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Contact: Maggie Cormier, Dept. of Communicative Disorders
(815) 753-6527
November 1, 2005
NIU announces Deaf Awareness Week
November 7-11, 2005
DE KALB – Northern Illinois University will celebrate Deaf Awareness Week, “Journey to Deaf Nations,” with a variety of educational and entertainment events for hearing, hard of hearing and deaf people.
NIU events are free and open to all. Sign Language/Voice Interpreters are provided. For more information, call 753-6527 V/TTY or (815) 753-1694 V/TTY or e-mail mcormier@niu.edu or jmontag@niu.edu.
Deaf Awareness Week events include the following:
November 7, 2005
Personal Journeys
Carl Sandburg Auditorium, Holmes Student Center, 7 p.m.
Join the NIU Community as we travel with our Deaf Community neighbors on their voyages through cultural landscapes. Enjoy the panel discussing first-hand life being Deaf in two different cultures.
November 8, 2005
Travel to DeafTown
Regency Room, Holmes Student Center, 7 p.m.
Come participate in a town of the Deaf and complete your assigned tasks without the benefit of voice!
November 9, 2005
Deaf Nations Sign
Duke Ellington Ballroom, Holmes Student Center, 7 p.m.
Learn signs of other cultures to expand your horizons and sign skills. Videos of native foreign sign languages will be shown and discussed.
November 10, 2005
Voyages! Sign Sync Performances
Carl Sandburg Auditorium, Holmes Student Center, 9 p.m.
Be an armchair traveler as you watch your classmates and friends “sign” their favorite songs- you don’t even have to have a passport!
November 11, 2005
One Woman’s Deaf Voyage
Carl Sandburg Auditorium, Holmes Student Center, 7 p.m.
Meet one woman who has experienced many journeys into Deaf and Hearing Nations as she has grown from a Latino/a Deaf child growing up in foster homes to earning a Ph.D. and becoming a Deaf Professional, a Professor at University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee. Suzette Garay will share with you her “voyage” through life (co-sponsored by Latino Resource Center).
Sponsors of Deaf Awareness Week include the NIU Center for Access-Ability Resources, Department of Communicative Disorders, DeafPride, Illinois Teachers of Hard of Hearing/Deaf Individuals, Latino Resource Center, Program for Hearing Impaired and Unity in Diversity.
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