WLU NSSLHA CHAPTER
ABOUT US
NSSLHA 2025-2026 OFFICERS:
- Emily Allen, President
- Leah Alford, Vice President
- Sophia Hannaoui, Secretary
- Emma Rogers, Treasurer
- Izabelle Beattie, Historian
- Ashley Cudnik, Community Service Coordinator
WLU NSSLHA CO-ADVISORS:
Dr. Danielle Smarrella, AuD, CCC-A
Email: danielle.smarrella@
Ms. Carah Boyer, MS, CCC-SLP
Email: carah.boyer@westliberty.edu
For questions about our NSSLHA program, please email us at nsslha@westliberty.edu
“The National Student Speech Language Hearing Association (NSSLHA) is the only national student organization for pre-professionals studying communication sciences and disorders (CSD) recognized by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) (NSSLHA, 2017-2019).”
WLU NSSLHA MISSION STATEMENT
WLU NSSHLA’s mission is encourage its members to be profound leaders in advocating, communicating, educating, and volunteering within our community to further prepare young professionals to pursue a career in Speech Language Pathology and Audiology.
NATIONAL NSSLHA MISSION STATEMENT
“The purpose of the National Student Speech Language Hearing Association (NSSLHA) is to benefit its members by continually improving its support, promotion, and advocacy of the highest quality preparation of professionals in audiology, speech-language pathology and speech and hearing science (NSSLHA 2017-2019).”
STUDENT LEADERSHIP AND ACTIVITIES
Students have monthly meetings to collaborate on hot topics in the profession, share information pertaining to their chapter, and plan NSSLHA activities and events. Members of the WLU NSSLHA chapter participate in community service hours at a variety of settings, such as: Welty Home, WLU Fitness and Fun Day, Trunk-or-Treat, Horses with Hope, Marshall County Night to Shine, WLU Health Fair, NSSHLA Loves, WL Christian Church After School Program, Oglebay Clean-Up Day, and many more.
