The Gallaudet Leadership Institute is offering two exciting professional studies courses for December 2008. If you are interested in either of these courses, please contact GLI coordinator Tracey Kempton via email at tracey.kempton@gallaudet.edu.
To learn more about the Gallaudet Leadership Institute, please visit the GLI website by clicking here.
Deaf Women’s Leadership Workshop: Leadership in the New Economy
When: December 4 – 6, 2008
Where: Gallaudet University
Cost: $160.00
Deadline: November 20, 2008
Workshop Description
The Deaf Women’s Leadership Program provides Deaf women with an energizing focus on self-awareness, exploration, actualization, and leadership development to improve participants’ quality of life. Workshop modules are offered by nationally recognized deaf women with profound knowledge and experiences in leadership. Workshop topics include leadership styles; deaf women leadership: Catalyst for economic change; working in hearing environment; financial security for deaf woman in a downward economy; seeking and achieving balance life; caring for children or aging parents and working outside of the home and community commitment; and aerobics for busy minds.
Workshop Outcomes
Certificate of attendance and participation
A financial security plan just for you
Strategies for working in a hearing environment
Strategies for achieving a balanced life in a fast-paced and multi-tasking society
Knowledge of own leadership style and variables for maximizing leadership impact
Strategies for managing family and community responsibilities
Opportunities for networking
Project Management for Beginners (3)
When: December 5 – 6, 2008
Where: Gallaudet Univerisity
Tuition: $585.00
Deadline: November 20, 2008
Program Description
Project Management is a 3-credit course presented in a hybrid format of face-to-face and online using American Sign Language. The online component uses Gallaudet University’s state-of-the art Blackboard Learning System.
This course is based on the philosophies, principles, and practices adopted by the Project Management Institute (PMI). As one of the fastest growing professional disciplines in North America, Project Management helps you to get a firm grip on an unwieldy workload by breaking it down into manageable steps. Program content will cover requirements for certification in Project Management by Project Management Institute (PMI). Course participants will develop knowledge and skills in project management.
They will be provided with the tools they need for preparing their organizations to support the projects they manage. Participants will develop a real-life project management plan they can use to manage projects in their professional and/or personal lives.
Program Outcomes
3 Professional Studies credits
Preparation for certification in PMI
Knowledge and skills in project management
Tools for organizational mobilization for project implementation
Dr. Asiah Mason, the Director of CPSO’s Center for International Programs and Services (CIPS), is excited about the upcoming India Study Tour that CIPS will be taking from December 31, 2008 until January 10, 2009. Here, Dr. Mason discusses what to expect on the tour of this vast and diverse country:
What a great and exciting opportunity! Gallaudet University Center for International Programs and Services is thrilled about this upcoming tour of India. It is going to be a rewarding experience as we tour and study the historical cities in India. India present itself in a dizzying, creative burst of cultures and religions. It is impossible not to be astonished by India with its beautiful landscapes, national parks and mountain ranges.
During the tour, we plan to visit the following cities; Mumbai (Bombay), Delhi (New Delhi), Jaipur, Agra and Khajuraho.
Mumbai
The city is the bubblegum glamour of Bollywood cinema, shopping malls full of designer labels, cricket on the Oval Maidan, promenading families eating bhelpuri on the beach at Chowpatty, red double-decker buses queuing in grinding traffic jams and the infamous cages of the red-light district.
The week of September 30-October 3 brought together CPSO’s Regional & National Outreach (RNO) team for their annual fall meeting here at Gallaudet University.
The team consists of RNO director Janne Harrelson and 6 GURC directors, Judy Coryell (Hawai’i and Pacific region), Pam Snedigar (West region), Kim Krebs (Midwest region), Kathy Vesey (Northeast region), Lisa Jacobs (Mid-Atlantic region), and Steve Larew (Southeast region). Jean Bergey, project director for History Through Deaf Eyes is also a member of the RNO team.
The GURC directors had a very full agenda throughout the week, and met with numerous people on campus. Topics included offering and marketing extension courses, recruitment efforts, updated Clerc Center training initiatives, GURC program review, outreach work with Quest: Arts for Everyone, Gallaudet’s pending articulation agreements with community colleges, and documentation and reporting, among many others. The week coincided with the Board of Trustees meetings to give the out-of-town directors an opportunity to attend the open Board sessions, and interact with board members during the dedication and opening ceremony of the James Lee Sorenson Language and Communication Center.
The RNO team also had the opportunity to attend a luncheon hosted by CPSO in collaboration with the First Year Experience (FYE) office to honor Academic Bowl participants who are currently Gallaudet freshmen. The regional directors enjoyed seeing the students again and talking with them about how they are doing at Gallaudet. To learn more about this event, click here.
Another highlight of the week was for the GURC directors to ‘watch’ together the online registration for the regional Academic Bowls coming up this year. It was exciting to see how quickly registration filled up for many regions; the first region filled up in only a couple of minutes!
To view photos of the GURC annual meeting, click here.
In the coming months, CPSO will be posting “Get to Know” profiles of the various GURC directors on the CPSO blog. Stay tuned! To learn more about Gallaudet Regional Centers, visit the official website here.
Thanks to CPSO staffer Peck Choo-Kim for taking the photos.
Dr. Asiah Mason, Director of CPSO's International Programs and Services (CIPS)
On October 3, 2008, the Center for International Programs and Services hosted a luncheon meeting
for the Gallaudet International Work Group. This a group for Gallaudet’s faculty and staff members who are interested and are involved in doing international work.
They met to share each others’ work and interests and also to discuss and provide feedback on the new proposed guidelines and procedures for Gallaudet’s international work. This monthly event also allows faculty and staff members to highlight the work their students are doing overseas.
A special guest at the event was Dr. Jordi Serat, a Visiting Researcher at Gallaudet. He is a professor at the University of Vic, Barcelona.
The College of Professional Studies and Outreach at Gallaudet University announces its Spring 2009 catalog of online and professional studies courses.
Professional Studies courses and certificate programs are offered in a variety of formats to students from all over the world. From traditional classroom settings to online or onsite instruction, these courses cover topics designed to meet your professional training needs or to provide you with general education opportunities.
Most courses carry university credit. Some offer regular graduate or undergraduate credit, while others offer professional studies, or non-degree, credit. Many courses offer a choice of credit type. While professional studies credit do not apply to degree programs at Gallaudet University, they may be transferable to other universities and will often satisfy requirements for certification and employment. In addition, some PST courses lead to a professional certificate.
Spring 2009 classes are being offered in the following categories: American Sign Language (ASL), Computer Applications, Education, Eye Movement Integration, Genetics, Interpreter Training, Language and Culture, Leadership, Peer Mentor Training, Social Work, Test Preparation, Tutorial and Instructional Programs, and Writing.
