Deaf Professional Network

Career Development Study
DPN Dear Deaf Professional Network Subscriber,I am writing to request your participation in a research study in which your personal contribution is essential. The study aims to understand the mentoring experiences of employees who are deaf. Mentoring is a working relationship in which a more experienced senior employee (mentor) lends counsel and advice to a junior [...]
Tue, Feb 27 2007 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Capture the World in a Snapshot: Tate Tullier
DPN By Margie English (Posted on February 26, 2007) Tate: Hi. Looking at your face, I don’t think we’ve met. Margie: No, we haven’t. I’ve heard a lot about your work and seen your ads on campus at Gallaudet University. Tate: I would think, after all the time I have spent in Washington, DC, our paths would have crossed. Margie: Yeah. There [...]
Mon, Feb 26 2007 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

2007: A New World?
DPN by Lindsay Moeletsi Dunn (posted on January 17, 2007) We are beginning a new year and 2006 is now history. It definitely was an interesting year. Time magazine named YOU as its Person of the Year. Now the rationale for that award has garnered much debate (pro and con) but TIME felt that the impact of the internet was enormous and driven by each and every one of us [...]
Wed, Jan 17 2007 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Blackberry and Treo 700P Devices
DPN By Donald Moore (Posted on January 17, 2007) {mosimage}Thinking about a new wireless device for the first time? Or considering replacing one, but can't decide on choosing between a RIM Blackberry or the Treo 700P, then this article is for you. Since I have no personal experience in using the Danger Sidekick, Motorola Q, Cingular Blackjack, or T-Mobile Dash and MDA [...]
Wed, Jan 17 2007 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Was 2006 A Good Year?
DPN By Julie Bourne, Deaf Professional Network EditorAs we ring in 2007, we finally say goodbye to the year 2006. It was a tumultuous year. A lot happened. Conflicts roiled from local to national levels, among the mainstream and within the minority communities.Earl G. Graves, Publisher of Black Enterprise magazine, pointed out that although the population growth among [...]
Wed, Jan 17 2007 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Matt Daigle: Father, Artist Wins Logo Contest
DPN By Trudy Suggs {mosimage}Ask Matt Daigle what he does, and he immediately answers, "I'm a stay-at-home dad to my one-year-old son Hayden." He's also a freelance cartoonist, illustrator and graphic designer, but it's his role as a father that he's most proud of. So it isn't a surprise that Daigle's design won a breastfeeding symbol contest for Mothering, a natural [...]
Wed, Jan 17 2007 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Dunn's Beat on How Change is in the Air
DPN By Lindsay Moeletsi Dunn (Posted on December 14, 2006) States and the United States Congress and Senate prepare to welcome a new cadre of legislators into their ranks. In the meantime, the Bush government cleans house with Rumsfeld and UN envoy Bolton, its highest profile casualties of this Democratic Revolution. It appears that, thanks to the collaborative effort [...]
Thu, Dec 14 2006 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Lighter Side of Electronic Communication
DPN By Madan Vasishta (Posted on December 14, 2006) {mosimage}Donald L. Moore did a survey for DPN on electronic communication. Having seen zombies walking around Gallaudet campus speed-thumbing mini keyboards while bumping into each other, the results of this survey are what we expected. Everyone is into it. However, this survey gave us more specific figures. Mr. Moore [...]
Thu, Dec 14 2006 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

