ayala920

As a future student of Gallaudet (fall 2006), I'm especially interested in the selection process for the next president of the university. I'm curious to hear what you all think. The finalists:

Jane Fernandes has been Provost at Gallaudet University since 2000, and previously served as Vice President for the Clerc Center from 1995-2000. She received her bachelor’s degree in French and Comparative Literature from Trinity College in Connecticut, and her M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Iowa in Comparative Literature.

Ronald Stern has served as Superintendent of the New Mexico School for the Deaf since 2000, and was previously Director of Instruction at the California School for the Deaf in Fremont for ten years. He has a B.A. in Sociology from Gallaudet, an M.A. in Special Education from California State University at Northridge. Ron expects to complete his Ed.D. at the University of New Mexico in December 2006.

Stephen Weiner is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication Studies at Gallaudet University. His previous administrative roles at Gallaudet include Dean of the School of Undergraduate Studies (1995-2001), Executive Director, Student Development (1993-94) and Director of the Career Center (1990-1993). Both his B.A. and M.A. are from Gallaudet and he earned his Ed.D. in Counseling and Development from American University.

Some sites of interest:

Deaf DC
Gally's Presidential Search Update Page
Gally President Watch

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"Most English-speaking people...will admit that cellar door is 'beautiful', especially if dissociated from its sense (and from its spelling). More beautiful than, say, sky, and far more beautiful than beautiful. Well then, in Welsh for me cellar doors are extraordinarily frequent, and moving to the higher dimension, the words in which there is pleasure in the contemplation of the association of form and sense are abundant."

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Cousin Vinny

Ok, I'll bite! Listed below is my reply in Deafattorneys.com forums. (Slightly edited.)Yes, I know Dr. Glenn Anderson did not make the final round. I would have liked him to be a candidate in the final round!

Cousin Vinny

Another reply of mine in the same forums:

ayala920

Eyeth, I was hoping you'd reply! I figured you would have some thoughts on the subject.

Personally, I wish Gallaudet had provided more than a three or four sentence description of each of the remaining candidates. Sure, knowing their educational and employment history is important, but I'd like to know more about them as people. Hopefully Gallaudet will put their upcoming speeches on the website for viewing.

I agree with what you said about Stephen Weiner (I can't help but laugh at the name alone. I wonder what his sign name is....), as far as a lack of "outside" experience. That could be an advantage, as it could mean he knows more about the university's workings than the others, but also as a disadvantage, for obvious reasons.

Enrollment has been decreasing in recent years, which is sad to see. It actually increased this year, but who knows if that will be a continuing trend. I certainly hope so. Perhaps it's because Wyoming is failing- there isn't a single Gallaudet student currently enrolled who is from Wyoming. I wonder if they'll count me as a Wyoming resident for statistical purposes. *ponders*

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"Most English-speaking people...will admit that cellar door is 'beautiful', especially if dissociated from its sense (and from its spelling). More beautiful than, say, sky, and far more beautiful than beautiful. Well then, in Welsh for me cellar doors are extraordinarily frequent, and moving to the higher dimension, the words in which there is pleasure in the contemplation of the association of form and sense are abundant."

ayala920

This was interesting to me, probably moreso than it will be to other people:

Number of hearing undergraduates for fall semester, 2005:
Freshmen: 12
Sophomore: 7
Juniors: 11
Seniors: 5

Total: 35

Number of hearing undergraduates for spring semester, 2006:
Freshmen: 5
Sophomore: 6
Juniors: 7
Seniors: 6

Total: 24

I wonder what the reason was for the drastic change in only one semester.

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"Most English-speaking people...will admit that cellar door is 'beautiful', especially if dissociated from its sense (and from its spelling). More beautiful than, say, sky, and far more beautiful than beautiful. Well then, in Welsh for me cellar doors are extraordinarily frequent, and moving to the higher dimension, the words in which there is pleasure in the contemplation of the association of form and sense are abundant."

Dennis

I'm hoping it'll be Mr. Stern. He seems to be the best in all the qualifications I'm looking for:

1) Deaf background
2) Educational institution background
3) Well liked, well respected, and well known in both hearing and deaf communities. There may be people who dislike him, but the bottom line is, if you took a poll, he would be liked or neutral.
4) Has family that can be looked on as role models for the deaf and are also known in the hearing community. I don't care that they "used marijuana" or whatever.
5) Doesn't polarize the Gallaudet campus. Ms. Fernandes generates dislike against her -- I'd like to instill someone with the ability to unite the campus, not divide it.
6) Actively involved in his own education, as seen in his pending Ed. D.
7) Can hob-nob and fundraise with the best of them, especially in DC.

Foxrac

When back to 1989, Gallaudet tried to hire hearing president then many students were protest against them.

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EDGE

I hear about good thing abou deaf africa dude. He should be president of Gally.

Endymion

In formal academics, to be a university president you generally need an academic PhD. I'm a little surprised Stern made it to the final round. If he really is the man for the job, kudos to him.

No matter who wins, I hope for the best!

