Clubs & Organizations

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Communication Sciences & Disorders/Speech-Language Pathology

National Student Speech Language Hearing Association (NSSLHA) — a pre-professional association for students interested in the study of communication sciences and disorders. National membership is available to undergraduate, graduate or doctoral students enrolled full- or part-time in a communication sciences program or related major.

American Sign Language Club — a student organization that raises awareness for the deaf community and knowledge of ASL through events and fundraisers.

Autism Society of NC - App State Chapter — an organization dedicated to working with the local autism community in Boone and the High Country. It promotes awareness, advocates for and serves individuals with autism and their families.

Operation Smile - an international medical charity that has provided hundreds of thousands of free surgeries for children and young adults in developing countries who are born with cleft lip, cleft palate or other facial deformities.

Dementia Awareness Club - is a multidisciplinary volunteer organization that strives to bring campus involvement together with community outreach in order to bring attention to the indicators and outcomes for various types of dementia, while providing resources and support for students and community members alike.

CSD/SLP Related Organizations

Appalachian Neuroscience Organization — an organization that brings together people from inside and outside of the neuroscience field in order to share knowledge and research and make neuroscience a bigger part of Appalachian's campus.

Scholars with Diverse Abilities Program Appvocates — The Appvocates Club was created for the volunteers of the Scholars with Diverse Abilities Program (SDAP). Members strive to develop a community among volunteers while also creating fun and meaningful events for scholars, volunteers and SDAP staff.

Delta Zeta Sorority — a sorority whose philanthropy is focused on speech and hearing. Funds raised by the sorority benefit, in part, Appalachian's Charles E. and Geneva S. Scott Scottish Rite Communication Disorders Clinic.