News Briefs - December 14
DPN By Norma Morán, DPN News Editor TOP NEWS Gallaudet's 9th President on University's Future (Washington, DC - December 14, 2006) Robert Davila, Gallaudet's newly appointed president, discusses his ideas and positions on a wide range of issues, including alumni relations, cochlear implants, trust, academic rigor, PEPNet and many others. [...]
Thu, Dec 14 2006 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Snapshot of Electronic Communication Preferences
DPN An online survey, conducted during the months of September and October 2006, offers insight on the preferences of electronic communication mediums used by deaf and hard of hearing consumers. Advances in communication technologies during the last decade have provided deaf and hard of hearing consumers many new ways to communicate among their deaf peers and hearing [...]
Thu, Dec 14 2006 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Jay Blumenfeld: Smart Alex Makes Good
DPN By Trudy Suggs "Where people go, I go the other way," Jay Blumenfeld says with a playful smile. {mosimage}Blumenfeld, 52, is the owner of Smart Alex, a Chicago-based manufacturer and wholesale distributor of greeting cards and party items. Smart Alex - which bills itself as having "smart humor with attitude," has sold over 16 million cards that are usually sold at [...]
Wed, Nov 22 2006 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

The Democratic Revolution
DPN Dunn's BeatNovember 10, 2006It does not seem that long ago when the Republic Revolution ushered in a new dawn in American life. The "Gingrich Freshmen," congressmen and senators who took over both houses in 1995, vowed to lead the Reagan Revolution into the 21st century. They certainly did that. It culminated in the fiasco in Florida where George Bush lost the [...]
Tue, Nov 21 2006 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

News Briefs - November 17
DPN Norma MoránNovember 5, 2006TOP NEWS"Apostle of Deaf-Mutes Canonized" (Vatican City - October 15, 2006) In a recent round of canonizing, Pope Benedict XVI added Italian Father Filippo Smaldone to the list of saints. The saint (1848-1923) was dedicated to serving the poor and the "deaf-mutes" as he "saw the image of God reflected in deaf-mutes." Sign language [...]
Tue, Nov 21 2006 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Dealing with Negative Bloggers
DPN By Slemo Warigon (Posted on September 8, 2006)Virtually all negative bloggers sincerely believe they are doing the right thing -- fighting for the betterment of our community (or just theirs). Their loyal supporters reinforce such beliefs. Thus, we've to adopt a "live and let live" attitude in this situation. Here are few tips to adopt a “live and let [...]
Sun, Oct 08 2006 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Deaf in Delhi Offers Rare Perspective of Being Deaf in India
DPN By Trudy Suggs (Posted on September 8, 2006) The cover of Deaf in Delhi features a stunningly handsome, dark man, complete with fashionable scarf around neck. I couldn’t help but marvel at the black and white picture, which is reminiscent of a different era, yet resembles a modern-day Banana Republic advertisement. Deaf in Delhi details growing up deaf in India [...]
Sun, Oct 08 2006 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Dunn’s Beat on Dependence, Interdependence...
DPN By Lindsay Moeletsi Dunn (Posted on September 8, 2006)“There are extraordinary pressures on young Latinas. Often they have to straddle two cultures that seem at odds. Their families want them to be more Hispanic: but these girls really want to be more American. And no one is telling them they can and should be both” - Carolyn Curiel, Hispanic, [...]
Sun, Oct 08 2006 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

News Briefs - October 8, 2006
DPN By Christian Wojnar, DPN News Editor TOP NEWS UN Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities Takes a Giant Step Forward (Washington, DC – September 22, 2006) The United Nations has developed a treaty on the rights of people with disabilities around the world after a 5 year long negotiating process. This will soon go before the General Assembly for a [...]
Sun, Oct 08 2006 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Mosdeux: Innovation and Imagination
DPN By DJ Kurs (Posted on September 20, 2006) Chad W. Taylor and Wayne Betts, Jr. are partners in Mosdeux, a film and commercial production house based in Roseville, California. Since late 2004, the company has produced movies and shorts for clients using digital video technology. Mosdeux plans to build upon its trademark visual style, the result of work geared towards [...]
Wed, Sep 20 2006 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Dunn's Beat on September: Remembering Tragedies
DPN By Lindsay Moeletsi Dunn (Posted on September 20, 2006)September is that cool, wet month when summer fades into fall and the hurricanes begin their annual migration from north to south. Colleges and universities around the nation are filled with the hustle and bustle of a new bunch of bright, ambitious youths anxious to begin their 4 year sojourn in the halls of [...]
Wed, Sep 20 2006 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

