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The Campus Activities Board and American Sign Language Knights started the first annual UCF Deaf Awareness Week in the Pegasus Ballroom on Monday with "Laugh Your ASL Off," a comedy show conducted entirely in sign language.
The show featured Keith Wann, Windell "Wink" Smith, Jr. and a character called Francisco, an ASL student. An interpreter provided translation to the audience as the comedians joked about everything from their parents to their iPhones.
Wann derived most of his performance from his experiences as a CoDA, or child of deaf adults. He has traveled across the country with his performances to bring together hearing and deaf cultures through his comedy.
"I want to thank you because you're learning my parents' language," Wann said.
Francisco was the second act of the night. He joked about interactions between hearing and deaf students attempting to communicate. Francisco was a CoDA and is married to a CoDA, and his act focused on how differently they communicate from hearing couples.
"The most essential lesson here is that deaf people are very skilled at noticing everything," Francisco said.
Wink was the last act featured in the show and signed about growing up as a CoDA and his daily challenges as a working interpreter.
"ASL is such a beautiful language because you can become whatever you want to become," Wink said.
On Tuesday ASL Knights will be hosting "Deafness and ASL at UCF" from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in Classroom Building 1, Room 319. It will be an open forum to answer questions about the issue of deafness on campus and the struggle to keep the ASL program and minor strong at UCF.
"The whole point of this week is to spread awareness about their unique culture," said Ashley Medina, senior communication disorders and sciences major. "They have their own identity."
On Wednesday the ASL Knights and UCF's National Student Speech Language Hearing Association (NSSHLA) will host a meet and greet in front of the Student Union from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Continuing the campus Deaf Awareness Week for Thursday, there will be a silent lunch in the Student Union cafeteria in front of Burger King and later that day a Movie Knight showing "Children of a Lesser God" at 7 p.m. in MAP 359.
The last event of the week will be a silent dinner at 7 p.m. on Friday at the Applebee's on University Blvd.
"This turnout is a lot more than we expected so we're pretty optimistic for this week," said Maggie Perez, director of the CAB Fine Arts and Culture Committee. "So many students can benefit from attending these amazing events."
All the events for Deaf Awareness Week will be free, except the silent dinner at Applebee's where guests will pay for their meals.
The Campus Activities Board and American Sign Language Knights started the first annual UCF Deaf Awareness Week in the Pegasus Ballroom on Monday with "Laugh Your ASL Off," a comedy show conducted entirely in sign language.
The show featured Keith Wann, Windell "Wink" Smith, Jr. and a character called Francisco, an ASL student. An interpreter provided translation to the audience as the comedians joked about everything from their parents to their iPhones.
Wann derived most of his performance from his experiences as a CoDA, or child of deaf adults. He has traveled across the country with his performances to bring together hearing and deaf cultures through his comedy.
"I want to thank you because you're learning my parents' language," Wann said.
Francisco was the second act of the night. He joked about interactions between hearing and deaf students attempting to communicate. Francisco was a CoDA and is married to a CoDA, and his act focused on how differently they communicate from hearing couples.
"The most essential lesson here is that deaf people are very skilled at noticing everything," Francisco said.
Wink was the last act featured in the show and signed about growing up as a CoDA and his daily challenges as a working interpreter.
"ASL is such a beautiful language because you can become whatever you want to become," Wink said.
On Tuesday ASL Knights will be hosting "Deafness and ASL at UCF" from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in Classroom Building 1, Room 319. It will be an open forum to answer questions about the issue of deafness on campus and the struggle to keep the ASL program and minor strong at UCF.
"The whole point of this week is to spread awareness about their unique culture," said Ashley Medina, senior communication disorders and sciences major. "They have their own identity."
On Wednesday the ASL Knights and UCF's National Student Speech Language Hearing Association (NSSHLA) will host a meet and greet in front of the Student Union from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Continuing the campus Deaf Awareness Week for Thursday, there will be a silent lunch in the Student Union cafeteria in front of Burger King and later that day a Movie Knight showing "Children of a Lesser God" at 7 p.m. in MAP 359.
The last event of the week will be a silent dinner at 7 p.m. on Friday at the Applebee's on University Blvd.
"This turnout is a lot more than we expected so we're pretty optimistic for this week," said Maggie Perez, director of the CAB Fine Arts and Culture Committee. "So many students can benefit from attending these amazing events."
All the events for Deaf Awareness Week will be free, except the silent dinner at Applebee's where guests will pay for their meals.