Lisa Jacobs Joins CPSO as Manager, GURC Mid-Atlantic Region & Outreach Development

CPSO Dean Dr. Joseph “Jay” Innes recently announced the newest member of the CPSO team:

Lisa Jacobs

“I am very pleased to welcome the newest member of the CPSO team:  Lisa Jacobs is joining us as Manager, GURC Mid-Atlantic Region & Outreach Development.  She will be working directly with Janne Harrelson, director of Regional & National Outreach, and the other Gallaudet University Regional Center (GURC) directors and staff around the country, focusing her efforts primarily on the mid-Atlantic region.

Lisa brings with her a wealth of experience to CPSO and to the GURCs. Most recently, she was the coordinator for national training, and before that, an outreach specialist, at the Clerc Center where she worked closely with the GURCs.  She coordinated the train-the-trainer program and developed systems for recruiting a cadre of well-qualified trainers for national mission initiatives.  Lisa is also an exceptional trainer herself, conducting workshops on issues related to literacy for deaf and hard of hearing students as well as sexuality education, teaming with our own Dr. Asiah Mason.

Earlier in her career, Lisa taught ASL and Communication at Gallaudet University, served as an educational planner and taught in the Communication Department at MSSD. Lisa was co-coordinator of the Gallaudet University Graduate School’s Language and Cultural Colloquium for several summers.  She has also served as an educational consultant with Dawn Sign Press and Educational Testing Services.

Lisa has been active with the Deaflympics over the years, and also worked in India, teaching deaf children and helping provide leadership development to deaf adults.  She graduated with a MA degree in Education from Western Maryland College (now McDaniel College) and earned her BA degree in English from Gallaudet University.

Lisa began her duties at CPSO on September 2, 2008.  Her office will be in the Kellogg Conference Hotel, 3rd floor.  Please join me in extending a warm CPSO welcome to Lisa Jacobs.”

Deaf Chinese Woman Experiences First Baseball Game

“Growing up in America and playing baseball, I found it fascinating that I’d be able to take someone to a ballgame for the first time in their life,” said Michael Walton, CPSO’s Publishing and Marketing Coordinator.  Walton enjoyed a fun-filled evening with his friend, Yiqiao Wang, a media design major at Gallaudet, at a Washington Nationals game this past August.

Neither Wang nor her parents have seen each other since she moved to Washington in 2005 to attend Gallaudet.  “In addition to  showing Yiqiao the game of baseball, I thought it would be fun to share the experience on the web so her parents could see her,” he said.

In addition to studying for her degree (she’s on schedule to graduate in 2009), Wang also works on special projects for CPSO, performing high-quality design work for CPSO’s various publications.

To read Walton’s article, and view the video, click here.

CPSO New Offices

Hall Memorial Building

In an effort to centralize CPSO staff, we have moved most of our offices to the Hall Memorial Building (HMB).

The Project Support Unit (PSU), is now located in HMB S141, to the right of the main entrance of HMB.  Gallaudet Leadership Institute and Professional Studies (GLIPS), along with the Language Planning Institute staff, is located in HMB E111.  On the 2nd floor of HMB, the International Outreach offices are in E253.

Janne M. Harrelson, Gallaudet Regional Centers Director, is located in the Kellogg Conference Hotel (KCH) on the 3rd floor in room #3305.