Nesmuth

You forgot to add he's a Kappa Gamma knight. Take a look at the resumes of the folks at NMSD. You can smell Kappa Gamma in almost all of them. He'll turn Gallaudet into a Kappa Gamma fortress and that's something the new deaf society cant afford.

Richard

Dennis

Is he really a "Kappa Gamma" knight, as you seem to have a problem with, or is he someone who a long time ago entered the fraternity and simply associates with as an alumnus?

I've looked at the NM School for the Deaf staff list. I guess I have a hard time understanding your comment about the KG stronghold as many of the staff members are female, and unless KG opened their doors to female pledges, I think your concerns are without merit.

Even I, after leaving my deaf fraternity only a few years ago, barely keep connected with my boys, and I'm still considered one of the most loyal and supportive alumnus. I haven't seen anything that points to Mr. Stern being a KG whacko like I've seen others in the deaf community who have gone to Gallaudet and only joined KG to have an excuse to party and make trouble, and then do things like pass on NAD college bowl answers to their ol' team with KG members.

Y

My Humble Opinion:

None of them are qualified...

I can smell another Gally Protest again !!!

ayala920

For those of you stating that you don't like candidates for personal reasons, what do you mean? I don't know much (anything) about the candidates, so I don't know what you mean by your negative comments.

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~Ayala~


"Most English-speaking people...will admit that cellar door is 'beautiful', especially if dissociated from its sense (and from its spelling). More beautiful than, say, sky, and far more beautiful than beautiful. Well then, in Welsh for me cellar doors are extraordinarily frequent, and moving to the higher dimension, the words in which there is pleasure in the contemplation of the association of form and sense are abundant."

Nesmuth

My reasons is not 'personal'. It comes from a professional and from an interagency perspective.

I seen the dirty faces of Kappa Gamma, the dirty actions, the signs they distributed, the elections they upset, and many of their childish pranks their spooks commit on deaf people who represent the future of deaf society. All they do is disrupt the peaceful coesistance between deaf community and the deaf people who are bridges to the hearing world. Do we need this in Gallaudet?

Not to mention the sophomoric stuff they did to Tom Bertling, Stephen Hardy, Paulette Caswell, Frances Parsons, even myself, and many other people.

The only place that Kappa Gamma people belong is in St. Elizabeth's Hospital because one thing for sure is that theyre all members of the international league of deaf paranoids!

Richard

CatoCooper13

I don't know much about the 2 other candidates, but from a personal and former student level perspective...I would reckon Ron Stern could do the job as President of Gallaudet. He was middle school principal for a number of years at California School for the Deaf, Fremont, plus a few other hats around the school before moving onto becoming Supt. of NM School for the Deaf.
I've seen him in action of encouraging and boosting leadership potiential in students at school.
Just my 2 cents.

Interpretrator

From a purely statistical standpoint, it's pretty hard to draw a conclusion from such a small sample. (Sorry to sound so pedantic, it's all the grad school reading.)

I'm up to my ankles in irony here.

Deaf Images

That was 1988!

Deaf Images

I can agree! I did not appreciate KG for its antics back then. When they wanted to interview me, they put me in a room blindfolded and made me stay seated for a long time...then they opened the blindfold and I was shocked to find their swords aimed at my eyeballs. I got PISSED OFF and refused to do anything further with STUPID KAPPA GAMMA!!!!! They are the sickos like Richard says! I agree!

They have free pass to St. Elizabeths! I can concur with that!!!

kalboy

i second that

Heath

For me, I think that as long as the new president is Deaf and is very good with money and knows how to work with a wide range of people and is not so politically correct then that would be a good choice for G.U.

deafdyke

Well maybe this time, we'll get the first born deaf president of Gally!

kalboy

hahahahaha

Cousin Vinny

There's a slickly produced video blog made by Joseph Baer. It is of high quality, none of those poorly pixelled productions enamating from the YouTube videoblogging masses. Unfortunately, it isn't subtitled or captioned. For those who know ASL, please visit...

Gallaudet Presidential Search Video Blog

The participants pretty much echo my concerns about Gallaudet and its challenges it faces in modern times. I particularly enjoyed the video, as I saw some participants I haven't seen in years.

Deaf Images

Yes, I saw the same thing too. Joey did good job! I am pleased and yes, I agree that Ron Stern can be a good choice as he is an outsider and Deaf. Two others may not help Gally as they have been inside too long and do not bring any fresh perspective to Gally. It was good to see some old friends. I was there three times 1972, 1977 and 1983. Good Lawd! Glad I finished my degree at hearing college! Ratz! he he

Nesmuth

This is Ron Stern's zeal.



Compare this with other frat sites and you'll see why this kind of zeal is not acceptable to the new deaf generation.

Richard

Oakley_04

Nozobo's aunt was Gallaudet president sectiatry for long time and she said they are down to 3 finalist and she said she bet it would be Jane Fernados, sadly no one likes her due to her nasty attitdue

WhoKnows

Hopefully, it won't happen again. If the situation looks not right, there may be another protest necessary.

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Heath