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The Margaret L. Wendt Foundation awarded a grant of $120,000 to the Speech-Language Pathology Department at Buffalo State. The grant, along with a contribution of $50,621 from the college, will be used to renovate the department’s faculty offices and research laboratories and to purchase educational technology for the department’s clinic.

“We are grateful to the Wendt Foundation for their support of both our academic facilities and the Speech-Language-Hearing Clinic,” said Gary Jones, dean of the School of the Professions. “Their generosity will also benefit the clients we serve.”

In addition to updated office and research laboratory space for faculty members, a student computing lab will be built. The department will also purchase state-of-the-art digital video/computing technology that will enhance the educational experience of speech-language pathology students, both in the classroom and during their clinic practicums.

“This most noteworthy and highly esteemed gift from the Wendt Foundation will support the training of increasingly greater numbers of highly competent, technologically savvy speech-language pathologists to work in the Western New York region,” said Constance Qualls, professor and department chair. “It will provide our students with quality research experiences, increase opportunities for our faculty to engage in research, improve student learning and clinical skills development, and enhance the quality of services to individuals with speech, language, hearing, and swallowing disorders.”