Finding The Words
As she finds her way back from a stroke, Gail Becker is relearning how to talk.
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June 11, 2008
Incentives For Giving
Private gifts support cutting-edge research and enable the department to recruit the very best students, both graduate and undergraduate. Just as today’s research benefits future generations, today’s students will be tomorrow’s scholars and practitioners.
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A Career For The Common Good
Charles (Chuck) Speaks was mowing the lawn at this Houston home on Thanksgiving weekend in 1967 when he made a decision that would shape his future. “I want to teach," he thought. “I won’t know if I don’t try."
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Taking The Higher Ed Road
For Rachel King and Native American Youths, higher education is the surest route to the future.
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Bridging Languages, Bridging Cultures
Ph.D candidate Pui-Fong Kan studies the relationship between language acquisition and culture.
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One Floor Up
Mary Kennedy is taking research on traumatic brain injury to the next level by studying how we think about how we think.
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A Head for Language
As one of the newest faculty members in SLHS, Yang Zhang is rethinking classic theories about how we learn languages.
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The Sound of Silence
For Peggy Nelson, the sound of silence is the sound of children learning.
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June 10, 2008
Letter from the Chair
With your financial support, we have been able to make a tangible difference for students: to help them pay tuition, buy books, attend professional conferences, take part in teaching workshops, and carry out research projects— all things that we could not do without you.
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