COMD Student Associations
Officers
Committee Contacts
Fundraising: Devann Edwards dedward5@niu.edu
Programs: Abbie Poynor apoyner@niu.edu
Service: Jessica Braley jbraley@niu.edu
Publicity: Kim Schmit kschmit@niu.edu
Class Representative Contacts
Freshman: Meagan Coon mcoon2@niu.edu
Sophomore: Meghan Ware mware@niu.edu
Junior: Amanda Murphy amurphy5@niu.edu
Senior: Jessica Wiser jwiser@niu.edu
Post-Baccalaureate: Casha Arzol carzola@niu.edu
Graduate: Kristen Mackley kmackley@niu.edu
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Goal and Vision
COMDSA
Communicative Disorder Student Association is a group for students interested in learning about communication disorders and their impact on society. COMDSA meets the third Wednesday of every month at 5:00 p.m. in McMurray auditorium. All are welcome to attend!
COMRAD - a subcommittee of COMDSA
COMRAD seeks to encourage students from diverse cultures and backgrounds to not only consider a possible career in communicative disorders but to successfully complete the necessary academic program. The organization’s primary objectives are to retain minority students currently at NIU through mentoring and support and to increase the number of minority enrollees in academic preparation programs focusing on communicative disorders. COMRAD meets monthly. E-mail Sherrill Morris at srmorris@niu.edu .
Upcoming Events
- Childhood Apraxia of Speech Walk-a-thon - October 17, 2009
- YMCA Halloween Party - October 23, 2009
- Fall Bake Sale - October 28-29, 2009
- Meet the Faculty Night - November 4, 2009
- Winter Wonderland - January 2010
- Taste of HHS - April 2010
- Relay for Life - April 2010
- NIU Cares Day - April 17, 2010
- Better Speech and Hearing Month kickoff celebration - April 2010
- COMDSA Awards Ceremony - April 2010
- Career Options at DeKalb High School - May 2010
Recent Activities
- Move In Day - August 20, 2009
- Huskies Helping Huskies - week of August 24, 2009
- Organizational Expo - September 16, 2009
- Date your Major - October 1, 2009
- Homecoming Parade - October 3, 2009
- ABC's in COMD - October 5, 2009
- Exploring Majors Fair - October 8, 2009
Ongoing Activities and Events Sponsored by COMDSA
- Peer tutoring
Peer tutoring is offered in the COMDSA office Wirtz 339. Students taking courses in the COMD curriculum are encouraged to use this support regardless of their academic major. Peer tutoring is open Monday - Thursday. The specific hours are posted on the Wirtz 339 door. Contact Dr. Morris for information srmorris@niu.edu.
- Intramurals
COMDSA has teams that participate in a variety of intramural activities offered through the NIU recreational center. Contact Abbie Poynor apoynor@niu.edu .
- Troop Care Package
Our troops need items to help them relax and take their minds off the war. You can drop off items that they can use in their leisure time (e.g. DVDs, crossword puzzles, cards, stationary, etc.) in the 339 Wirtz COMDSA office. For more information, contact Erin Buckner ebuckner@niu.edu
- Hope Haven - COMDSA
Volunteers go to the DeKalb County homeless shelter on Wednesdays from 7:00-8:00 p.m. to read books, play games, and do crafts with the children who live there. For more information contact Jennifer Froeter at jfroeter@niu.edu. A collection box for gently used books and magazines (for children and adults), crayons, glue, construction paper, children’s scissors, markers, glitter, or any other art supplies you would like to contribute is located in the 339 Wirtz COMDSA office.
- DeKalb County Rehab and Nursing Center
Students volunteer their time Mondays from 1:30 - 3:30 p.m, Wednesdays from 6:15 - 8:15 p.m. and Saturday mornings from 9:15 – 11:15 a.m. to set up and play Bingo with residents of the rehab and nursing center. We are looking for donations for prizes for Bingo (stuffed animals, knick-knacks, bottles of lotion, word search books, coin purses, etc.) The box for donations is located in the Wirtz 339 COMDSA office. The DeKalb County Rehab and Nursing Center is located at 2600 N. Annie Glidden Road, DeKalb. Please email Christina at csavoie@niu.edu if you are interested in volunteering.
- Better World Books
COMDSA participates in the 'Book Drives for Better Lives' program with Better World Books. By collecting all kinds of books, we save books from landfills, send books to Africa, and generate funding for literacy organizations. To donate books, please bring them to the collection box in the Wirtz 339 COMDSA office or contact Audrey Allen at aallen1@niu.edu
- Box Tops, Soup Labels, Yoplait Yogurt Lids, and Pop tab collection
COMDSA is collecting General Mills box tops and Campbell's soup labels for Brooks Elementary school in DeKalb. We are also collecting clean pink Yoplait Yogurt lids for breast cancer research, and the pop tabs from soda cans for the Ronald McDonald House which provides housing for families of hospitalized children. Please bring your donations to the Wirtz 339 COMDSA office. Contact Elizabeth Glyda at eglyda@niu.edu for more information.
