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Dr. Carolyn McCaskill, ’77, G-’79, & PhD ’05, was featured last week on medium.com, a website with more than 80 million viewers worldwide. Edward Sylvan, chief executive officer of Sycamore Entertainment Group, conducted a far-ranging interview with Dr. McCaskill. In this interview, Dr. McCaskill discusses her life story, career, research on Black American Sign Language, favorite books, the person she most wants to meet for breakfast, important quotations, her thoughts on leadership, and more.
Medium.com interviewed President Cordano in January. Read this article.
Dr. McCaskill is co-author, with Dr. Ceil Lucas, Dr. Joseph Hill, and Dr. Robert Bayley, of The Hidden Treasure of Black ASL. Watch the companion videos.
Dr. McCaskill also has been named to the Alabama School for the Deaf Hall of Fame. She is one of six members of the Hall’s Class of 2022. Her selection was based on education and leadership; the other five inductees are being honored for their athletic achievements. The formal induction ceremony will be held during the summer of 2022. Congratulations, Dr. McCaskill!
Roberto E. Wirth, E-’74 & H-’09, passed away on June 5 in Rome, Italy. Mr. Wirth was owner and managing director of the Hotel Hassler in Rome, one of the most prestigious family-owned hotels in the world, and owned several other hotels and resorts throughout Italy. He was a strong advocate for deaf people in...
Alumnus Timel Benton has signed a contract with the Bay Area Panthers of the Indoor Football League (IFL). Benton, who graduated last month, is the first Gallaudet Bison to sign a professional football contract since Tony Tatum signed on with the Utah Blaze in the now-disbanded Arena Football League (AFL) in May 2013. Benton was...
James Caverly, ’11, who plays Theo Dimas in Hulu’s Only Murders in the Building, will play Professor Harold Hill in the Olney Theatre Center’s summer production of Meredith Willson’s Tony-winning musical The Music Man, which opens tonight and runs through July 23. The show’s official opening is on Thursday, June 23. Sandra Mae Frank, ’13,...
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