First Timers Breakfast
Thursday, November 18
7:00–7:45 am
Pennsylvania Convention Center
Ballroom B
Sponsored by Oral Deaf Education
If this is your first ASHA Convention, be sure to make plans to join other first timers at this continental breakfast. You will gain insight on how to navigate the ASHA program sessions, and hear from ASHA President Larry Higdon and the Convention Program Co-Chairs, Kenn Apel and Dennis Burrows. Let those who know help you make your first ASHA a great experience.
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New Investigators Roundtable
Thursday, November 18
12:00 noon–1:30 pm
Pennsylvania Convention Center
Ballroom B
If you are beginning a research career in speech, language, or hearing science, this is your chance to dialogue with seasoned investigators. Through informal roundtable discussions, this session will provide you with an opportunity to become acquainted with individuals in the professions who can offer advice and counsel.
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Graduate School Fair
Thursday & Friday, November 18–19
12:00 noon–4:00 pm
Pennsylvania Convention Center
Hall B
Sponsored by PsychCorp and EBS Healthcare
ASHA and NSSLHA are pleased to announce the new 2004 Graduate School Fair. Faculty representatives from academic programs will be available both days to meet with students on a one-to-one basis. Doctoral degree programs will be featured on Thursday and entry-level graduate degree programs on Friday.
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Preliminary Schedule for the Legislative Council
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Celebrate Diversity and Change
Multicultural Concerns Collective (MC2) Meeting
Thursday, November 18
8:00–9:30 pm
Philadelphia Marriott Hotel
Room TBA
You have an opportunity to take part in changing a 20+ year tradition, right here at the ASHA Convention. If you recognize the impact of culture on the professions, have an interest in multicultural issues, work with individuals from culturally or linguistically diverse populations, and/or are a member of a culturally diverse group, come help celebrate diversity and change. For over 20 years, ASHA has held the Multicultural Concerns Collective (MC2) meeting on Friday evenings during the Convention. This year, however, the MC2 Meeting will be held Thursday, November 18, from 8:00–9:30 pm.
The MC2 meeting began as a network of state representatives who came together at the Convention to share information and exchange strategies for advancing professional issues related to racial/ethnic minority populations. In recent years, the meeting has evolved into a cultural exchange that allows networking opportunities and a celebration of the breadth of diversity of the ASHA membership. Establish your own new tradition by attending the MC2 meeting and join in on what’s been characterized as one of the most vibrant and lively meetings of the Convention!
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ASHA Placement Center/Job Fair
Kick Start Your Career!
Thursday, November 18
11:30 am–5:30 pm
Friday, November 19
9:30 am–5:30 pm
Saturday, November 20
9:30 am–4:00 pm
Pennsylvania Convention Center
Exhibit Hall B
Are you reaching your maximum potential? You can now! ASHA has a free and convenient way to find the job of your dreams. By attending ASHA’s Placement Center/Job Fair, you will be able to:
- Meet and interview with more than 100 of the leading employers
- Attend the year’s largest job fair for professionals in speech-language and hearing
- Save time by prescheduling face-to-face interviews with employers
- Place your resume online for an interactive system that notifies you when a job becomes available and it’s FREE!
The Placement Center/Job Fair is open to all who are registered for the Convention. To learn more and to register call 800-498-2071, ext. 4148, or visit the Career Center page on ASHA's Web site.
Employers: Register your job and reserve an interview booth online at ASHA's Placement Center.
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NSSLHA Events (new window)
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Artful Fundraising
Get ready for some artful fundraising to benefit the American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation!
Did you know that Philadelphia is famous for promoting the important role that public art plays in the creation and enhancement of civic spaces? Through diverse programs of planning and commissioning public art, Philadelphia is host to thousands of public art projects.
This year, the ASHFoundation has its very own piece of artwork, created by a former Foundation and ASHA president...and a serious artist, Dr. Frank Kleffner. Kleffner’s bronze sculpture shown on this page will be raffled off during the 2004 ASHA Convention in Philadelphia. Entitled Accord, the artwork is 16 inches high and has a purchase price of $2,800. This beautifully detailed sculpture will be on view near the ASHA exhibit area of the Philadelphia Convention Center.
Kleffner has been an ASHA member since 1952, serving as its president in 1970 and as president of the ASHFoundation in 1981–84. He received the Honors of the Association in 1985. In recognition of his scientific, clinical, and professional contributions, the Foundation established the Frank R. Kleffner Clinical Career Award in 1985 to be granted annually at its Founders Breakfast. Visit www.ashfoundation.org (new window) recipients to view Kleffner award winners from 1986 to present.
Don’t miss this chance to win a fabulous signature sculpture by Frank Kleffner and support the mission of the ASHFoundation! Raffle tickets can be purchased at the Foundation booth in the Convention Exhibit Hall.
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Foundation Founders Breakfast
Friday, November 19
6:45–8:30 am
Philadelphia Marriott
Liberty Ballroom
What better location to celebrate the intellectual talents of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation’s 2004 awardees than in Philadelphia, a city often reputed to have the greatest concentration of institutions of higher learning in the country. The setting for this special event is Marriott’s beautiful Liberty Ballroom. Join your Foundation friends on Friday morning to applaud the Foundation’s investment in the brilliant minds of our scholars and researchers and be inspired by the generosity of our loyal donors.
Donors at the Founders level and above will receive personal invitations with program highlights and cost information. It’s not too late to become a Foundation donor. Contact the Foundation office at 301-897-7341.
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