Tanvir Kalam, a second year MA-SLP student, was one of聽the Minority Student Leadership Program's (MSLP)聽award聽recipients at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Tanvir Kalam, a second year MA-SLP student, was one of聽the Minority Student Leadership Program's (MSLP)聽award聽recipients at the American Speech-Language-Hearing AssociationConference聽in聽Boston, MA. The MSLP is a leadership development program whose purpose is to provide focused educational programming and聽activities to build and enhance leadership skills to minorities that have been historically under-represented in the professions of audiology and speech-language pathology. Additionally, the program aims to provide an opportunity for program participants to interact with leaders in the profession of audiology and speech-language聽pathology.聽
When asked what the MSLP taught him Tanvir states that "It聽taught me聽about the pivotal role of advocacy and policy-implementation in healthcare. It was also a great networking event where I met professionals from all across the nation. I have the privilege of attending discussion where leaders in the field tackled some of the most pressing issues facing the profession". Regarding how this experience will help Tanvir in his provisional career, he states "attending the MSLP will help in my professional career because of the networking it provides".聽