Presenting #GUAlumniPresents: “We Belong” by Storm Smith, ’10

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[SHARON NARRATING] When our academic advisor asked us

how our semester had been going, we couldn’t put it more simply.

Allow me to take you back to the beginning of the semester.

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Home.

It can mean many things to different people.

Home can means many things for us.

It is hard when you feel home in an unfamiliar space.

And, then

I saw a sign.

If only my heart would believe this,

to just find the courage and take the leap.

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Our fears can make us run in opposite directions.

And, oftentimes to nowhere.

It is up to me to decide how I want to do this.

Then this happened.

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Thank you.

[SHARON NARRATING] The pen?

I’ve learned only you can write

your chapter, your story, your own experiences.

How can I sum up my experiences?

I love my classes.

I’ve made friends I know will be lifelong friends.

I’ve found my home at Gallaudet.

This place is teaching me to embark on my own journey.

Looking back, I do know one thing’s for sure.

I don’t know what the next few years will look like.

But I do know I want to be here.

I belong.

I belong.

I belong.

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Gallaudet is Strong

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Goldman Sachs Institutional Client Symposium – Gallaudet University

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hello my name is Alicia I’m a student at

Gallaudet University

there is no stigma of disability for

being deaf here everything is ready for

deaf people if the world was set up like

this is deafness wouldn’t be a

disability anywhere

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I’m Bobby Giordano president of

Gallaudet University Gallaudet

University is the only place in the

world that truly embraces learning

through your eyes learning through

American Sign Language and English

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Gallaudet University was established in

1864 by an act of Congress and signed

into law by President Lincoln what we’ve

become over the last 153 years is a

research epicenter a center of

excellence and key influencing that we

are able to do on the learning

opportunities and how it is to create

leaders and change makers and innovators

in the world who are deaf hard of

hearing and deafblind

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here at Gallaudet we have about 1,700

students in total when they come to

Gallaudet they get here and realize that

shared experience of being a minority

where they suddenly together can become

a majority that they’re tied together

through language through the visual

experience through the history of

experience that they bring with them it

creates a community that is strong and

resilient and willing to challenge one

another

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my name is porno I am an associate

professor in the Department of

Psychology here at Gallaudet University

classrooms and environments here are set

up to accommodate visual learning

my name is max I’m a proud student at

Gallaudet University a lot of the

buildings and rooms on campus are set up

with deaf space principles and designed

with those principles what I enjoy most

about teaching here at Gallaudet is the

students themselves the students are

fearless about asking questions and

bringing different perspectives it was

wonderful to have no barriers to

socialization no barriers with

communication no barriers from making

connections I hadn’t experienced that

outside the deaf community I am Carrie

and I’m a very proud student of

Gallaudet University I’m currently a

double major in government law and

International Studies it’s been a place

that if I hadn’t been here I may have

concentrated only on a single identity

and not really been in line with all the

identities I have that have really

propelled me forward in life

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we represent what’s possible

we represent how language especially a

visual language and here American sign

language how it can unleash the power of

learning to generate new knowledge to

create new possibilities for the future

people who have graduated from Gallaudet

who have gone on become lawyers and

doctors and teachers and coaches and

scientists this is a university that’s a

mecca for a lot of deaf people deaf

people from all over the world come to

Gallaudet Gallaudet is a treasure it

represents a treasure for deaf people

it is a place where we’re comfortable

welcome

safe scene and noticed

we’re a beacon for deaf people around

the world to see what is possible just a

beacon of hope and optimism and future

for so many

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I’m Phil.

Karen.

Tami.

Tony.

I attended another university for my undergraduate education.

I thought my world was big then.

However, when I came here,

I was blown away as I was exposed to a lot.

I knows you will as well.

Back when I was I was a student at my local public high school

I was just an athlete only,

that’s essentially all I saw myself as.

Here at Gallaudet University,

I’m part athlete,

part student of academics,

an all around person.

I am more than just an athlete.

Back in high school

I was experiencing hearing loss

After navigating for a bit,

I found myself feeling alone.

I couldn’t say I had much friends.

I came to Gallaudet

and it’s truly been life changing.

Being on the same playing field as others

with equal communication access,

I’m immersed in a learning and signing environment.

It just feels natural.

Your journey will start here,

like mine did.

GO

BISON!

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GU Overview

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