Gallaudet Parents United

PUG Thanks Dr. Davila for Communications to the Gallaudet...
Gallaudet Parents United PARENTS UNITED FOR GALLAUDET April 25, 2007 Dear Dr. Davila, In light of the recent tragic shootings that took place at Virginia Tech, Parents United for Gallaudet, would like to thank you and your staff for the recent communications sent out to parents and families. We appreciate having access to the latest [...]
Wed, Apr 25 2007

Nominations for Gallaudet Board of Trustees Members
Gallaudet Parents United Nominations of Board of Trustees Members March 2, 2007 Pamela Holmes, ‘74, chair of the Board of Trustees announced a request for nominations of new members of the Gallaudet University Board of Trustees following today's meeting of the Board. New trustees will be selected to serve terms beginning in October 2007.   "We are seeking individuals who are dedicated [...]
Wed, Mar 07 2007

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Fri, Feb 02 2007

PUG Meeting with Dr. Davila Jan. 13th 2007
Gallaudet Parents United Parents United for Gallaudet met with Dr. Robert Davila on Jan. 13, 2007. The purpose of the meeting was to introduce PUG to Dr. Davila, explain more about PUG and its role, to discuss current issues and concerns and lend PUG's support to Dr. Davila in moving Gallaudet forward. Parents who attended were Frank and Diane Corrigan, Thelma Schroeder, Wilton [...]
Wed, Jan 24 2007

Parents United for Gallaudet meet with Dr. Davila
Gallaudet Parents United Parents United for Gallaudet met with Dr. Robert Davila on Jan. 13, 2007. The purpose of the meeting was to meet Dr. Davila, explain more about PUG and its role, to discuss current issues and concerns.and lend its support to Dr. Davila in moving Gallaudet forward. Parents who attended were Frank and Diane Corrigan, Thelma Schroeder, Wilton McMillan, Tami Hossler, [...]
Tue, Jan 23 2007

PUG Representatives to meet with President Davila
Gallaudet Parents United PUG representatives will be meeting with Gallaudet President, Dr. Robert Davila, January 13th at 1:00 p.m. in College Hall. We will keep everyone posted. Tami and Wilton [...]
Wed, Jan 10 2007

Welcome Message from Interim President Robert R. Davila
Gallaudet Parents United Office of the President COLLEGE HALL 800 FLORIDA AVE. NE WASHINGTON, DC 20002-3695 January 2, 2007 Dear Faculty, Teachers, Staff, Students, Alumni and Friends of Gallaudet University: Today is my first day on the job as interim president. It is with a great sense of purpose and humility that I write to you. It is an honor and a privilege to come home and to [...]
Tue, Jan 02 2007

PUG Letter of Congratulation to Dr. Davila, Gallaudet...
Gallaudet Parents United PARENTS UNITED FOR GALLAUDET December 20, 2006 Dear Dr. Davila, On behalf of Parents United for Gallaudet (PUG), we would like to congratulate you on becoming Gallaudet's Interim President. Our organization is made up of Gallaudet parents and families from across the nation. We continue to grow rapidly and have gone from 25 to several hundred [...]
Fri, Dec 22 2006

Important Update on the Protest Judicial Process
Gallaudet Parents United Statement by the Gallaudet Board of Trustees December 14, 2006 "At its November 11, 2006 meeting, the Gallaudet University Board of Trustees placed a freeze on any further steps to enforce the University's Student Code of Conduct for actions during the protest. The decision to freeze was made to give the administration time to bring back more information to the [...]
Sat, Dec 16 2006

Robert Davila named Interim President of Gallaudet...
Gallaudet Parents United Office of Public Relations EDWARD MINER GALLAUDET MEMORIAL BUILDING 800 FLORIDA AVE. NE WASHINGTON, DC 20002-3695 (Washington, D.C.) Today, Gallaudet University Board of Trustees Chair Pamela Holmes announced the selection of Robert R. Davila as interim president of the university. Dr. Davila, who is deaf, served from 1996-2004 as vice president for the [...]
Mon, Dec 11 2006

Important Letter to the Board of Trustees from Parents and
Gallaudet Parents United PARENTS UNITED FOR GALLAUDET To: The Board of Trustees, Gallaudet University Re: “Amnesty of Reprisals” Date: November 27, 2006 Dear Board of Trustees of Gallaudet University: Thank you to those members of the Board who attended the breakfast meeting with us on November 11th. Your willingness to “open the door to [...]
Mon, Nov 27 2006

PUG - Our work is not done!
Gallaudet Parents United Calling Parents United for Gallaudet!Our work is not done...There is much to be done...And this picture helps us to remember...Help when and however you can!Tami
Tue, Nov 14 2006

Saturday Breakfast Meeting with Members of BOT: Tami and...
Gallaudet Parents United Breakfast Meeting with BOT: November 11, 2006 Wilton and Tami had the wonderful opportunity to meet with many members of the Board of Trustees on Saturday morning at 7:00 a.m. in the Bistro at the Kellogg Conference Center at Gallaudet. Susan Elliot was so kind to put this informal breakfast meeting together for us since the Board did not have time on their [...]
Tue, Nov 14 2006

