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Silent Bucs sponsors Deaf Awareness Week - News
ETSU's Silent Bucs, a campus organization of students who are interested in deaf and hard of hearing issues, have been busy planning for Deaf Awareness Week (DAW).
DAW is the first week in October, which is National Disabilities Awareness Month.
The Silent Bucs will be selling T-shirts and handing out informational flyers and brochures today in the Culp Center atrium from 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
On Oct. 3, there will be two presentations given by Crystal Piver, president of Silent Bucs and Louis Ricciardi, club secretary, in Meeting Room 1 on the third floor of the Culp Center.
"I'll be speaking in general about what it is like to live life as a deaf person and Crystal will talk more about deaf culture and how it differs from the hearing world's culture," said Ricciardi.
"We want to raise people's awareness about deaf students and to provide a resource center for deaf students to get the help they need," said Piver, noting also that many people don't realize that there is a whole separate culture for deaf people that exists along side of their own.
The mission of the Silent Bucs has three parts.
The first is to strive toward better communication between the deaf and hard of hearing world and the rest of the university.
The second is to encourage those who are deaf and hard of hearing to keep working toward their goals.
The third is to work with the deaf and hard of hearing people within the community.
Silent Bucs meets every other Friday at 1:30 p.m. in the Disability Services conference room on the third floor of the Culp Center.
In addition to the events planned for DAW, there will also be an American Sign Language (ASL) class every Monday following DAW for six weeks. The class will be from 6 p.m. to 7: 30 p.m. in Rogers Stout Hall.
For further information students can contact Ricciardi via email at lsrccrd@gmail.com.
Linda Gibson, the Director of Disability Services, will be conducting a workshop called The Ten Commandments of Disability Communication on Oct 3 from 1:30pm- 3pm in the old health building. "We can't do as much this year as we've done in the past because of the renovations that have been going on," said Gibson.
ETSU's Silent Bucs, a campus organization of students who are interested in deaf and hard of hearing issues, have been busy planning for Deaf Awareness Week (DAW).
DAW is the first week in October, which is National Disabilities Awareness Month.
The Silent Bucs will be selling T-shirts and handing out informational flyers and brochures today in the Culp Center atrium from 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
On Oct. 3, there will be two presentations given by Crystal Piver, president of Silent Bucs and Louis Ricciardi, club secretary, in Meeting Room 1 on the third floor of the Culp Center.
"I'll be speaking in general about what it is like to live life as a deaf person and Crystal will talk more about deaf culture and how it differs from the hearing world's culture," said Ricciardi.
"We want to raise people's awareness about deaf students and to provide a resource center for deaf students to get the help they need," said Piver, noting also that many people don't realize that there is a whole separate culture for deaf people that exists along side of their own.
The mission of the Silent Bucs has three parts.
The first is to strive toward better communication between the deaf and hard of hearing world and the rest of the university.
The second is to encourage those who are deaf and hard of hearing to keep working toward their goals.
The third is to work with the deaf and hard of hearing people within the community.
Silent Bucs meets every other Friday at 1:30 p.m. in the Disability Services conference room on the third floor of the Culp Center.
In addition to the events planned for DAW, there will also be an American Sign Language (ASL) class every Monday following DAW for six weeks. The class will be from 6 p.m. to 7: 30 p.m. in Rogers Stout Hall.
For further information students can contact Ricciardi via email at lsrccrd@gmail.com.
Linda Gibson, the Director of Disability Services, will be conducting a workshop called The Ten Commandments of Disability Communication on Oct 3 from 1:30pm- 3pm in the old health building. "We can't do as much this year as we've done in the past because of the renovations that have been going on," said Gibson.