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Stephen Farias, ’05, has been appointed Superintendent of Demonstration Elementary and Secondary Schools at the Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center (Clerc Center), effective immediately.  Stephen, a graduate of Kendall Demonstration Elementary School, the Model Secondary School for the Deaf, and Gallaudet University, served as...

Check out the new Necessity of Now (NOW) fundraising campaign video! NOW honors Black Deaf history and culture, celebrates Black Deaf achievements, and elevates the lives and futures of Black Deaf students. NOW will fund the creation of the world’s largest monument to the Black...

Commencement 2024 is history!   Gallaudet University celebrated its 400 graduating students last week, with Commencement ceremonies for graduate students and undergraduate students on May 10, along with many associated events, including Lavender Graduation and the Students of Color Graduation.   One hundred sixty students...

California State University, Fresno (Fresno State) will award honorary doctorates to three individuals this year. One of the three is Gallaudet University President Emeritus Robert R. Davila, ’53 & H-’88. He will receive the degree of Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa during the commencement...

Dorothy “Dot” Miles, ’61, was a well-known sign language poet, performer, and political activist from Wales. She wrote poems in English, then signed them in British Sign Language and American Sign Language. Last week, Purple Plaques Wales honored her as their 16th “remarkable woman” and...

Nuestra Casa, the Center for Latine Deaf Studies, hosted three events April 4-6 with Dr. Jamila Guerrero-Cantor, G-’07, a social justice advocate who has done extensive research on Deaf undocumented Mexican immigrants navigating college in California. Guerrero-Cantor also serves as Secretary of the Dolores Huerta...

Eight Gallaudet University students and six staff and faculty members visited the Mary W. Jackson National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Headquarters on April 12. While there, they met the NASA administrator, toured the new Earth Information Center (EIC), and interacted with two deaf NASA employees.   This...