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January 2015 Service Awards
Five years: Alan Hurwitz, President, The Office of the President; Thomas Horejes, Assistant Professor, Department of History, Philosophy, Religion & Sociology; Jeremy Brunson, Associate Professor, Department of Interpretation.
Ten years: Karen Terhune, Coordinator, Disability Support Services, Office for Students with Disabilities; Linda Mack, Driver, Transportation Department; Shondra Dickson Mitchell, Associate Director, Financial Aid.
Fifteen years: Paula Tucker, Research Associate, Communication Arts Research; Leonard Swann, Senior Telecommunications Technician, Gallaudet Technology Services; Shannon Augustine, Manager, eLearning & Web Authoring, Gallaudet Technology Services.
Twenty-five years: Vickie Whetstone, Executive Secretary, Office of Admissions; Emiko Schlette, Senior Technical Specialist, Office of Academic Quality; Sharrell McCaskill, Director, Equal Opportunity Programs, Office of the Vice President for Administration and Finance.
Promotions
Elizabeth Stone, Ombudsman, Office of the Ombuds; Helen Thumann, Director, Accreditation, Certification & Licensure, Office of Academic Quality
New employees hired in January
Tahir Khan, Lecturer II, Department of Science, Technology & Mathematics; Felicia Williams, Lecturer I, Department of ASL & Deaf Studies; Danielle Thompson-Ochoa, Assistant Professor, Department of Counseling; Lisa Sentelle, Digital Media Specialist, Adam Politzer Memorial Research; Hysha Nesmith, Director, Financial Aid, Financial Aid; Cindy Hall-D’Angelo, ASL Proficiency Evaluator, ASL Diagnostic and Evaluation Services; Steven Titlebaum, Senior Major Gifts Officer, Office of Development.
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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