Distinguished Service Award

CONGRATULATIONS TO GRACE CRAMER, RECIPIENT OF THE 2008 CASHA DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD. 

Grace Cramer recently retired after 36 years of serving school-aged speech and language students and their families.  Among her service over the years Grace has served as a volunteer mentor to colleagues; served on numerous district committees where she represented speech-language issues; worked on May is Better Speech/Hearing Month committee for several years; provided free speech screenings during May is Better Speech/Hearing Month in her local community; volunteered several years in The College of St. Rose Stuttering Weekend workshops; and volunteered in the Career Exploration Internship Program by providing opportunities to high school students interested in entering the profession.

Grace was nominated by a committee of seven colleagues, and received the award at the October CASHA Fall Conference.  Congratulations, Grace, for your 36 years of service to the profession.

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This award is presented annually to a Speech-Language Pathologist or Audiologist or individual who has made outstanding contributions to the fields of Speech-Language Pathology or Audiology, to the communicatively impaired or to professional organizations that serve these groups.

Consider nominating an individual that you feel is worthy of this recognition.  Nominations will resume in the Fall of 2009, and the application will be available on this website.