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NTID's National Advisory Group awards three for outstanding service
(Rochester Institute of Technology, 2003-06-09)The National Technical Institute for the Deaf's National Advisory Group named Kathy Darroch, Barbara Ray Holcomb, and Jeannette Vargas winners of its 2003 Outstanding Service Award. The award is given annually to faculty ... -
NTID's student actors sink teeth into challenges
(Democrat and Chronicle, 2005-10-25)Some people may think the Rochester Institute of Technology is just for students who want to learn computer science or engineering. But costumed actors in makeup who take to the stage six times a year on campus are ... -
NTID's Warfield receives peacemaking award
(Rochester Institute of Technology, 2004-02-23)Thomas Warfield, a faculty member in the Cultural and Creative Studies Department at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID) at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), recently received the Jennifer Patterson ... -
NTID/RIT lands additional $1.1M to expand global effort for educating deaf
(Rochester Institute of Technology, 2007-02-08)The Nippon Foundation of Japan has awarded the National Technical Institute for the Deaf at Rochester Institute of Technology $1.1 million to expand its leading role in improving education and career opportunities for deaf ... -
NTID/RIT lands second major award to lead global effort for educating deaf
(Rochester Institute of Technology, 2002-04-04)Japan's The Nippon Foundation has awarded the National Technical Institute for the Deaf at Rochester Institute of Technology $1.16 million to continue its leading role in improving education and career opportunities for ... -
NTID/RIT lands third major award to lead global effort for educating deaf
(Rochester Institute of Technology, 2003-03-01)Nippon Foundation has awarded the National Technical Institute for the Deaf at Rochester Institute of Technology $1.19 million to continue its leading role in improving education and career opportunities for deaf people ... -
Nuccio receives NTID distinguished alum award
(Rochester Institute of Technology, 2006-02-03)Jelica Bruer Nuccio, M.P.H., executive director of the Deaf-Blind Service Center in Seattle, Washington, is this year’s winner of the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) Distinguished Alumni Award for the National ... -
On stage with Ozzy is a sign of the times for local woman
(Gates Chili Post, 2005-10-06)Chili’s Susan Manley’s summer rocked as she interpreted for the deaf at concerts. -
One family, four cochlear implants
(Hearing Loss Magazine, 2006-02-01)A Rochester, New York, family of four all received cochlear implants during one week in 2004. As “Deaf community” members, how do their experiences compare with those of other cochlear implant users? The Matchetts tell ... -
Organization aims to remove communication barriers for deaf
(Chicago's ABC7 - TV, 2007-03-05)The demands for interpreting services for people who are deaf and hard of hearing continue to rise. There are a number of agencies in the Chicago area which provide communication services, but only one of them is owned by ... -
PEN-International wins Computerworld award
(Rochester Institute of Technology, 2006-05-14)The Postsecondary Education Network-International, a grant program based at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf, a college of Rochester Institute of Technology, has been named a 2006 Education and Academia ... -
Perseverance is key, NTID's Hurwitz tells deaf grads
(Rochester Institute of Technology, 2004-06-18)Dr. T. Alan Hurwitz, vice president for Rochester Institute of Technology and dean of the National Technical Institute for the Deaf, told deaf high school graduates that higher education and perseverance are critical to success. -
Pittsford resident wins excellence in teaching award
(Rochester Institute of Technology, 2001-06-12)On Sidney McQuay's wall is a framed, embroidered message, a 1984 gift from a former student's mother. It reads, "For his vast and always available supply of love, wisdom and patience, Sidney L. McQuay truly deserves the ... -
Poetry in motion: The flying words project
(Rochester Institute of Technology, 2008-01-24)Poetry readings aren’t always quaint recitals of rhyming text. And for the performance artist team of Peter Cook and Kenny Lerner, being in the same time zone isn’t even a requirement for them to practice together. -
Portsmouth graduate finds college a mix of two worlds
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President of Ireland to visit RIT
(Rochester Institute of Technology, 1999-04-01)Mary McAleese, eighth president of Ireland, will receive an honorary doctorate of humane letters from RIT May 7 for work promoting peace and commitment to civil rights and the rights of the disabled. McAleese made history ... -
Professor Donald Beil; NTID applied computer technology program, 1997 Eisenhart winner
(Rochester Institute of Technology, 1997-05-01)Most good teachers probably can recall the moment when they decided on their chosen career. For Donald Beil, professor in NTID's Applied Computer Technology (ACT) program and 1997 Eisenhart Award winner, that "life altering" ... -
Professor Donald Beil; NTID applied computer technology program, 1997 Eisenhart winner
(Rochester Institute of Technology, 1997-05-01)Most good teachers probably can recall the moment when they decided on their chosen career. For Donald Beil, professor in NTID's Applied Computer Technology (ACT) program and 1997 Eisenhart Award winner, that "life altering" ... -
Protesters vow to keep university barricaded
(Los Angeles Times, 2006-10-13)Nearly 20 years ago, massive student and faculty protests at Gallaudet University led to the appointment of I. King Jordan as the first deaf president in the long history of the nation's only university for the deaf. -
Provost's grants jump start projects
(Rochester Institute of Technology, 2002-06-05)Rochester Institute of Technology has awarded Provost's Learning Innovations grants to two research projects related to improving learning for deaf students. Rico Peterson of the Department of American Sign Language and ...