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HONORS AND AWARDS

"Appreciation is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well."  - Voltaire

Recognition is important to us all.  Each year at the Fall OSHA conference, we take time to acknowledge and pay tribute to exemplary individuals or organizations across the state.  Please take the time to think about your colleagues and peers who serve as powerful role models or provide valuable inspiration within our professional community.  Nominees can be colleagues with whom you work every day, people who have served as your professional mentors, tireless professional advocates, or organizations that support our professions.  

2022 Recipients

Outstanding Clinician (Schools/EI/ECSE): Danielle Butler and Ted Vossen 

Professional Advocacy Award: Melissa Fryer 

Outstanding Teaching or Research: Kerry Mandulak  

Award of Clinicianship:Kira Wright, Nikki Hinsley, and Natashia Kletter

Lifetime Achievement: John Tracy  

President's Award: Kelli Murdock-Eickelberg 

Student Recognition Award: Pacific University Brittany Halladay 

Student Recognition Award: University of Oregon Sisi Anaya-Diaz 

Student Recognition Award: Portland State University Sandra Rios-Ayala 

Kami Awards: Faith Purnell, Kacia Hart, Dr. Jessica Fanning, and Kim Baglien

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View Past Recipients

OSHA AWARDS

Honors of the Association
  • Designated as a “lifetime achievement” award. The intent of this award is to recognize an individual for outstanding history of clinical practice in the field of speech-language pathology, audiology or education of the deaf/HOH.
  • This award may also be used to recognize outstanding advocacy or program sponsorship by an agency or organization.
Outstanding Clinician Award: Schools/ EI/ECSE
  • Recognizes a speech-language pathologist, speech-language pathology assistant, audiologist, or educator of the deaf/HOH who consistently demonstrates outstanding clinical, advocacy, or leadership skills in the public school system. This award may recognize general clinical work or a specific, recent clinical achievement.
Outstanding Clinician Award: Clinics, Hospitals, Private Practice
  • Recognizes a speech-language pathologist, speech-language pathology assistant, audiologist, or educator of the deaf/HOH in a clinic, hospital, or private practice who consistently demonstrates outstanding clinical, advocacy, and/or leadership skills. This award may recognize general clinical work or a specific, recent clinical achievement.
Award of Clinicianship
  • Recognizes a speech-language pathologist, speech-language pathology assistant, audiologist, or educator of the deaf/HOH whose dedication to the field is reflected in strong clinical and/or leadership skills paired with compassion, empathy, humor, and acts of support to colleagues and clients. Beyond clinical skills, this person’s spirit touches and inspires those around them. This award may also be used to recognize an individual who has made a contribution to the profession in an unusual way. 
Outstanding Research or Teaching
  • Recognizes a colleague whose published research or teaching (professional preparation or continuing education) has contributed to advancing clinical knowledge and/or practice in the fields of speech-language pathology, audiology, or education of the deaf/HOH.
Professional Advocacy
  • Honors a person who has contributed to the advancement of the visibility, viability, or vitality of our professions. Potential nominees include legislators, philanthropists, SLPs, SLPAs, Audiologists, or any public figure who has shown outstanding advocacy for our professions.



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