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The GUAA presents three annual awards: GUAA Above and Beyond Volunteer Award in honor of Pauline ‘Polly’ Peikoff, E-’36 To an individual, deaf, deafblind, hard-of-hearing, or hearing, from within the Deaf community who has contributed to the community through volunteerism, separate from their employment. GUAA...

Sports helped deaf students forge a special bond. Players learned sportsmanship, leadership, and teamwork. Students rooted for their classmates. Regional competitions with other schools for deaf children routinely drew large deaf audiences and were a time of celebration and sharing. Gallaudet players in this 1927...

During World War I & II, deaf people found jobs in industries throughout the country. In Arkon, Ohio, the Goodyear and Firestone tire and rubber companies recruited hundreds of deaf workers. By 1920 nearly 1,000 deaf employees were in the Goodyear and Firestone plants. But...

"If deaf persons are not considered good enough to run the university then what's the point of having a university for deaf people?" ~ Dr. Allen Sussman Gallaudet faculty member When Gallaudet University began searching for a new president, qualified deaf applicants were encouraged to...

Norma Morán, Senior Advisor Jean Lindquist Bergey, Curator Douglas Slaunwhite, Exhibition Coordinator Scott Carollo, Exhibition Designer Amy Stevens, Exhibition Designer Thadeus Brown, Web Designer Tabitha Jacques, Living Exhibit Director Jane Norman, Gallaudet Museum Director Stacia Clifton Daphne Cox Brian Greenwald Kristen Harmon Julie Hochgesang Tabitha...

In 1867, two new schools were founded on the principle of "pure oralism": the Institution for the Improved Instruction of Deaf-Mutes (now the Lexington School for the Deaf), in New York City and the Clarke Institution for Deaf-Mutes (now the Clarke School for the Deaf...

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