Partners

This new strategic partnership between Gallaudet University and Sorenson Communications aims, through a series of progressive initiatives, to inspire and facilitate collaboration between people who are deaf as well as the prospective government, education, and Fortune 500/1000 entities who engage them. Watch the official news release in American Sign Language. Gallaudet University and Sorenson Communications...

The Career Center will host its Fall 2020 Virtual Internship and Job Fair for students and alumni on Friday, November 6 from noon to 4 p.m. Eastern Time. Employers participate in the fair to recruit students and alumni for full-time, part-time, and internship opportunities. Register in advance to see a list of participating employers.

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded Gallaudet an $800,000 grant to advance visual-centric teaching and learning for deaf students worldwide. Part of the Mellon Foundation’s social justice efforts, the three-year grant will allow Gallaudet to create a new worldwide model for improving the overall quality of teaching and learning for deaf students and other...

As part of its commitment to giving back to the community, Gallaudet University is partnering with Serve Your City (SYC) and the D.C. Mutual Aid Network to provide laptop and desktop computers, tablets, wifi hotspots, back-to-school supplies, and personal protective equipment for at-risk District of Columbia public and charter school students. Specifically: Gallaudet Technology Services...

On Thursday, September 10, Gallaudet, NTID/RIT, CSD, and the National Association of the Deaf co-sponsored a webinar, “Deaf/Hard of Hearing Employees During COVID-19: Best Practices? Masks? Communicating With Customers?” to share tools, stories, and resources for deaf and hard of hearing employees to address communication challenges in the workplace. American Sign Language (ASL), English voice...

Following the development and implementation of the University’s COVID-19 plan, students, staff, and faculty will eventually return to campus. When that happens, public health programs, information, and training need to be made available on an ongoing basis. This information and training will be tailored to the University’s bilingual mission. Our public health program is leading...

I am pleased to announce that Gallaudet University and Apple have begun a multifaceted collaboration to make learning more accessible and expand both academic and career opportunities for Gallaudet students. This collaboration began almost exactly one year ago. I sent our first ever ASL and English video message to Tim Cook, Apple’s chief executive officer,...

Dear students, staff, and faculty: As we prepare to approach the fall semester remotely, we are extremely committed to our students and their learning. We are grateful to our students for challenging us last spring to higher standards for remote learning. We will continue to invest in our students through our commitment to educational excellence....

Gallaudet University is one of ​24 institutions nationwide to receive an exploreCSR grant from Google. The grant will support Gallaudet’s Information Technology program in offering a research-focused workshop in Spring 2019 to expand the pipeline in computing and information science research careers for deaf or hard of hearing women and men. Congratulations to Dr. Raja...

Gallaudet’s second annual Information Technology Summit was held on September 13. This event was sponsored by the Career Center, PNC Bank, Procter & Gamble Company, Ernst & Young, General Dynamics Information Technology, and Microsoft Corporation. It connected over 60 information technology (IT) and business majors with over 25 employers who want to hire students with...