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Scholarship to help deaf community attend college - News
A father's story is helping build a new scholarship for the American Sign Language program.
The William Curtis Johnson Memorial Scholarship will help members of the deaf community attend college. The scholarship will provide tuition for students to attend Marshall Community and Technical College.
The ASL student association is hosting a series of fundraisers to help fund the scholarship.
A silent auction, set to take place April 18, is among the fundraisers the association will be hosting. The ASL program has also teamed up with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints to have bake sales this week.
Leigh Ann Brewer, program coordinator of the ASL program, said the scholarship would provide members of the deaf community a chance to attend college.
"This scholarship will be for deaf students who want to attend college majoring in ASL," Brewer said. "It's been difficult for these students because of the special services they need in class, such as an interpreter. This scholarship would help fund that."
Brewer said the ASL program's goal is to provide $1,500 per semester per student with this scholarship.
Brewer said she wants to create awareness for the community with this scholarship.
"We want to be able to change college and make it more accessible to deaf students," Brewer said. "We would also like to create an awareness in the community and with the faculty and staff."
Linda Johnson, professor at MCTC, said she wants to open up opportunities for members of the deaf community.
The scholarship was established in memory of Johnson's father. William Curtis Johnson was a deaf and always wanted to attend college, but was told he couldn't.
"Daddy grew up in the coal fields of Beckley and was sent to a deaf school when he was five," Johnson said. "He always wanted to attend college, but was never able to."
Johnson said this scholarship was set up to help people like her father and she wants to provide opportunities for students to grow and further their education.
The ASL program wants to have the scholarship up and running by fall semester. Brewer said she wants at least two students to be able to attend college next year with this scholarship.
In conjunction with the fundraisers, the ASL program is also reaching out to the community for support. It is in the process of creating brochures and fliers with William Curtis Johnson's story. West Virginia Electric has already offered to help sponsor the scholarship.
A father's story is helping build a new scholarship for the American Sign Language program.
The William Curtis Johnson Memorial Scholarship will help members of the deaf community attend college. The scholarship will provide tuition for students to attend Marshall Community and Technical College.
The ASL student association is hosting a series of fundraisers to help fund the scholarship.
A silent auction, set to take place April 18, is among the fundraisers the association will be hosting. The ASL program has also teamed up with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints to have bake sales this week.
Leigh Ann Brewer, program coordinator of the ASL program, said the scholarship would provide members of the deaf community a chance to attend college.
"This scholarship will be for deaf students who want to attend college majoring in ASL," Brewer said. "It's been difficult for these students because of the special services they need in class, such as an interpreter. This scholarship would help fund that."
Brewer said the ASL program's goal is to provide $1,500 per semester per student with this scholarship.
Brewer said she wants to create awareness for the community with this scholarship.
"We want to be able to change college and make it more accessible to deaf students," Brewer said. "We would also like to create an awareness in the community and with the faculty and staff."
Linda Johnson, professor at MCTC, said she wants to open up opportunities for members of the deaf community.
The scholarship was established in memory of Johnson's father. William Curtis Johnson was a deaf and always wanted to attend college, but was told he couldn't.
"Daddy grew up in the coal fields of Beckley and was sent to a deaf school when he was five," Johnson said. "He always wanted to attend college, but was never able to."
Johnson said this scholarship was set up to help people like her father and she wants to provide opportunities for students to grow and further their education.
The ASL program wants to have the scholarship up and running by fall semester. Brewer said she wants at least two students to be able to attend college next year with this scholarship.
In conjunction with the fundraisers, the ASL program is also reaching out to the community for support. It is in the process of creating brochures and fliers with William Curtis Johnson's story. West Virginia Electric has already offered to help sponsor the scholarship.