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This past semester, when Dr. Barbara Stock asked the freshmen in one of her courses about their academic plans, she got an unexpected answer. Three of them announced that they wanted to major in criminal justice. The issue? While Gallaudet has a new minor in...

For more than 35 years, there has been a good chance that anyone walking across the Gallaudet campus would run into a Prickett sister. Darlene Prickett, Operations Coordinator for Technical Services, started her career here in 1989 as a secretary. Her younger twin sisters, Rosalyn...

Dr. Frank Robert Turk Sr., his wife Marlene Hestness Wagner Turk, and their Miniature Schnauzer Jenny died on March 12, 2025 at their home in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Dr. Turk was 95 years old, and Marlene Turk was on the cusp of her 89th...

The tragic deaths on March 13 of Frank and Marlene Turk and their canine companion, Jenny, amplify the imperative that every home be equipped with smoke and carbon monoxide detectors. In the case of deaf and hard of hearing people, these devices must be multisensory....

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 National Collegiate Athletic Association has given full approval for the Gallaudet University football team to use a helmet designed for players who are deaf or hard of hearing for the remainder of the 2024 season. The helmet, which uses the AT&T 5G cellular network,...

From time to time, we received visitors in the Museum whose family members were alumni of Gallaudet College.  Naturally, the visitors were curious about the experiences those ancestors had on campus, so after gathering what they knew about the person, I would do a short...