA newsletter, News & Notes; other NSSLHA publications like Contemporary Issues in Communication Science Disorders (CICSD) and Clinical Series; ASHA publications like Asha magazine, ASHA Leader, and others like the American Journal of Audiology (AJA), the American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology (AJSLP), the Journal of Speech and Hearing Research (JSHR), or Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools (LSHSS);

• reduced fees for the ASHA annual convention and other yearly workshops;

• access to a NSSLHA Mastercard, insurance plans, the Employment Referral System/Placement Center;

• discounts on other ASHA/NSSLHA products and publications and the first year's dues in ASHA;

• plus many exciting networking opportunities.

To affiliate with the ASHA when you have graduated, you must be an existing NSSLHA member and submit your graduation date to NSSLHA and ASHA at the beginning of your final year with NSSLHA.

Current officers are: President - Amy Adamson, Vice President - Katie Fitts, Secretary - Courtney Luffler, Treasurer - Brittany Howell, Social Chair - Morgan McCain.

For more information, contact Winthrop University chapter's NSSLHA sponsor,  Anne Beard