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    • Deaf man realizes dream of being cop 

      Livadas, Greg (Democrat and Chronicle, 2006-07-19)
      A familiar face on the Rochester Institute of Technology campus is pursuing his dream, one that makes him a rarity: becoming a police officer despite a hearing loss.
    • Deaf people at work: a assessment of communication among deaf and hearing persons in work settings 

      Foster, Susan; MacLeod, Janet (Taylor & Francis, 2003)
      This paper focuses on the assessment of communication among deaf and hearing persons within work settings. The paper is organized into two sections. In the first section, findings are presented from an ethnographic study ...
    • "Deaf People in Literature" suggested activities for teacher/students 

      Panara, Robert (Council of the American Instructors of the Deaf (CAID), 1985)
    • Deaf persons of Asian American, Hispanic American, and African American backgrounds: A study of "intraindividual" diversity and identity 

      Foster, Susan; Kinuthia, Waithera (Oxford University Press The definitive version is available at http://jdsde.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint/8/3/271, 2003)
      This article explores the ways in which deaf college students who are members of minority racial groups think about and describe their identities. In depth, semi structured interviews with 33 deaf students of Asian American, ...
    • Deaf Presenter Series features deaf actor 

      Unknown author (Rochester Institute of Technology, 1998-05-01)
      Anthony Natale, the deaf actor who played the deaf son of the title character in the Oscar-winning movie "Mr. Holland's Opus," will be a featured speaker at NTID as part of NTID's Deaf Presenter Series, funded by the ...
    • Deaf RIT student named to Alpha Sigma Lambda 

      Unknown author (Rochester Institute of Technology, 2000-04-01)
      Amy Storch, a third-year social work student from Howard Beach, New York, recently was named to Alpha Sigma Lambda in recognition of her collegiate grade point average (which met the criteria of being 3.4 or better) and ...
    • Deaf RIT swimmer succeeds in NCAA competition 

      Unknown author (Rochester Institute of Technology, 2000-03-01)
      Tara Nesbitt, 18, of Oakville, Ontario, Canada, ended her first collegiate season with two top 20 finishes at the 2000 NCAA Division III Women's Swimming Championships.
    • Deaf student elected at RIT 

      NTID (Rochester Institute of Technology, 2006-04-08)
      For the first time in its history, a deaf student has been elected president of Rochester Institute of Technology's student government. Elizabeth "Lizzie" Sorkin, 24, a film/video and animation major at RIT, was elected ...
    • Deaf student elected at RIT 

      NTID (Democrat and Chronicle, 2006-04-28)
      For the first time in its history, a deaf student has been elected president of Rochester Institute of Technology's student government. Elizabeth "Lizzie" Sorkin, 24, a film/video and animation major at RIT, was elected ...
    • Deaf student poets to visit Japan 

      NTID (Rochester Institute of Technology, 2005-04-11)
      Last year, Sam Sepah, a deaf student from Rochester Institute of Technology, was thrilled when he learned that, as a winner of the Robert F. Panara Haiku/Tanka Competition, a video of him performing his Haiku would be ...
    • Deaf student to attend school with his peers 

      Tjernagel, Kelsi Turner (Kentucky.com/Lexington Herald Leader, 2005-08-03)
      When Erik Banks graduates from Scott County High, he will not only cross a bridge to his future, but also build a bridge to close the communication gap he experiences daily.
    • Deaf students exhibiting an acute sense of calling 

      Livadas, Greg (Democrat and Chronicle, 2005-07-27)
      A school setting might be the last place many rising high school seniors would like to spend summer vacation, but more than 200 of them are doing just that at Rochester Institute of Technology's National Technical Institute ...
    • Deaf students help RIT's concrete canoe team win 

      Unknown author (Rochester Institute of Technology, 1998-05-01)
      Two deaf civil engineering technology students on RIT's concrete canoe team celebrated a victory this month.
    • Deaf students present bust to Davila 

      Unknown author (Rochester Institute of Technology, 1998-05-01)
      Deaf students led by Victor Medina, a film and video student from San Diego, California, raised funds to commission a life-sized bust of Dr. Robert Davila, vice president for NTID. They presented the prototype of the ...
    • Deaf studies in fiction/film 

      Panara, Robert (1985)
    • Deaf Tennessee student finds success at RIT/NTID 

      Nazor, Karen (Chattanooga Times Free Press, 2007-04-27)
      “Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.” —Publius Syrus. A couple of weeks ago, I received an e-mail from DaVonna Mason updating me on a story I had written about her daughter, Somer, 18 years ago.
    • Deaf theater: audience appeal 

      Linza, Pamela; Conley, Pamela (2006-09-01)
      A majority of Deaf Americans agree that viewing a typical theatrical performance is a formidable task. In the second half of this century, attitudinal changes made by Americans have resulted in new and increased opportunities ...
    • Deaf women establishing service for deaf victims of abuse 

      Unknown author (Rochester Institute of Technology, 1998-06-01)
      Sharon Gutshall Haynes, SVP'76; Vicki Hurwitz, '93; Beth Ann Metlay, SVP'75, '80; Shirley Martina Moore-Reid, SVP'83; and Sharon Staehle are planning a new service, Advocacy Services for Abused Deaf Victims (ASADV) of ...
    • Deaf workers can be heard from at Lucent 

      Pohl, Laura Zahn (Chicago Tribune, 1999-11)
      When Gary Etkie started working at the former Bell Labs in 1981, he felt isolated. As the only deaf employee, he would go to the library at lunch because he had no one to communicate with.
    • Deaf, advocates to convene here 

      Livadas, Greg (Democrat and Chronicle, 2007-03-30)
      Captioned television and movies, licensing for interpreters and emergency preparedness for the deaf are among the topics on the agenda for this weekend's conference of the Empire State Association of the Deaf.