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08/29/2024

Who’s excited for BisonFest? We are!

TODAY - August 28 | 4-7 p.m. | Gallaudet Mall

08/28/2024

New faces, new dreams - welcome to the Gallaudet Graduate program family! 🎓 ✨ 🦬

08/27/2024

First week of college: new connections, new beginnings. Let’s make it count! 📚🤝

08/26/2024

Class is officially back in session. 💻🎒📚

Welcome to the first day of the new semester, Bison!

Get ready to hit the books, attend thrilling lectures, and engage in thought-provoking discussions. Here we go.

08/25/2024

Fall Semester. It’s tomorrow, are you as excited as we are!?

Here are some of our faves from NSO move-in last week!

08/14/2024

Get ready for an action-packed fall semester at Gallaudet!

Don’t forget to save the dates and join us for all the exciting campus events:
🧳 August 20: Move-in day
✨ August 21: Bison Walk
🍔 August 21: Community Welcome BBQ
💃🏽 August 21: Drag Bingo Night
🙌 August 22: ASL SLAM! Night
🤟 August 23: ASL Trivia Night
📚 August 26: First Day of Classes
👋 August 29: BisonFest
🏟 September 14: First Bison football home game
🥁 October 16-19: Homecoming
🍂 November 25-29: Fall Break
❄️ December 14: Winter Break begins

See you soon Bison!

08/01/2024

On July 22, we celebrated the one year anniversary of the historic graduation ceremony where 24 Black Deaf students from Kendall School Division II were given their high school diplomas that were denied to them more than 70 years ago due to discrimination.

The July 22 gathering brought together more than 60 guests to the Kellogg Conference Center Hotel for a time to remember and reflect in community on Kendall 24 Day.

A mini-exhibit displayed renderings of the forthcoming Louise B. Miller Pathways and Gardens: A Legacy to Black Deaf Children, which will be the world’s largest monument to the Black Deaf community as well as an outdoor learning space.

Learn more at gu.live/NOW.

07/29/2024

Authority Magazine’s Young Change Makers: Our very own Trent Mora shares his “5 things I wish someone told me when I first started” when it comes to debating and why?

1. Organization is key.
2. Not all feedback is equal.
3. It is not about creating the ultimate argument but creating the BEST argument you can.
4. Almost anything can be framed one way or another.
5. Stay focused on the billion-dollar question. The million-dollar question is what and why; the billion-dollar question is how.

Check out more of what Trent had to say at: https://gu.live/ChangeTM

07/26/2024

Can you believe there’s only 1 month left until the Fall 2024 semester? Who’s excited and ready for it?

We sure are! 🦬🦬🦬

07/17/2024

Get your Aha! faces ready – just five days remaining until STAMP Summer Bridge!

07/16/2024

We’re pretty confident our Jumpstart students will figure out “the human knot” team building exercise next week.... just like we’re confident these emerging signers will be day-one ready for an immersive ASL experience this fall!

Only 5 more days left!

07/15/2024

Meet Elijah Henderson, ‘22! Upon graduating, the communication studies major worked with Gallaudet’s in-house career coordinator to apply for the U.S. Department of Labor’s Workforce Recruitment Program. Within days, the talented young Bison was fielding inquiries from several federal agencies!

He began his career as a program support specialist with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in D.C., and today, he works with the U.S. Department of Labor on Section 508 compliance, IT onboarding, and safety and health programs.

Congratulations, Elijah!

07/12/2024

Renowned Deaf artist, Nancy Rourke has been working on a large mural on the west wall of the National Deaf Life Museum space in Chapel Hall at Gallaudet since early June.

The eight-panel mural will depict seven Indigenous figures, representing the two tribes from the Washington, D.C. area, the Piscataway and the Nacotchtank. Learn more about it at: gu.live/cDNSg

07/11/2024

Start the countdown! Just 10 days remaining until we take Gally’s newest crop of future environmental scientists, epidemiologists, and cybersecurity experts into the wild during the STAMP Summer Bridge Program.

Each summer, Gallaudet faculty hosts incoming first-year students pursuing science, technology, or mathematics fields for a 4-week immersion program that serves as an on-ramp to life at Gallaudet. Live in the residence halls, hit D.C. hotspots, hang out with your future professors and peers – there’s no better way for Bison scientists to hit the ground running.

07/11/2024

Raise your hand if you’re pumped for JumpStart! We can’t wait to welcome our emerging signers in just 10 days. Remember, no matter your background or signing ability, you have a home at Gallaudet!

07/03/2024

Today marks 72 years since Mrs. Louise B. Miller and other parents of Black Deaf children won the Miller v. the D.C. Board of Education case, opening the door to educational access for Black Deaf children in Washington, DC.

Mrs. Miller is an overlooked hero whose fight against segregation within Deaf education helped pave the way for the Brown v. Board of Education Topeka decision.

Learn more about her role in American civil rights history - GU.live/LBMiller

06/27/2024

Dr. Carla García-Fernández has been named new faculty director of Nuestra Casa, the Center for Latine Deaf Studies. A 1992 Gallaudet graduate, Dr. García-Fernández comes to us from the Department of Deaf Studies at California State University, Northridge (CSUN), a school that is known for having the first Chicano Studies department in the United States. We look forward to her arrival in August!