PUG's Open Letter to Gallaudet BoT
Gallaudet Parents United Parents United for Gallaudet (PUG) Open Letter to Gallaudet Board of Trustees November 8, 2006 Dear Gallaudet University Board of Trustees, We represent parents who have established ourselves as an organization called Parents United for Gallaudet (PUG) and in less than three weeks has grown to over 200 parents. The on-going events throughout the entire protest [...]
Sat, Nov 11 2006

Board of Trustees Meeting Saturday November 11th
Gallaudet Parents United The Gallaudet Board of Trustees will meet at GUKCC Saturday starting at 9:00. Invited are tentatively five faculty members, three students, four GUAA members. The first meeting will be held with the faculty. PUG has requested time to present as well, but at this time there is no confirmation that this will occur. Susan Elliot, BOT member, did reply back to us [...]
Fri, Nov 10 2006

PUG OPEN LETTER TO GALLAUDET BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Gallaudet Parents United Parents United for Gallaudet (PUG) Open Letter to Gallaudet Board of Trustees November 8, 2006 Dear Gallaudet University Board of Trustees, We represent parents who have established ourselves as an organization called Parents United for Gallaudet (PUG) and in less than three weeks has grown to over 200 parents. The on-going events throughout the [...]
Fri, Nov 10 2006

PUG on Southern California Radio and Televison
Gallaudet Parents United Tuesday, November 7th at 9 am, Supt. Mal Grossinger of the California School for the Deaf Riverside and Zibby Bayarsky will be interviewed on the radio, KVCR-FM (91.9) Wednesday, November 8th at 7:30 pm on KVCR-TV (Channel 24) PBS we will be interviewed on "Its Your Call". They will discuss the Gallaudet University situation, CSDR and the deaf community. Zibby [...]
Fri, Nov 10 2006

PUG OPEN LETTER TO GALLAUDET BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Gallaudet Parents United Parents United for Gallaudet (PUG) Open Letter to Gallaudet Board of Trustees November 8, 2006 Dear Gallaudet University Board of Trustees, We represent parents who have established ourselves as an organization called Parents United for Gallaudet (PUG) and in less than three weeks has grown to over 200 parents. The on-going events throughout [...]
Thu, Nov 09 2006

PUG's Open Letter to Gallaudet BoT - 11/8/06
Gallaudet Parents United Dear Gallaudet University Board of Trustees,We represent parents who have established ourselves as an organization called Parents United for Gallaudet (PUG) and in less than three weeks has grown to over 200 parents. The on-going events throughout the entire protest prompted the formation of PUG. Our initial concern was for the safety and emotional well-being of our [...]
Thu, Nov 09 2006

PUG on Southern California Radio and Televison
Gallaudet Parents United Tuesday, November 7th at 9 am, Supt. Mal Grossinger of the California School for the Deaf Riverside and Zibby Bayarsky will be interviewed on the radio, KVCR-FM (91.9) Wednesday, November 8th at 7:30 pm on KVCR-TV (Channel 24) PBS they will be interviewed on "Its Your Call". They will discuss the Gallaudet University situation, CSDR and the deaf community. Zibby [...]
Tue, Nov 07 2006

Report to PUG ­ Friday Update from Tami Hossler and...
Gallaudet Parents United Yesterday (Thursday) we met with Hillel Goldberg the Coordinator of Judical Affairs at the Judicial Affairs Office. Hillel explained the process of sending the letters to the effected students, the pre-hearing, the hearing, and the appeal. The students are being charged as follows: a) Non-compliance with the University decision to open the gates so that [...]
Sat, Nov 04 2006

Parents United for Gallaudet (PUG) Update - Tami Hossler
Gallaudet Parents United Wilton McMillan and I have been very busy the last few days with following up on what is next for Gallaudet. We are working hard to see that our parent group (PUG) is involved with the future transitional process. We have several meetings set up with the lobbying/advocacy group and also with the FSSA Leadership Council. Monday night we were involved in a meeting [...]
Wed, Nov 01 2006

Victory & Updates by Tami
Gallaudet Parents United What an incredible day! Just when I thought David and I and other parents would have to get arrested on Monday morning for joining the alumni in guarding the Sixth St. gate, the news broke that the BOT had voted that Fernandes resign.Whew!!!What a relief and what an overwhelming response from the crowd who had gathered for the rally. The crowd broke out in the biggest [...]
Mon, Oct 30 2006

Statement by I. King Jordan
Gallaudet Parents United The struggle during the past several months has been very painful for all of us. I am deeply troubled by the divisions among us and by the anger that overtook reason, respect, and civility.Now we must all come together for the sake of Gallaudet, particularly for the sake of Gallaudet?s students?those who are our students now and those who will be students in the [...]
Mon, Oct 30 2006

