Davilla in the UK Today
At The Rim Visit by President of the world’s only university for Deaf students Press release issued 20 May 2008The President of the world’s only university specifically designed for Deaf and hard of hearing students will be in Bristol later this week to give two special talks. Dr Robert Davila, President of Gallaudet University, will talk about the current situations of Deaf peo...
Higher Education Culture Fri, May 23 2008 hide this blog

Gallaudet University & Bilingualism
submit by: Oscar Serna I respond to one blogger about Gallaudet University and bilingualism.
Higher Education Language Culture Fri, May 23 2008 hide this blog

Ohlone College Breaks Ties with NTID!
The Deaf Sherlock G'day Everyone!In what has been termed the latest shot fired across the NTID bow over the name of the Tower B dorm of NTID has begun.Ohlone College has broken away from being one a supporter of the NTID Community and coming out against the Alexander Graham Bell's name on the dorm.For facts of the reasons why: [link] from NTID Student Congress to Alan Hurwitz: [link] ...
Higher Education Audism Thu, May 22 2008 hide this blog

Letter from the Faculty of the Center for Deaf Studies...
Orange Brown Coalition Dear AlanIt is with sadness we find it necessary to send this letter to inform you of our decision to cease doing business with NTID. As an educational institution committed to cultural pluralism, we feel it is important to stand united with individuals and groups whose goal is to eliminate any vestige of oppression and discrimination against all disenfranchised grou...
Higher Education Audism Thu, May 22 2008 hide this blog

NSC President's letter to Dr. Hurwitz
Orange Brown Coalition Dr. Hurwitz,I strongly feel that students should be able to participate in the discussion about this issue in the fall. I also suggest to set this form again during 40th anniversary NTID reunion. We should work together soon to set up dates for two upcoming forms. Give us some time to consider if a new plaque should be put in the place of the old one, and if so, what ...
Higher Education Language Audism Thu, May 22 2008 hide this blog

Update on ASL as a foreign language
DeafWomynPride Several people from our community and from all over have written to both the Virginia Pilot and to ODU's faculty senate. The Virginia Pilot is going to do a follow up story. But I agree with the comments on Deafvideo.tv that this needs to gain national attention. Colleges, universities and institutes of higher education need to broaden their definition of "foreign lan...
Higher Education Language Wed, May 21 2008 hide this blog

One of Kind: ASL & Literacy Instructor Program
Adrian 4 ASL I just completed 2 years of studies in the ASL & Literacy Instructor Program (ALIP) at George Brown College (GBC) here in Toronto. I made this video promo for ALIP to be shown at the annual Mayfest (deaf expo event) last year at the GBC booth. It was shown again this year. I thought it would be a good idea to upload it and share it with everybody. I've throughly enjoy...
Higher Education Language Culture Wed, May 21 2008 hide this blog

NTID President Responds re: Bell dorm
Orange Brown Coalition Reprinted here with author's permissionOn 5/21/08 4:03 PM, "Alan Hurwitz" wrote:Dear Colleagues and Students: I have been deeply touched by the reaction to my decision regarding leaving the Alexander G. Bell name on our dormitory. I have read and reread the emails and postings on the topic, and have reread the report of the working group several times. While the posti...
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Protesting the dorm name at NTID!
The Deaf Sherlock G'day Everyone!How long has it been for NTID to have this awful name on Tower B for so many years? How long has NTID (National Technical Institute for the Deaf (had to say it for the hearing audience out there) ) on the campus of Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) known for many years that Alexander Graham Bell has never been a supporter for the Deaf Community?Wh...
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NTID Fac/Staff Responses re: Decision Honoring AG Bell
Orange Brown Coalition Responses to the NTID community re: Dr. Hurwitz’s announcement of his decision to keep the dorm name in A.G Bell’s honor and to have the plaque revised:(reprinted with permission by the authors. Additions will be added when permission is received)On 5/16/08 1:06 PM, "Karen Christie" wrote:Greetings...Given that the working group came to an “unanimous agreement that A...
Higher Education Audism Tue, May 20 2008 hide this blog

Bilingualism
ayala920's Xanga When I was a Gallaudet student I heard a lot about "bilingualism." Gallaudet, in an effort to comply with MSCHE's accreditation standards, is in the process of making the university “bilingual.” To do this, they've begun providing ASL interpretations of many of the written announcements on the website, such as the website for the new SLCC...
Higher Education Language Tue, May 20 2008 hide this blog

Ayaz Ali - "In/Visible" Critique
NTID Deaf Cinema Class
Media Higher Education Art and Storytelling Tue, May 20 2008 hide this blog

