Professor Rosemary Scott is the coordinator of the Speech-Language Pathology Assistance Program with a background full of experience.Scott began as a music major at the University of Redlands, then switched her major to communicative disorders and graduated cum laude in that field.
She later went on to complete her masters at CSU Los Angeles.
Scott started working at PCC in late 1999 and says she loves this campus and the family she has made here.
Although Scott now teaches numerous classes (including speech-language pathology and Speech l20), works in Disabled Student Programs and Services, serves hundreds of students with communication disorders, is the speech therapist for the campus and offers private clinics, she did not always want to go into this field.
During her college years, she had taken several speech-language pathology courses and found them interesting.
She loved music and wanted to become a professional opera singer, but when her longtime friend and teacher, Katie Peters (who helped establish speech and language services at PCC) became ill, Scott accepted a position with the Speech-Language Pathology Department.
Wanting to start where her longtime friend had left such an impressive mark, she decided to make this field into her career and give it her all in pursuit of making a difference and improving the lives of others through speech.
“I grew the program like a garden and all my SLPAs are my flowers,” said Scott.
Best thing: “That anything was possible.”
Worst thing: “That anything was possible, over scheduling myself and not planning properly.”
Most interesting: “The opportunities. There are endless possibilities and doors that are open to you. It is very interesting to see which ones you will choose to go through. Generational differences are interesting-the amount of information we are exposed to, and the rate at which it is exposed to us is instantaneous.”
If I could go back and change one thing: “I would not have given up on my singing career. I feel robust and maybe someday, something will come along that is to my satisfaction, but I do not have any regrets on entering this field. it’s a great one.”
What I know now that I wish I knew then: “That there really is enough time, if you give yourself time. Too often, we rush through things that we could have given more time to.”
Student opinion: “Professor Scott is a demanding, structured teacher who indicates what is needed to get through the course,” said Alice Mora, SLPA assistant to Scott and mentor to SLPA students. “She is compassionate and extends herself to her students at all levels.
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