Project Managment for Beginners Offered in April 2009

Coming in April 2009, Gallaudet University and Flagler College of St. Augustine, Florida, are sponsoring Project Management for Beginners, a 3-credit course presented in hybrid format of face-to-face and online. The initial face-to-face classroom work will occur on April 27-29, 2009, at Flagler College.

To learn more about this offering, click here.

Spend A Creative Day at Gallaudet – Quest for Arts March 7, 2009

A Day at Gallaudet, a full day of theater-related events to be held March 7, is designed for deaf, hard of hearing, and hearing children of kindergarten through high school age. The day will include workshops lead by Quest artists and affiliates, a lunch with members of the Gallaudet community, a campus tour, and a performance. The event is sponsored in part by CPSO.

To learn more about this event, visit the Gallaudet University story here.

2009 Regional Academic Bowl Kicks Off in February 2009

The 13th annual Gallaudet University Academic Bowl, which is coordinated by CPSO, announces its first regional competition in February 2009. Deaf and hard of hearing students from across the

Official Academic Bowl logo

United States will be vying for a chance to compete at the nationals in April 2009.

The first regional competition takes place starting February 12, 2009, at California School for the Deaf in Fremont.

For more information about the Academic Bowl, click here.

Gallaudet Regional Center Annual Meeting

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.

CPSO Announces Spring 2009 Online and Professional Studies Courses

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.

For more information, and to register for a course, visit us online at cpso.gallaudet.edu/spring.xml.