Gallaudet University by Lyuba Moiseyeva, Lena Muchordova, Anna Karnauchova

Gallaudet University was founded in 1864. University was originally for both deaf and blind children. It was the first school for the advanced education of the deaf and hard of hearing in the world and remains the only higher education institution in which all programs and services are specifically designed to accomodate deaf and hard of hearing students.

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Columbia Institution for the Deaf, circa 1893, shortly before the collegiate department became named after T.H. Gallaudet

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This is a logo for Gallaudet University.

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In 1856, Amos Kendall, a postmaster general during two presidential administrations, donated two acres of his estate in northeast Washington, D.C. to establish a school and housing for 12 deaf and six blind students.

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Edward Miner Gallaudet, the son of Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, founder of the first school for deaf students in the United States, became the new school's superintendent.

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Sculpture of Edward Miner Gallaudet, the first superintendent of the school

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Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet (December 10, 1787 – September 10, 1851) was a renowned American pioneer in the education of the deaf.

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Department of Health, Education and Welfare and Gallaudet President Leonard Elstad signed an agreement authorizing the establishment and operation of MSSD on the Gallaudet campus.

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In the 1990s, a generous contribution from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation enabled the University to construct the Kellogg Conference Hotel at Gallaudet University

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the Deaf Way II is a festival which attracted 10,000 deaf, hard of hearing, and hearing people from around the world.

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Graduate programs at Gallaudet are open to deaf, hard of hearing, and hearing students and offer certificates and master of arts, master of science, doctoral, and specialist degrees in a variety of fields involving professional service to deaf and hard of hearing people

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A sculpture of Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet and Alice Cogswell located on the Gallaudet University campus.

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Through the University career center, students receive internships that provide a wealth of experiential learning opportunities. Today, Gallaudet is viewed by deaf and hearing people alike as a primary resource for all things related to deaf people, including educational and career opportunities.

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Billingual university

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Gallaudet University is officially bilingual, with American Sign Language and English used for instruction and by the college community

Technology

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Gallaudet is a leader in the use of technology in its academic programs and services. Approximately 94 percent of courses at Gallaudet have an online component and virtually all students take at least one course using an online learning system. Such technology integration is double the average of universities nationwide.

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Research

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Gallaudet has a unique obligation to contribute knowledge and scholarship likely to benefit deaf and hard of hearing people, especially in the areas of education and human services.

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The Gallaudet Research Institute

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The Gallaudet Research Institute (often abbreviated GRI) is internationally recognized for its leadership in deafness-related research. GRI researchers gather and analyze data concerning the social, academic, and perceptual characteristics of deaf and hard of hearing populations, primarily to provide information needed by educators in the field.

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The English Language Institute

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The English Language Institute (ELI) is a sub-unit of the Department of World Languages and Cultures. ELI provides full-time instruction in English as a Second Language (ESL), American Sign Language (ASL), and cross cultural studies to international and American deaf and hard of hearing adults. Intensive study, throughout the academic year (late August to mid-May), helps students become proficient in English in order to qualify for admission to Gallaudet or another university in the United States. This program also enhances their employment potential.

Greek life

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The campus Greek community is relatively small with only 4 fraternities and 4 sororities. The four fraternities are Kappa Gamma, Alpha Sigma Pi, Kappa Sigma, and Delta Sigma Phi. The sororities are Phi Kappa Zeta, Delta Epsilon, Alpha Sigma Theta, and Delta Zeta.

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Academics

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Several programs and majors are offered at Gallaudet University. The five most popular majors are business, visual and performing arts, communication studies, physical education, and psychology.Gallaudet niversity offers thirty graduate programs in ten Departments as well as on-line and on-campus continuing education courses.

Gallaudet Administration

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Nowadays Dr. T. Alan Hurwitz is the president of the University. He became the tenth president of Gallaudet University on January 1, 2010.

Employers

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The University and the Clerc Center have 890 employees, 461 of whom are deaf or hard of hearing. A total of 230 employees are faculty members or teachers.

Campus

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The Gallaudet University campus community includes students, faculty, teachers and staff, all of whom share certain common goals and values that we all believe enrich their academic environment. The community's primary goal is to prepare students to be informed, literate, productive and responsible citizens.

