Director and assistant professor of speech-language pathology (SLPA) Trevor Scott has been teaching at Bluffton for the past two and half years and will conclude his work at the university at the end of the fall semester. After having previous experience in mentoring students, he decided to put a change in pace of his work.
“My main thing I have enjoyed at Bluffton is teaching and working with the students,” said Scott.
Scott said he will return to his work as a speech-pathologist at Blanchard Valley Hospital in Findlay. At the hospital, he will be doing research and working with out-patients.
“I was very surprised and sad to see him go because I really liked Trevor, and I think he’s a great professor,” said Caitlyn Renner, a junior SLPA major.
Renner said Scott challenged his students and pushed them to be prepared for graduate school. His classes were structured for lectures, but they were laid back so students had the opportunity to ask as many questions as needed.
Scott sought receive feedback from students about things he can change to be more helpful or to make it different. Renner said she feels he has done an excellent job at making sure that everyone within the SLPA major is prepared for graduate school.
“He focused on making sure we were well prepared for grad school,” said Brooke Kleman, a senior SLPA major. “He went above and beyond about teaching us to prepare us for grad school.”
Scott has some advice for his SLPA students to keep in mind.
“Keep the big picture in mind,” he said. “It seems like a long process to then go to grad school, take your exams and do your clinicals. But it goes by fast and you’ll turn out to be well prepared.”
Bluffton is in search of a professor to replace Scott’s position. He hopes the new professor will get to know their students and take advantage of advising and being involved in different student groups/organizations. Scott said that once you get to know the students better, you can then understand them better in the classroom.
“We were so lucky to have him because he is so knowledgeable about speech pathology since he has been a speech pathologist for a while,” said Renner. “It’s going to be hard to find somebody as good as he was.”
