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A few years ago, Julia Petersen, ’90, was enjoying a Bison football game during Gallaudet Homecoming week. As a longtime mental health therapist/consultant for the Seattle Children’s Hospital Department of Psychiatry, she has supported many Deaf and hard of hearing youth at Seattle Children’s over...

The District of Columbia now requires movie theaters with three or more screens to provide open-captioned showings. This new law was passed by the Council of the District of Columbia in June, and is the result of years of advocacy by the District of Columbia...

The Ford and Mellon Foundations announced on July 17 their 2024 Disability Futures Fellows. Three of the 20 honorees are deaf, and one is a Gallaudet University graduate.  In its introduction to the Disability Futures program, the Ford Foundation writes, “The stories we tell and...

Brian Bippus, ’93, has been named to the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame. He is one of 17 members of the Hall’s 62nd men’s induction class, and the first deaf person ever to be inducted into the Hall.  Bippus, a 1987 graduate of Indiana School for...

Zachary Ennis, ’13, is the founder and executive director of Rochester Deaf Kitchen, a food pantry based at Rochester School for the Deaf. Zach first envisioned the pantry in 2011 while he was a Gallaudet student, inspired by his own experience with food insecurity as...

Gallaudet University mourns the passing of Dr. Mary Thumann, G-’06 & PhD ’10, a retired professor in the Linguistics program, on October 24. Dr. Thumann was 64 years old.   Mary Agnes Thumann was born in Wharton, Texas and raised in Houston. She earned her bachelor’s...

Senior psychology major Zoila Goya was crowned 2023 National American Miss Virginia at the state pageant held on August 14 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Reston, Virginia. She received her official state crown, banner, and trophy, and an invitation to compete at the National American...