Caroline Henning

Why are you interested in joining the national SAA Board of Directors?

I am really interested in networking with other students and professionals and creating a space for others to do this with each other. I love learning about new aspects of our field and I am doing this everyday as a first-year audiology student. I attended some presentations put on by SAA at AAA 2023 and AAA 2024, and was inspired by those presenting to get involved. I think it is so important to create connections with students from other universities as we all can learn from each other and create relationships that will last through our careers and even possibly benefit our patients. I would hope to gain valuable leadership experience that can carry into my career and also involvement in the Academy. I believe these relationships are very important as they help advance our field and improve the care for our patients.

If you could change one thing about the profession of audiology, what would it be?

I wish we could have one big organization or conference that brings us all together. I am currently working on a project where I send out surveys to audiologists across the country and I am using email lists from ASHA, the Academy, and ADA. I feel as though it is very helpful to be up-to-date about several aspects of our field, so I wish we could have a space to do that. It can be difficult for people to spend money to be a part of all of these organizations and to travel to their conferences.