AFA Awards Distance Education Scholarships to Practitioners

Lafayette, IN -The Audiology Foundation of America (AFA) has announced four new winners in its Practitioner Scholarship series. Each recipient, chosen by a selection committee, won $1,000 to support distance Au.D. education. Scholarship funding was provided through donations to the AFA in support of its mission to transition the profession to the Au.D.

The latest scholarship winners are:


Heidi Daley - a school-based audiologist and director of audiology for the Southeast Kansas Education Service Center in Girard, KA. She began Au.D. classes at A.T. Still University/Arizona School of Health Sciences (ASHS) this past summer.


Nonalee Gardner - a school-based audiologist currently serving students through the Grant Wood Area Education Agency in Cedar Rapids, IA. She will also earn her Au.D. from ASHS.


Rachelle Groulx - a Toronto audiologist who currently works with geriatric patients at Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care and pediatric patients at MD Hearing, Speech, and Learning Centre. She is pursuing her Au.D. from the Pennsylvania College of Optometry, School of Audiology (PCO).


Carolyn Nilsen - an audiologist for over 20 years and currently employed by the High Desert Educational Service District in Bend, OR. She is earning her Au.D. from ASHS.