Communication Disorders Scholarships 

Evening Optimist Club of Cape Girardeau Scholarship 

Open to students majoring in Communication Disorders who intend to work with hearing or speech-impaired youth. Applicant must have completed 75 credit hours with a 3.0 GPA and must show financial need.  

Joan Amlingmeyer Gohn Scholarship 

Awarded to a student majoring in Speech Pathology.  

Luther and Catherine Hahs Scholarship

The Hahs Speech Scholarship is available to candidates who have completed at least 75 undergraduate hours with a major in speech pathology and have outstanding scholarship abilities with high promise as a professional speech pathologist.  

Loida Farrow Lerew Memorial Scholarship 

Open to U.S. citizens majoring in Communication Disorders. Preference will be given to applicants of European descent.  

M.G. Lorberg Memorial Scholarship 

The M. G. Lorberg Scholarship is open to undergraduate or graduate students who have a declared major in communication disorders.  

Jeannie Stange Scholarship 

The award is open to students with at least 60 undergraduate hours, a major in speech pathology with a minimum of 3.0 GPA in all studies, and a minimum 3.25 GPA in major field.  

Vogelsang Scholarship for Communication Disorders 

Award is open to a graduate or undergraduate student enrolled at Southeast Missouri State University majoring in Communication Disorders, who has completed a minimum of 70 credit hours. The minimum GPA requirement is 3.0. This scholarship is renewable, but recipients must reapply each year.  

Burchell Grant Allied Health Scholarship 

Awarded to a student enrolled at Southeast Missouri State University with aspirations to enter an Allied Health Profession (including Communication Disorders). First preference goes to students involved in campus activities with a leadership role. A minimum GPA of 3.0 is required. This scholarship is automatically renewable. 

Dirk's Communication Disorders Scholarship

[Application required]. Awarded to a first-year graduate student studying Communication Disorders. Must be a student clinician, have been a student clinician, or will be a student clinician at the Center for Speech and Hearing. Required essay describing clinic-related experiences or personal goals. 

Graduate Assistantships  

The Department of Communication Disorders has several graduate assistantships (GA) available within the department each year, and all graduate student applicants and/or current majors are eligible to apply for a graduate assistantship. The deadline for application is the same as the deadline for admission application (January 15). Application should be made using the electronic application form for graduate assistantship in the Department of Communication Disorders.  

Due to the limited number of assistantships available, not all students receive assistantship positions, and the selection of GAs is based on the qualifications of the student. The responsibilities of departmental graduate assistants are described below.  

Students may also wish to consider applying for graduate assistantships in other campus units. Currently available graduate assistant positions may be viewed by going to Graduate School's Graduate Assistant.  

Graduate Assistants’ Responsibilities  

The first responsibility of the graduate assistant is to demonstrate successful performance in all class and clinical assignments. This also includes attendance and participation in all related departmental/university activities including workshops, teleconferences, as well as clinical and NSSLHA meetings.  

Graduate assistantship assignments entail 20 hours per week while the University is in session (Fall and Spring semesters). While there is some flexibility in the scheduling of the required 20 hours, the GA is expected to communicate carefully with his/her GA supervisor and to make herself/himself available for the appropriate amount of time.  

General policies and rules approved by the Graduate School will be followed in regard to graduate assistantships. The department expects professionalism in the conduct of its graduate assistants. This is demonstrated through a positive interpersonal communication style, as well as appropriate discretion and maintenance of confidentiality in any matters regarding departmental and clinical issues.  

Depending on the nature of the assignment, the student may be required to perform any of the following duties or some combination of these:  

Teaching Duties

Assist in didactic, laboratory, and clinical preparation; attend and or provide supervised instruction in undergraduate courses, supervise and assist in the evaluation of undergraduate assignments.  

Research Duties

Assist in the maintenance of database compilation, file reviews, literature search, and data collection activities; preparation of convention/workshop presentations and pertinent publications.  

Clinical Duties

Assist in the maintenance of clinic materials inventory, overseeing the student computer lab and work room, supporting the clinic administrative assistant and clinic coordinator, maintaining student files, preparing clinical forms, or maintaining databases.