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Speech, hearing clinic funds grow as UCO receives accreditation By Trina Couch StudentWriter
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he UCO speech-language pathology program received an eight-year reaccreditation in late October from the Council on Academic Accreditation of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association to enhance the academic program. The accreditation runs through the year 2006. The program was first accredited in 1993. To date, more than $40,000 of the $100,000 goal has been raised according to Dr. Scott McLaughlin, director of UCO's master's degree program in speech-language pathology. The national accrediting body visited the university on March 30-31 and recently notified the university of its re-accreditation, McLaughlin said. The master's level department recently was the recipient of the university's first endowed chair, the $500,000 Inez Miller Endowed Chair for Speech and Hearing. Miller donated $250,000 for the chair, an amount matched by the State Regents for Higher Education. A fundraising campaign for a new speech and hearing clinic at UCO was also launched by Miller, who promises to match incoming donations dollar-for-dollar. Approximately 21 students graduate each year from UCO with graduate degrees in speech-language pathology. McLaughlin said he looks forward to the establishment of the new clinic once the $100,000 mark has been reached. The "Sign on with Inez" campaign began June 26 and will continue until the goal is reached, McLaughlin said. More than 110 donors have contributed funds, matched dollar-for-dollar, toward the campaign. For more information, contact the UCO Foundation at 974-2770 or send contributions, earmarked for the "Inez Miller Clinic" to the: UCO Foundation, 100 N. University Dr., Evans Hall Room 101, Edmond, Okla. 73034. <
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Leaving a mark... Alec Nelson, 5, leaves his handprints in the freshly-paved cement Tuesday morning outside the Human Environmental Sciences Building. (Staff photo by Negeen Sobhani)
Spring survey to assess students' opinions By Jarrod Briley Studentrdnier
CO's proposed daycare center will be the focus of a spring survey designed to determine how much money students would be willing to pay for its services if it is built. Labetta Wallenmeyer, director of the Student Health Center and chairman of the survey, said the survey will also ask
for ideas on funding. Wallenmeyer said the survey would be distributed to randomly selected groups of UCO students to ensure the survey results are valid. Mary Monfort, professor of curriculum and instructions, said if the center was built it would not likely be funded or subsidized by the university. Monfort has been trying to raise $3 million to build the facility for the past
year. She said even if the money is raised that it would only cover construction costs. Monfort would not say how much money has been currently raised. "Students would probably not be paying a competitive price. A daycare center has to have a low student to teacher ratio. That makes it very expensive," Monfort said.