Michelle S. Bourgeois, PhD, CCC-SLP, an ASHA Fellow, AAAS Fellow, GSA Fellow, and professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, passed away on 10 July 2024. Michelle joined the University of South Florida (USF) faculty in 2013 and retired in 2021, but  continued to work as a researcher and courtesy faculty in the department. During her career, Michelle received multiple grants from the National Institutes of Aging and the Alzheimer's Association to evaluate memory aids and interventions for persons with dementia, aphasia, and traumatic brain injury; to investigate interventions for spousal and nursing home caregivers designed to improve the quality and quantity of communicative interactions with residents with dementia; and to develop training programs for institutional caregivers. In 2015, Michelle developed a new international course “Global Issues in Communication Sciences and Disorders” and led seven students to Universidade de São Paulo-Bauru, Brazil to learn about speech-language pathology, audiology, and hearing and speech science at the Hospital for Rehabilitation of Craniofacial Anomalies of the University of São Paolo. In 2019, Michelle was elected Fellow in the Psychology Section of the American Association for the Advancement of Sciences (AAAS) and was awarded Fellow status through the Behavioral and Social Sciences Section of The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) for her outstanding and continuing work in the field of gerontology. She was also granted Fellow status of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA), a testament to her contributions to the field of communication sciences and disorders. Michelle served as a grant reviewer for the Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Association and was a founding member of the Montessori for Aging and Dementia Committee within the Association Montessori Internationale. She also was a recipient of the Barry Reisberg Award for Non-Pharmacologic Research, Theory and Clinical Practice.