Our Alumni
Last summer and fall, Gabriel worked at Viable, a VRS company, as an intern software engineer. Then he went back to RIT for the winter quarter, finished his college coursework and spent the spring of 2010 in Spain for his last co-op block. He graduated from RIT in May, 2010. He is moving to Portland, OR, to start up a computer hardware/repair business with a friend. They plan to develop and sell mobile applications for androids, and possibly iPhones.. Read
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Erin is graduating this year from William & Mary, and will either be cum laude or magna cum laude. She plans to teach in elementary school, and hopes to find out soon where she will do this. Read
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Christine is now working with the Maryland Department of Agriculture as an Agricultural Inspector carrying out Emerald ash borer (an invasive beetle killing ash trees in MD) surveys next week. She recently finished an internship with EcoCheck, a partnership between the University of Maryland's Integration and Application Network and NOAA in science communication. They work closely with the NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office, Conservation International and the National Park Service. She was involved in their annual Bay Health Report Card, which gives the Chesapeake Bay a grade based on how well it's doing. She eventually plans to attend graduate school and study ecology and animal behavior. . Read more -->>
Soraya, of Gainesville, Florida, attended Miami-Dade Community College. She comes from a family of six children, four of whom are deaf or hard of hearing, with a single mother. Her hearing loss was diagnosed while she was in third grade, and she's dedicated her life to succeed in spite of it. Initially she was mainstreamed, but spent her last two years in high school at the Florida School for the Deaf with her deaf siblings. Soraya was described by one of her teachers there as having "overcome tremendous odds... with grace and dignity", and being "the kind of student that every teacher dreams of having." She was on her high school's honor roll and maintained a straight 'A' average in her senior year. Read
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Alexander has gotten his degree from Northeastern University, with a degree in civil engineering and a minor in environmental science. He spent the summer working at a camp in Colorado, supervising other deaf persons, and will be looking for a job in civil engineering this fall. Read
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Alison lison graduated from the University of Michigan in spring of 2007, after doing extremely well in college. She is currently living in Ann Arbor, Michigan, where she works for the Institute of Social Research on various public health projects. Alison has become increasingly interested in public health and may pursue graduate studies in that field. Read more -->>
Susan (real name withheld by request) was born with a profound hearing loss, but aided by a supportive family network, she learned to sign dexterously and has developed fine oral skills; her speech is completely intelligible. Read more -->>