NIACC News Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 4, 2005
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NIACC Alumnus Dr. Robert Keith is Guest Speaker  for 15th Annual Pathways to Success Luncheon on April 22

Dr. Robert Keith, a successful audiologist, professor, author and family man, will be the honored guest and speaker during the 15th Annual Pathways to Success program at North Iowa Area Community College on Friday, April 22.

The NIACC Alumni Association hosts Pathways to Success annually to honor a select

group of students for their scholarship, leadership and character. An accomplished NIACC graduate is invited back each year to share his or her "pathway to success" with the students and audience. This graduate is named NIACC’s outstanding alumnus for the year.

Sponsors for this year’s Pathways to Success program include the NIACC Student Senate, Cerro Gordo County Board of Supervisors and Hearing Associates, PC.

The luncheon event will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the Muse Norris Conference Center on the NIACC campus. The meal will include chicken marsala, rice pilaf, fresh broccoli, a brownie and raspberry iced tea. Tickets are $7.50. They may be purchased in advance at the NIACC Box Office (641-422-4188 or 1-888-GO NIACC, ext. 4188).

Dr. Robert W. Keith is a 1960 graduate of Mason City Junior College (NIACC’s predecessor). A native of Garner, he currently lives in Cincinnati, OH, where he is Professor and Director of the Division of Audiology at the University of Cincinnati (UC) Medical Center and Professor of Audiology in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders in the UC College of Allied Health. Following NIACC, he received advanced degrees from the University of Iowa.

He is a regular author and speaker on the subject of auditory processing disorders, was Editor-in-Chief of the Ear and Hearing journal for several years, and currently serves as consultant to several audiology journals. He was an original board member of the American Academy of Audiology and served on the American Board of Audiology, both of which he has chaired. For more information about Dr. Keith, visit http://www.capdtest.com/keith.cfm.

Previous outstanding alumni speakers at NIACC have included Jerry Currie, John Pappajohn, Melinda Masson, Glen Haydon, Marvin Goldstein, Gerri Fiala, Paula Statman, Doug Opheim, Donovan Haxton Jr., Bill Swift, Dan Thomas, Ann Madden Rice, Dave Johnson and Dan Copeland.

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