A Year Later: "Deeply Disappointed"� But Optimistic...
DPN An exclusive interview with Dr. Glenn Anderson By Trudy Suggs (Posted on September 20, 2006) This is the second installment of a two-part article. The first installment, published September 7, 2006, may be found here. {mosimage}When Dr. Anderson stepped down as Gallaudet University board chair in November 2005 in order to apply for the university presidency, his [...]
Wed, Sep 20 2006 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

A Year Later: "Deeply Disappointed"� But Optimistic
DPN An exclusive interview with Dr. Glenn AndersonBy Trudy Suggs (Posted on September 7, 2006)This is the first installment of a two-part article. The second installment will appear on September 21.{mosimage}Hardly anybody batted an eyelash when Gallaudet University president Dr. I. King Jordan took the stage on September 1, 2005 to announce his December 2006 retirement, nearly two decades after suddenly [...]
Thu, Sep 07 2006 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Got Moxie?
DPN By Kevin McLeod (Posted on September 1, 2006)Last June, the Sacramento News and Review, a weekly alternative newspaper in central California, featured an article about the lack of mental health services for deaf people in the area. The article's author, Chrisanne Beckner, did a commendable job of gathering facts, locating and interviewing local deaf community figures, pulling it all together in [...]
Mon, Sep 04 2006 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Toying Around at Work
DPN By Trudy Suggs (Posted on September 1, 2006)When you see Gabe Leung’s business card, chances are you’ll do a double-take. At first glance, you read the company information for Ooqboo. Then you see that there is more information on the other end of the card so you turn it upside down. That’s when you realize that “Ooqboo� looks the same [...]
Mon, Sep 04 2006 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Dunn's Beat on A State of Siege (or not?)
DPN By Lindsay Moeletsi Dunn (Posted on September 1, 2006)The new semester is upon us and Gallaudet University, like campuses around the nation, is bustling and vibrant with life after the summer hiatus.  After the excitement and emotions of the spring semester, came the lull of summer and mixed emotions from antagonists and protagonists in the Gallaudet University Presidential sweepstakes.While attempts [...]
Mon, Sep 04 2006 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Open letter from the coalition of organizations for...
DPN To: The Gallaudet University Board of TrusteesFr: Philip W. Bravin, Former Chair, 1988-1994     Glenn B. Anderson, Former Chair, 1994-2005Re: The Current SituationAs former chairs of the Gallaudet Board of Trustees, we are looking at the present situation with a heavy heart, knowing how the Board needs to show its resolve and at the same time act in the best interests [...]
Mon, Aug 28 2006 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Dunn's Beat on Female Bashing: War Against the Inevitable?
DPN By Lindsay Moeletsi Dunn (Posted on August 17, 2006)Carly Fiorina probably triggered a "female bash-fest" when she was unceremoniously dumped from the head honcho post at Hewlett Packard on February 9, 2005 Link here.  In January 2006, Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor stepped down to the immense relief of a great number of people not exactly enamored of her [...]
Fri, Aug 18 2006 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Terms of Endeafment
DPN By Madan M. VasishtaOne of the several reasons students do not like Dr. Fernandes, the president-select of Gallaudet University, is that she is "not deaf enough."  This is a pretty ambiguous term, so I googled it and got 91,800 hits (It will be 91,801 when or if this article is printed). There is even a book titled: "Not Deaf Enough." [...]
Fri, Aug 18 2006 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

LAID OFF?! WHAT NOW?!
DPN By Roger Kraft (Posted on August 17, 2006)Your boss calls you into his office.  It is 8:20am on a fine Wednesday morning.  Your busy, fulfilling season at work is coming up and you are looking forward to discussing some new initiatives with him.  Life is good.Instead, you are axed.  To be sure, there have been signs, rumors, and predictions about [...]
Thu, Aug 17 2006 hide this blog flag post bookmark post