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Deaf educator to share experiences, successes - Campus
David Geeslin, CEO and superintendent of the Indiana School for the Deaf, will share his experiences about being deaf his entire life.
Geeslin will also disprove some misconceptions about the deaf.
"I am honored to be invited by the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute to present," said Geeslin, who will be in Terre Haute today at 1:30 p.m.
"They asked me to share my journey as a deaf person from my birth to today as a superintendent of the Indiana School for the Deaf," he said.
Geeslin was the first completely deaf student to earn a bachelor's degree in linguistics from Purdue University. Also, he was first person who is deaf to receive a doctoral degree from any university in Indiana, according to ISU Media Relations.
The Indiana School for the Deaf (ISD), established in 1843, offers services to more than 300 deaf and hard-of-hearing students from nursery school to high school, according to the ISD Web site. ISD is fully accredited and sponsors outreach programs throughout Indiana.
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute is co-sponsoring the presentation with the Blumberg Center. Karen Goehl, project director of the Blumberg Center, said the Blumberg Center decided to be a co-sponsor for various reasons.
"March is Disability Awareness Month," she said. "A member from the Osher Institute program committee requested that the Blumberg Center develop one of the lectures that Osher offers each week."
"Because Marlee Matlin was at ISU as one of the speakers in the Speaker Series earlier in March, Osher members thought there might be an interest in following up with a discussion or lecture specific to deaf education," Goehl said.
Geeslin will be speaking at Westminster Village, 1120 E. Davis Dr. The presentation will last for an hour, followed by a question-and-answer session.
David Geeslin, CEO and superintendent of the Indiana School for the Deaf, will share his experiences about being deaf his entire life.
Geeslin will also disprove some misconceptions about the deaf.
"I am honored to be invited by the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute to present," said Geeslin, who will be in Terre Haute today at 1:30 p.m.
"They asked me to share my journey as a deaf person from my birth to today as a superintendent of the Indiana School for the Deaf," he said.
Geeslin was the first completely deaf student to earn a bachelor's degree in linguistics from Purdue University. Also, he was first person who is deaf to receive a doctoral degree from any university in Indiana, according to ISU Media Relations.
The Indiana School for the Deaf (ISD), established in 1843, offers services to more than 300 deaf and hard-of-hearing students from nursery school to high school, according to the ISD Web site. ISD is fully accredited and sponsors outreach programs throughout Indiana.
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute is co-sponsoring the presentation with the Blumberg Center. Karen Goehl, project director of the Blumberg Center, said the Blumberg Center decided to be a co-sponsor for various reasons.
"March is Disability Awareness Month," she said. "A member from the Osher Institute program committee requested that the Blumberg Center develop one of the lectures that Osher offers each week."
"Because Marlee Matlin was at ISU as one of the speakers in the Speaker Series earlier in March, Osher members thought there might be an interest in following up with a discussion or lecture specific to deaf education," Goehl said.
Geeslin will be speaking at Westminster Village, 1120 E. Davis Dr. The presentation will last for an hour, followed by a question-and-answer session.