BoT Terminates Jane Fernandes!!!
Gallaudet Parents United TO: Campus CommunityFROM: Board of TrusteesDATE: October 29, 2006RE: Board of Trustees MeetingToday, we announce with much regret and pain that after serious deliberation in a special, all-day Executive Session of the Board of Trustees, we have voted to terminate Dr. Fernandes? appointment as President-Designate (currently effective) and President (effective beginning [...]
Sun, Oct 29 2006

Parent United for Gallaudet Daily Report from Tami Hossler...
Gallaudet Parents United Sunday Oct. 29th What a day yesterday! Many incredible Deaf Leaders in our presence at this time. Yesterday, Saturday, two chartered buses arrived to take 300 students, faculty, alumni, parents, and others to the Hyatt Hotel at Dulles Airport where we held a rally outside.The BOT meeting was held at the Hyatt because propaganda had been spread by IKJ that it wasn't [...]
Sun, Oct 29 2006

From Tami Hossler - a Daily report to Gally Parents
Gallaudet Parents United I apologize for taking so long to get word to you all. A group of usparents and other individuals that have lots of knowledge and backgroundhave hit the hill. It is a long process of repeating a story. It is anemotional process to go through and by the end of the day we are worn out.We have done very well with making sure to educate and advocate to the keyplayers [...]
Sat, Oct 28 2006

Tami Hossler - a Daily Report to Gally Parents
Gallaudet Parents United Friday morning Oct. 27th Yesterday the students had a sit-in in IKJ's lobby and waiting room. David Reynolds and I got there after a long day on the hill. It was cool to see them there. Many brought their homework and some brought posterboard and it looked like they were making more signs. Very peaceful except for one male student was pushed by an administrator. [...]
Fri, Oct 27 2006

Second Plea for Peace - Leah Katz-Hernandez
Gallaudet Parents United A month ago... I wrote a plea for peace that was painful for me to write. On October 6th 2006, after students had spent the night in one of the campus’ main academic buildings in response to our Board of Trustees’ inability to resolve the crisis on campus - the students were attacked with pepper spray and physical violence. It was an extremely sad day for [...]
Thu, Oct 26 2006

Tami speaks out - thoughts at the end of a long and...
Gallaudet Parents United What will be next? I am sure you all have learned that IKJ ordered the Kendall and MSSD gates open yesterday and used force to do this. The gate at MSSD was open for a short time. Several of our kids were injured while the DPS applied force to do this. I can't even tell u how sad I feel that our kids have to be the victims in all this. They are true soldiers and [...]
Thu, Oct 26 2006

Is This Acceptable? A Gallaudet Teacher and Mother's...
Gallaudet Parents United October 25, 2006 1:30 PM Dear Colleagues, Gallaudet Faculty Who Voted to Remove Dr. Fernandes from Her Post as Gallaudet’s Incoming President: I apologize now for what will be a difficult, incoherent read—I am under pressure to get this out to as many people as possible, all the while answering students’ and parents’ questions. Feel free [...]
Wed, Oct 25 2006

Gallaudet Parents Continue to Support our Students
Gallaudet Parents United GALLY PARENTS, What can I say. It is still very difficult here. A real critical time. Even though many parents have gone, we are still here (David and myself) and are working hard staying involved in this protest. We have set up systems for parents to help from their homes as well. If you have any skills that you think will help us, please let us know. There [...]
Wed, Oct 25 2006

Parents of 135 Arrested Students
Gallaudet Parents United If your son or daughter was arrested on Oct. 13th please send your email address as soon as possible to Zibby Bayarsky at zibbybayarsky@tmail.com [...]
Tue, Oct 24 2006

Gallaudet Parents Statement given to IKJ
Gallaudet Parents United GALLAUDET PARENT MEETING PRESENTATION TO I. KING JORDANOctober 19, 2006Introduction And Background Of The Formation Of A Formal Parent Group:We are Gallaudet parents, hearing and deaf, from across the United States. Most of us have only recently met each other.Our children are here because we believed they would receive a good education in an accessible Deaf friendly [...]
Tue, Oct 24 2006

Proud Parents at the Capitol!
Gallaudet Parents United Tami Hossler speaking to the crowd at the Capitol!Proud Parents of Gallaudet students!Tami and Erica Hossler addressing the candle light vigil on Monday 10/23.
Tue, Oct 24 2006

Proud Parents at the Capital!
Gallaudet Parents United Tami Hossler speaking to the crowd at the Capital!Proud Parents of Gallaudet students!
Mon, Oct 23 2006

Please Draw Attention to Your Congressmen!
Gallaudet Parents United Please use the contact numbers or info given below to contact your Congressman, Senator or state Representative about the urgent situation at Gallaudet University.Your local representative: [link] Board of Trustees of Congress:Lynn Woosley202-225-5161 [link] [...]
Mon, Oct 23 2006

Welcome to Gallaudet Parents United
Gallaudet Parents United This website has been set up to develop an active network of parents of Gallaudet students to provide mutual support and lend their services during the current crisis.We have created this website for parents, families and friends of Gallaudet students to provide the latest information on the events as they unfold.We have begun to create a comprehensive mailing-list of [...]
Mon, Oct 23 2006