Programs

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Deaf and hard of hearing undergraduate students can choose from among more than 40 majors leading to a bachelor of arts or a bachelor of science degree. Undergraduate students also have the option of designing their own majors, called "self-directed majors," in which they select classes from a variety of departments.

Online learning

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Gallaudet University offers a selection of online courses and programs for undergraduate, graduate, or professional studies credit.

Center for Continuing Studies

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English Language Institute (ELI)

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International Applicants

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The university has students from 52 countries attending Gallaudet. It also has two international-oriented student organizations-English Language Institute Student Organization and the International Student Club.

Fundraising

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University serves public purposes and is supported by the federal government, while remaining a private nonprofit organization. Gallaudet welcomes tax-deductible contributions from individuals, businesses, foundations, and organizations in support of University initiatives and priorities, including scholarships,program enhancements and development, and renovation projects.

Board of Trustees

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The Gallaudet University Board of Trustees, whose members serve on a volunteer basis, has the authority to make University-wide policy including financial and academic policies. The board is also responsible for assuring the proper management of the University and actively participating in the provision of necessary funds.

Annual University Tuition

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Tuition and room and board are charged as follows. Additional charges are applied for student activities and health-related fees. For a full explanation of the details of all charges, refer to the Gallaudet University website.

Traditions and Symbols. The Mace

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The mace that is carried by the faculty marshal as a symbol of the University’s authority made its first ceremonial installation of the fourth president of Gallaudet College. In a sense, it has existed longer than the University. It is made of the wood of three buildings historic in the education of deaf people. The largest piece is taken from the old stairway of the Tower Clock on the Gallaudet campus. Another piece comes from the oldest building on the campus of the American School for the Deaf in Hartford. The smallest one of all is a piece of plank from the wall behind the pulpit of a small 16th century church in Feuges.

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The Regalia

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The pageantry and dress of the academic procession have been inherited from the medieval universities of the 11th and 12th centuries. orn by staff and faculty during processions and ceremonies. The variety reflects the variety of institutions from which they graduated and the individual customs of those institutions.

The President’s Medallion

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The president’s medallion was presented for the first time on October 23, 1969, to a Gallaudet president. Meant to be worn on ceremonial occasions, it symbolizes the authority of that office. The medallion was redesigned in 1986 to coincide with Gallaudet’s achievement of university status and shows the seal of Gallaudet University.

The Gown:

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While 12th century gowns may have been worn as protection against the cold of unheated buildings, today the gown is symbolic of the democracy of scholarship. It is black for all degrees, with pointed sleeves for the bachelor’s degree; long, closed sleeves with a slit at the elbow or wrist for the master’s degree; and full, bell double sleeves for the doctoral degree. Often in the color distinctive of the faculty or discipline to which the degree pertains.

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The Cap. The Hood:

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Today’s mortarboard is a derivation of the cap worn in the 16th century at the University of Paris. The soft velvet cap is from the same period. Bachelor’s and master’s degree holders wear tassels of black, while doctoral degree holders wear tassels of gold. The hood is trimmed with one or more chevrons of a second color on the ground of the primary color of the college. The color facing denotes the discipline represented by the degree. Certain hood colors have historical significance.

Sport

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Sport Gallaudet leads an active sport life. University is a member of NCAA Division III and the North Eastern Athletic Conference. The teams that play in the North Eastern Athletic Conference are the men's and women's basketball, cross country, soccer teams, along with the baseball, softball, and volleyball teams.

Bernard Bragg

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Bernard Bragg (born 1928) is a graduate of Gallaudet University, who became a performer, writer, director, poet, and artist. Bragg has been mentioned in hundreds of New York Times articles. Bragg was a founder of The National Theater of the Deaf. According to the New York Times, Bernard Bragg has been "regarded by many as the leading professional deaf actor in the country".

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Irving King Jordan

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is the first deaf president of Gallaudet University, the world's only university with all programs and services designed specifically for students who are deaf and hard of hearing. That year Gallaudet students, with support from many alumni, faculty, staff and friends of the University, protested the Board of Trustees' appointment of a hearing person to the presidency.

After the week-long protest Deaf President Now, the Board reversed its decision and named Jordan, one of three finalists for the position, the eighth president of Gallaudet and the first deaf president since the institution was established in 1864.