The Outstanding Au.D. Student scholarships were established to recognize and support the "best and brightest" of Au.D. students. Winners will be announced in mid-June, and students will be honored at events held at their universities. These scholarships are funded through a grant from the Oticon Foundation, also known as the William Demant and Wife Ida Emilie Foundation.
This year's nominated students are:
Dionna Prow - A.T. Still University/Arizona School of Health SciencesThe AFA is a non-profit foundation founded in 1989 to lead audiology's transition to a doctoring profession with the Au.D. as its unique designator.
Michelle Harker - Ball State University
Kristin Ciongoli - Bloomsburg University
Camie Wheeler - Central Michigan University
Melissa McNichol - James Madison University
Tasha Edwards - Lamar University
Brittany Day - Missouri State University
Kelli Wright - Northeast Ohio Au.D. Consortium
Claire Yeargers - Ohio State University
Felicia Stallings - Pennsylvania College of Optometry
Andrea Edgerton - Purdue University
Jacqueline Busen - Rush University
Irina Shterenberg - The Graduate Center - CUNY
Mary Carson - Towson University
Christina Dambra - University at Buffalo
Ryan Whitaker - University of Arizona
Stephanie Godelfer -- University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Elizabeth Willig - University of Cincinnati
Samantha Glover - University of Connecticut
Kelli Murphy - University of Kansas
Caitlin Rawn - University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
Gregory Genna - University of Pittsburgh
Benjamin Russell - University of South Florida
Erin Castioni - University of Texas- Dallas
Jared Meyers - University of Utah
Heather Zingler - University of Wisconsin-Madison
Lindsay Rentmeester - Vanderbilt University
Alison Mensi Brockmeyer - Washington University in St. Louis
Hillary Swain - University of North Texas
Holly Anne Morlas - University of South Alabama
Suzie Ip - Long Island Au.D. Consortium