Ernest Hairston and Mencie Hairston - I am Gallaudet

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Ernest Hairston ’61 & PhD ’94 and Mencie Hairston G-’77

Ernest – West Virginia & Mencie – Philippines

Gallaudet offers more than just academics. Gallaudet provides opportunities for personal and professional growth by offering connections, friendships, and relationships that you never imagined were possible.

Here at Gallaudet, you are loved, no matter whether you are deaf, hearing, deafblind, a new signer, or from abroad.

Discover a community at Gallaudet that will support you and embrace you. Just like Ernie and Mencie, you will experience love and be astonished by the multitude of possibilities that Gallaudet has to offer on your journey.

#IAmGallaudet Stories

Explore the stories of a variety of members of our Gallaudet community.

A person with shoulder length blonde hair and navy blue polo shirt is sitting and watching another person sign.

Sabina Shysh

Alumni
Belarus and Arizona

A person with black beard, white polo shirt and khakis, sitting in a chair, with hands clasped.

Elijah Henderson

Alumni
St. Louis, MO

Woman in long sleeve black top smiling at camera in her dorm room.

Annabelle Scroggins

Undergraduate
Texas

Woman sitting with arms crossed over chest, smiling with black hair on top of head, dark green camo jacket and pants.

Midajah Davis

Undergraduate
New York

The #IAmGallaudet campaign is part of The Gallaudet Promise, our ten-year vision to share the story from many different angles and show that there are many different ways to be deaf. These stories are moving, insightful, and often triumphant. These also reflect the importance of the space Gallaudet has offered to nurture the growth of a broad range of successful members of the deaf, hard of hearing, and signing community.