The final scholarship winners are:
AFA Awards More Distance Education Scholarships to Practitioners
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Lafayette, IN -The Audiology Foundation of America (AFA) has announced five final winners in its 2007 Practitioner Scholarship series. This final offering was specifically designed for school-based audiology practitioners. Each recipient, chosen by a selection committee, won $1,000 to support distance Au.D. education, and all recipients will pursue their Au.D.s at A.T. Still University/Arizona School of Health Sciences (ASHS). Scholarship funding was provided through donations to the AFA in support of its mission to transition the profession to the Au.D.
The final scholarship winners are:
Diana van Deusen - an audiologist for 25 years who is employed by St. Paul Public Schools in St. Paul, MN.
Frankie Mickelson - the first public school educational audiologist in the state of Maryland and employed for over 30 years by Prince George's County Public Schools.
Beatrice Braun - a 15-year California audiologist who owns the Auditory Processing Center of Pasadena and is also employed by the Ventura County Office of Education.
Ann Gear - an audiologist for over 20 years and currently employed by the Special Education District of McHenry County in Woodstock, IL.
Colleen Armgardt - an audiologist for over 25 years who has been employed since 1980 as a pediatric and educational audiologist in the Special Education District of Lake County in Gages Lake, IL.
The final scholarship winners are: