<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/posts/students-help-provide-aac-device-to-local-child.aspx" dsn="blogs"><title>Students help provide life-changing communication device for local child</title><pubDate>04/21/2026</pubDate><description>A collaborative effort between faculty and students in the Center for Communication Disorders (CDI) at Murray State University has helped provide a high-tech augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) device to a local child</description><author>Jillian Smith</author><image><img xmlns:ouc="http://omniupdate.com/XSL/Variables" src="https://www.murraystate.edu/news/images/aac_device.jpg" alt="Photo (left to right): Lanie Ralph, Melati Free, Mary Grace Starks, Hardie Crider, Cook Crider, Lindsey Kirkman, Cami Johnson, Olivia Compton, Ashton Gross and Maggie Cooper"/></image><featured/><tags><tag>Student News</tag></tags></item>