Hi5—August 9, 2019

Special announcement 

President Cordano and Vice President Ndura have released a statement about the mass shootings last weekend in El Paso and Dayton. This statement is available now at my.gallaudet.edu, and has been emailed to all community members. Watch for it!

Wrapping up our WFD coverage

We have been reporting on the XVIII World Congress of the World Federation of the Deaf since mid-July. The event, held in Paris, was historic on many levels. Our own Joseph Murray, a professor in the Department of American Sign Language and Deaf Studies, was elected WFD president, and WFD and Gallaudet entered into a cooperative agreement. Let us share with you this photograph of Gallaudet community members at the WFD Gala held on Saturday evening, July 27. We are already looking forward to the next Congress in 2023 in the Republic of Korea!

Scholar-athlete Hannah Neild advances in NCAA Woman of the Year process

Hannah Neild, a senior education major and three-sport athlete from New Hampshire, is one of 148 conference-level nominees for the NCAA Woman of the Year award. This honor “recognizes graduating female college athletes who have exhausted their eligibility and distinguished themselves in academics, athletics, service and leadership throughout their collegiate careers.” NCAA will narrow the field to 30 candidates in early September and nine candidates in late September. The winner will be announced on October 20 at a ceremony in Indianapolis. At Gallaudet, Hannah played soccer, basketball, and softball. We congratulate Hannah and wish her well in the competition!

Chief Operating Officer search update

The search committee for the Chief Operating Officer (COO) is underway!  The committee includes co-chairs Eyob Zarayesus and Nicole Sutliffe, G-’10; and committee members Liz Brading, Nathaniel Palacios, E-’15; Earl Parks, ’99; Christina Shen-Austin, ’02; John Skjeveland, ’93; and David Strom, E-’81. The committee will screen applications and recommend finalists to meet with President Cordano and members of various stakeholder groups on campus in late September. 

Join us in welcoming the Class of 2023!

In less than two weeks, we will welcome our Class of 2023! Please join us on Thursday, August 22 for a fun-filled day of New Student Orientation (NSO) events -- among them breakfast, a Bison Pride tent, a pep rally and Bison Pride walk, the official university welcome, lunch, an Academic Expo, a Bison Festival with a barbecue dinner and gelato dessert truck, and evening entertainment! The complete NSO schedule, with times and locations, is at https://www.gallaudet.edu/student-success/new-student-orientation/nso-schedule.

Upcoming events

Mark your calendar now for three major events during the month of September! President Cordano’s Welcome Home address will be on Wednesday, September 18, and will include a full day of exciting events. Also coming up is the H Street Festival, Saturday, September 21 from 12 to 7 p.m. on H Street between Third and 14th Streets, Northeast. The following Monday, September 23, is the International Day of Sign Languages. More information will follow!

Have a good weekend!