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Dr. Beckie Weaver was named dean of the College of Communication Thursday. Weaver will replacing Dr. Mike James who is leaving the Searcy campus to direct the Harding University in Greece program.
A professor and chair of the communication sciences and disorders department,Weaverbegan teaching at Harding in 1975. She then worked as a speech pathologist in Texas public schools before returning to the University in 1984. She became chair of the department in 2007.Weaveris a member of the Arkansas and American Speech-Language-Hearing Associations. She is currently the Arkansas representative to the advisory board for ASHA. She is also a member of the International Commission on Health Care Professions Speech-Language Pathology/Audiology Professional Standards Committeeof the Commission on Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools.The College of Communication houses the communication department, which includes programs of study in mass communication, theatre and oral communication, and the communication sciences and disorders departmentdedicated to the field of speech-language pathology.Weaverwas responsible for developing Harding’s graduate program in speech-language pathology and the SLP program at the University’s international campus in Zambia, Africa, where graduate students can study abroad. She taught the first-ever speech-language pathology course in the country of Zambia at the George Benson Teacher’s College.Weavergraduated with a bachelor’s degree from Harding College in 1973 and went on to earn a master’s degree from University of Mississippi and a doctorate degree from University of Memphis. She is an Arkansas-licensed speech-language pathologist and holds a Certificate of Clinical Competence issued by ASHA. In addition, she has a Texas Teacher Credential in speech-language pathology.