Harry G. Lang: Honeoye Falls resident, a professor at...
Jim's DEEP Thoughts the 2008 Robert F. Panara Award for contributions to deaf education at a statewide conference held in Rochester earlier this month. (Panara, 87, presented the award.)Harry G. Lang writes about education and history in the deaf population
Media Higher Education Mon, May 19 2008 hide this blog

Critque of "Soulmate" by Kyle Redefer
NTID Deaf Cinema Class To view the film Soulmate - click the title and scroll down 
Media Higher Education Art and Storytelling Mon, May 19 2008 hide this blog

Critique of "A deaf person's guide to sound sensitive" by...
NTID Deaf Cinema Class
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Critique of "Black" by Martin Brenneis
NTID Deaf Cinema Class
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NTID President Reaches Decision on Bell Dorm
Orange Brown Coalition O & B received permission from Dr. Hurwitz to reprint the materials below in this website.From: Alan Hurwitz Date: Fri, 16 May 2008 11:08:40 -0400To: NTID - AllCc: Bill Destler , Don Beil , Gerard Buckley , Christine Licata , Ellie Rosenfield , Al Smith , Alan Hurwitz (note email addresses have been removed to prevent spam)Conversation: Decisions regarding AGBel...
Higher Education Audism Fri, May 16 2008 hide this blog

Salute to the Gallaudet Grads of 2008!, NTID 40th reminder,...
The Deaf Sherlock G'day Everyone!A whole academic year has flown by and now it's graduation time again at Gallaudet University! Please SALUTE these hard working students who have earned the right to host their undergraduate and graduate degrees in a PROUD BISON TRADITION!Today, there's the graduate hooding ceremony that will be on webcast today. [link] webcast begins at 3:30pm today (...
Higher Education Thu, May 15 2008 hide this blog

"INDIANA JONES AND THE SECRETS OF MARTHA'S VINEYARD"
Deaf Anthology Barnett College, Fairfield, New YorkIndiana: "Is Amy here, Amy?" (raising voice in crowded roomful of hopeful interns, flicking light switch, pointing to Amy, signing "You, Deaf?")Amy: "Yes, me Deaf..."Indiana: "You in my office, everyone else leave, job slot taken."Ricky: "You picked the most beautiful from the crowd..Amy: "Here's my resume, love your collection of a...
Higher Education Language Audism Tue, May 13 2008 hide this blog

Silly Girls at Gally
Waving With My Deaf Hands My roommate Susan and me at Gally in our first year! We shared pictures with full of memories on Video Phone ,and we scanned all the pictures of wild kids and parties through emails. It has been 23 years. We miss having a blast at Gally and want to be young again once more!
Higher Education Art and Storytelling Culture Tue, May 13 2008 hide this blog

UCI Gets $27.2 Million Today For Stem Cell Research
The Orange Deafie Blog (VIDEO ABOVE WAS PART OF THE GRANT PROPOSAL)This the letter that I just got in my emailbox,Stem Cell Patient Advocate Committee, We are very pleased to announce that UC Irvine was awarded $27.2 million today from the state to build a new stem cell research facility that will unify and strengthen the campus’s fast-growing stem cell biology program and serve as a hub fo...
Higher Education Tech Mon, May 12 2008 hide this blog

What to do???
Confessions of a DeafBlind Mother Been a busy couple of months here in Oklahoma! Finally got my Permanent Resident card from Immigrations back in January. Then went to get my SSN # (thats SIN # for you canucks). Started job hunting with hardly any luck, living in a town of 5,000 people with the big companies being WalMart, Lowe's and Walgreen's. Got a call from Walgreen's to come in and finish th...
Higher Education Audism Mon, May 12 2008 hide this blog

Lindsey’s Story
Cochlear Implant Online Lindsey and I met each other through HearingExchange on Facebook several months ago and we got to know each other through sending each other messages. Lindsey has a very interesting perspective as a CI user as she was raised with the oral approach but immersed herself in the deaf ...
Higher Education Tech Culture Mon, May 12 2008 hide this blog

Live webcasting of Commencement events
Inside Gallaudet For anyone who cannot make it to Gallaudet's 2008 Hooding Ceremony or Commencement exercises, the events will be available online via live webstreams. And anyone can relive the memories with archived videos available the following Monday.
Higher Education Sun, May 11 2008 hide this blog

Bob's Vlog: A conversation with Brooke Budzinski, Brian...
Inside Gallaudet Bob's Vlog: A conversation with Brooke Budzinski, Brian Lucas, and Arlyn Penaranda On this week's Bob's Vlog, President Davila interviews three students graduating next week--Brooke Budzinski, Brian Lucas, and Arlyn Penaranda.
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