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Press release courtesy of Commission of Deaf, DeafBlind & Hard of Hearing Minnesotans Saint Paul, Minnesota. Governor Mark Dayton declared September 30, 2016 to be "Roberta J. Cordano Day" at the request of the Commission of Deaf, DeafBlind & Hard of Hearing Minnesotans. On the...

The highly anticipated installation of President Roberta J. Cordano took place in front of a huge, enthusiastic crowd at the Field House on the afternoon of September 30, 2016. It was highlighted with the investiture of Cordano by Board of Trustees members Duane Haliburton, '85,...

Howie Seago, current William H. and Ruth Crane Schaefer Distinguished Faculty who is teaching in the theater program during the 2016 fall semester, is working with his THE 495 students to translate William Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus into American Sign Language (ASL). Their work was showcased...

Gallaudet University, and its development partner, The JBG Companies, announced November 15, 2016 that Hall McKnight, an award-winning architectural practice from Belfast, Ireland, has won the Gallaudet University International Design Competition. This announcement is the culmination of a three-stage design competition, run by the London-based...

Priscilla's Promise, a domestic violence awareness event named after Priscilla Vinci, '76 was presented at House One on November 11, 2016. The presenters were Master's of Social Work (MSW) program, DAWN (an organization that provides support services for deaf people that have experienced or are...

On December 13, 2016, Gallaudet was awarded a $25,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) to support a deaf-blind theatre initiative in 2017. This endowment is part of a $30 million grant effort by the NEA, awarded to nonprofit organizations and individuals...

Mari Klassen, '13 G-'14, is passionate about serving as an advocate to promote and preserve American Sign Language so that all deaf and hard of hearing children have accessibility to language."I want to teach our youth how to be involved because this is our future,"...