Read more about Dr. García-Fernández at: https://gu.live/edMOM

06/25/2024

This week, the Gallaudet University debate team had the opportunity to compete in the Transatlantic Dialogues for Future Leaders at École de Guerre in Paris, France.

Gallaudet debaters Aubrie Bauer and Lorelei Becktel represented the university at the third and final tournament of the 2024 Transatlantic Dialogues. Although the team did not make it to the finals, our very own Lorelei won 2nd best speaker at the tournament.

Congratulations to both Aubrie and Lorelei for representing our Gallaudet Bison across the seas!

06/24/2024

Surrounded by other parents, Tiffany Scofield was watching her son fulfill his college dream at Gallaudet’s new student orientation when it dawned on her:

A college degree was 𝒉𝒆𝒓 dream, too.

So she enrolled in Gallaudet’s Online Degree Completion Program, which offers students with at least 45 college credit hours the ability to finish their bachelor’s online.

“The online classes have been a game changer for me in balancing my roles as a student, a mom, and a full-time employee,” she said. “The program’s flexibility, accessibility, and resources have allowed me to manage my responsibilities while staying committed to my education. If that dream is still out there for you, know this: it’s never too late!”

06/18/2024

Two recent graduates of our very own master’s degree program in accessible human-centered computing (AHCC) have been offered private sector jobs.

• Molly Feanny is assuming the role of Senior Advisor, Machine Learning Engineer at Dell, where she also interned last summer.
• Alison Nana will be a UX (user experience) Research Lead Senior Associate at JPMorgan, shaping product design for the financial services firm.

Also, Procter & Gamble has committed to having three interns from the AHCC program.

Congratulations to Molly and Alison, and to the program faculty!

Where will an education from Gallaudet take you?

06/17/2024

Did you know Gallaudet University’s mascot is lovingly named Gally?

Did you know that Gally’s mascot costume was redesigned in 2014?

What sets Gally apart from most mascots? Movable fingers so they can sign!

Did you know the Smithsonian National Zoo here in DC has a bison named after Gally?

Happy National Mascot Day!

06/15/2024

Congratulations Eric Gregory!

INDIANAPOLIS - For the first time in school history a Gallaudet University student-athlete will participate in the U.S. Olympic Team Trials. All-American sprinter Eric Gregory (Metairie, La.), the three-time defending NCAA Division III National Champion in the 400-meter dash, will don the buff and b...

06/14/2024

We’re so proud of our former marketing intern, Jenica Teregeyo ’24, as she starts her career with Rocky Mountain School for the Deaf as a marketing and communications specialist!

The Communication Studies major was a terrific production assistant and script supervisor. We’ll miss you, Jenica!

06/05/2024

Happy World Environment Day! Over 3,500 solar panels have been installed on seven of our campus buildings, generating enough electricity to power 400 homes!

The project also brings revenue to the university, reduces costs, generates clean energy, and provides resiliency benefits.

Read more in the latest Gallaudet Today Magazine at GU.live/GT524.

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06/02/2024

June is here!

Celebrate the LGBTQIA+ community at this month!

Gallaudet embraces diversity and growth for all!

Happy Pride Month!

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05/23/2024

Congratulations to our very own .gu Director and alumni, Russ Stein, ’95, and Melody Stein, E-’00. They and their family were recently featured on the Jennifer Hudson Show for their deaf-owned business, Pi00a.

They shared how they create a more accessible workspace in the food industry and level the playing field for the deaf community through their business. Keep up the great work and delicious food!

What will more of our alumni do next?!

Photo courtesy of the Jennifer Hudson Show.

05/21/2024

Graduate students from our very own Master of Arts in Accessible Human-Centered Computing (AHCC) and Master of Arts in Interpreting programs, along with several undergraduate students, presented student-led papers on accessibility topics at the prestigious ACM CHI conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems at the Hawaii Convention Center in Honolulu.

The conference has a highly competitive acceptance rate of just 26 percent for submissions. Congratulations to all involved!

Read more at: https://gu.live/OGnue

05/19/2024

Our Spring 2024 Art and Media Design students showcasing their painting projects reflecting on several aspects of inspiration and culture. They were also involved in the creation of a mural in front of Washburn Arts Center!

What could you be inspired to create here?

(Front row, left to right) Amber Virnig, Jarius Evans, Hannah Wetzel; (Middle row, left to right) Kaitlyn Ruble, Sarah Armstrong, Heskarleth Rodriguez, Jenica Teregeyo, Leah Kaftan; (Back row, left to right) Nicholas Spacht, Lou Cherena Santiago, Breanna Power, Angela Martinez, and Professor Tracey D. Salaway. Missing: Charisma Garcia and Michelle Huh.

Offered by the Gallaudet University Art and Media Design Program, Spring 2024.

Photo credit: Kylie Frelich

05/10/2024

Undergraduate Ceremony | 154th Commencement

Come watch and celebrate our students as they graduate!

05/05/2024

The National Deaf Life Museum has been awarded a Visions-Projects and Events grant to produce a two-year exhibition led by Indigenous deaf curators!

The exhibition, opening October 2024, will merge the stories of Indigenous cultures that were the original stewards of the land of Washington, D.C. with the stories of the Deaf community that has occupied Kendall Green since 1857.

Read more here: gu.live/uiYBz