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**************************************************************** This is the E-Newsletter of Gallaudet University’s Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center, which works for the education of deaf and hard of hearing students throughout the United States.
--Clerc Center Web Site Undergoes Redesign, Reorganization-- --MSSD Students Named to Presidential Task Force, Win Awards-- --MSSD Boys Win, Girls Place Second in Clerc Classic II Tournament-- --Details of Mr./Miss Deaf Teen America Pageant Posted Online-- --Cochlear Implant Education Center’s Conference Accepts Registrants-- --Schools for Deaf Students, Conferences Among Updated Pages-- **************************************************************** --Clerc Center Web Site Undergoes Redesign, Reorganization-- The Clerc Center Web site (http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/) has gotten a facelift. Among its most notable changes are the organization of Clerc Center products by subject in the Information on Deafness listing (http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/InfoToGo/index.html) and the additions of the new Clerc Center logo, “Quick Links” in the left-hand column, and “bread crumbs,” a navigation feature at the top of each page. Features of the revised Web site design (which went public in mid-December) will be added to secondary pages in the months ahead. Feedback about the Clerc Center Web site can be e-mailed to Ken Kurlychek at Ken.Kurlychek@Gallaudet.edu. Gallaudet has also redesigned its Web pages. Its home page can be viewed at http://www.gallaudet.edu/index.html. --MSSD Students Named to Presidential Task Force, Win Awards-- A regular feature of On the Green (http://pr.gallaudet.edu/otg), a publication for Gallaudet University faculty and staff, the Clerc Center Happenings column posted in December explains how Earl Mikell III, a senior at the Model Secondary School for the Deaf (MSSD), has been selected to serve on the Youth Advisory Council to the Presidential Task Force on Employment of Adults with Disabilities. Appointed by U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao, Mikell will act as one of the advisors to the secretary of labor and her designees, including the Office of the 21st Century Workforce and the Office of Disability Employment Policy, on education, training, employment, health and rehabilitation, and independent living issues affecting young people with disabilities. The article can be read at: http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/Clearinghouse/Happenings/mikell.html. Another Clerc Center Happenings article talks about Ciara Germany and Geoffrey Mompremier, MSSD students who have won the Iva Johnson Award from the District of Columbia Area Black Deaf Advocates (DCABDA). The Iva Johnson Award is given to deaf juniors or seniors in high school of African heritage for their academic, social, and leadership skills. Both Germany, a senior from Ohio, and Mompremier, a junior from Florida, are involved in many activities, including student government and sports. The article can be read at: http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/Clearinghouse/Happenings/bda-award.html. Both articles are also accessible (along with the archives) from the Clerc Center Happenings Web site: http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/Clearinghouse/Happenings/index.html. --MSSD Boys Win, Girls Place Second in Clerc Classic II Tournament-- The results of the Clerc Classic II (http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/Sports/clercclassic.html), the second national high school basketball tournament held December 6-8 at MSSD, are available online. The boys’ bracket, which was won by MSSD, can be found at: http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/Sports/images/BoysBracket-final.pdf. The girls’ bracket, which was won by Maryland School for the Deaf, can be found at: http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/Sports/images/GirlsBracklet-final.pdf. (If you can’t open the PDF files, click here to download Acrobat Reader.) MSSD also won the cheerleading competition. --Details of Mr./Miss Deaf Teen America Pageant Posted Online-- MSSD’s Student Life is sponsoring the fourth annual Mr./Miss Deaf Teen America Pageant from April 10-14 on the Gallaudet campus. Teenagers ages 13 to 19 will compete for prizes, including scholarships. The deadline for registration is February 22. The eligibility rules, registration details, itinerary, on-line registration link, competition guidelines, judging criteria, and information about last year’s Deaf Teen America Pageant can be found at: http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/DeafTeenAmerica/index.asp. --Cochlear Implant Education Center’s Conference Accepts Registrants-- The Clerc Center’s Cochlear Implant Education Center (http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/ciec/index.html) is sponsoring a conference in April titled “Cochlear Implants and Sign Language—Putting It All Together: Identifying Recommended Practices for Educational Settings.” Information about the conference and links to registration forms, as well as general information about the Cochlear Implant Education Center, can be found at: http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/ciec/conference-flyer.html. --Schools for Deaf Students, Conferences Among Updated Pages-- Info to Go is a centralized source of up-to-date and objective information about topics dealing with deafness and hearing loss for the age group 0-21. The following Info to Go Web pages were updated in December: -- Elementary, Middle and High Schools for Deaf Students in the United States (http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/InfoToGo/schools-usa.html) -- Upcoming Conferences and Exhibits (http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/InfoToGo/conflist.html) For more information about Info to Go: **************************************************************** Information about this E-Newsletter: **************************************************************** |
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December 2001