catalog 05-06.indd - Undergraduate Admissions - Gallaudet University

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Academic Informationto curricular and extra-curricular activities. Faculty and staff,administrators, alumni, paraprofessionals, and parents andfamilies also benefit from services and programs. Programsand services that are offered by OSWD include: adaptivetechnology assessment and training, Braille/large printservices, faculty development seminars, scholarships, publicservice and outreach, support groups and advisory boards,and compensatory/study skills training.Support services that are provided and/or coordinated withother on- or off-campus offices/agencies include: psychoeducationaland psychological evaluations, individualizedsupport service plan development, support service counseling/advising,advocacy training, academic advising, careerdevelopment, interpreting, note taking, specialized testing,study lab, orientation and mobility training, reader/scribeservices, and accessibility consultation. Information andreferral services offer assistance in attendant care, wheelchairrepair, Seeing Eye dog training, tutoring, mental health care,medical services, and legal advice.Students who use OSWD services are protected from discriminationunder Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act andthe Americans with Disabilities Act, which include confidentialtreatment of disability related information and records.University LibraryMerrill Learning CenterThe Gallaudet University Library, housed in the MerrillLearning Center, serves students, faculty, staff, and otherresearchers from around the world. Reference librariansare available to help users and to give formal instruction inlibrary research to classes and other groups. In the Library’scollections are approximately 250,000 books, more than1,700 current periodical subscriptions, approximately 6,000video and media titles, and an internationally renowned deafcollection, with books dating back to 1546.Gallaudet students can also access thousands of full-textonline books and journals through the Library’s ALADINcatalog. The Library’s website includes: the Index to DeafPeriodicals and the Guide to Deaf Bibliographies, both createdby Gallaudet librarians; answers to frequently askeddeaf-related questions; bibliographies; and links to ALADINand many other sites.The Library is a member of the Washington ResearchLibrary Consortium (WRLC), a network of eight universitylibraries. Gallaudet students have full access includingborrowing privileges to more than four million volumes and29,000 serials subscriptions of member libraries.Librarians are available to answer questions and helpstudents with research in person, through voice and tty phoneservice, through e-mail, and through internet messaging.Phone numbers, e-mail addresses, and user names may befound on the Library’s web page, http://library.gallaudet.edu.The Gallaudet University Archives is located in theMerrill Learning Center. The Archives is the world’s largestrepository of materials related to the deaf community inthe United States and internationally. Archival collectionsinclude four million pages of manuscripts dating from the19th and 20th centuries as well as thousands of photographs,artworks, artifacts, slides, negatives, newspapers, rare books,films, and videotapes. The archives offers primary source researchmaterial related to the deaf community, sign language,and deaf-related topics dating back to 1546. The Archives’collections are listed in the ALADIN catalog. The facilitiesinclude research space as well as computer access to view theALADIN catalog as well as view The Silent Worker and theBenjamin M. Schowe Sr. collections online. The archives isopen to the public for research Monday through Friday from9 a.m. to 5 p.m.Academic ResourcesAcademic TechnologyStudent Academic CenterAcademic Technology provides instructional and technicalsupport for Gallaudet’s online learning and academic systemsand is dedicated to enhancing the Gallaudet community’s academicsuccess through uses of technology. Academic Technologymanages the GDOC (Gallaudet Dynamic Online Collaboration)online learning system (http://my.gallaudet.edu);provides technology training and support; provides multimediaequipment delivery and loan services (http://media.gallaudet.edu); manages the Technology Help Desk system(http://helpdesk.gallaudet.edu) where requests for all campustechnology services can be entered; maintains the GallaudetTelevision system; produces original video programming andcaptioning for the campus community; and provides technicalsupport for centralized computer labs, classrooms, andacademic servers. Academic Technology also maintains atechnology guide for new student (http://learntech.gallaudet.edu/newstudentguide) and provides technology orientation inFirst Year Seminar courses.Academic Technology supports 27 electronic classroomsand 2 student computer labs (http://helpdesk.gallaudet.edu/classrooms-labs). The two labs are the Harkins DigitalLearning Center in Student Academic Center, Room 1100and HMB West 122. The Harkins Digital Learning Centerprovides both PC and MAC computers, all with web cams.HDLC also has several Video Relay Service systems, aStudent Collaboration Room with a plasma screen, DVD/VCR/TV, and six laptops for working on group projects andpresentations, and six Video Editing Suites for video creationand editing. Students may reserve the Student CollaborationRoom and Video Editing Suites via the web at http://helpdesk.gallaudet.edu/sac1100.All residence hall dorms have Internet and Cable TVconnections. The channel lineup for Gallaudet Televisionis available at http://tv.gallaudet.edu/cabletv. Students mayalso download Gallaudet-licensed and free software fromAcademic Technology’s software web site, http://software.gallaudet.edu. Online technology training is available athttp://skillport.gallaudet.edu.Center for American Sign LanguageLiteracyMerrill Learning Center, US11The Center for American Sign Language Literacy(CASLL) provides sign language proficiency evaluation,diagnostic assessment, and instruction in American SignLanguage (ASL) to both the Gallaudet University communityand the general public. The CASLL also offers a variety oflearning opportunities in addition to the regular ASL coursesequence, including instructional modules and tutoring services.Special classes are designed to meet the needs of a specificprofessional discipline, department or unit. The CASLLis also contracted by agencies, businesses, and other entitiesat sites throughout the Washington metropolitan area for ASLclasses, presentations about deaf and hard of hearing people,consultation regarding ASL, and related training workshops.Student Academic CenterThe Student Academic Center is the most contemporarystudent academic center for deaf and hard of hearing studentsin the world. This deaf-friendly environment embraces visualtechnology, providing each student full accessibility to the26
Academic Informationlearning process. It houses nine electronic classrooms, technologyservices offices, academic programs and services offices,collaboration rooms, and computer labs. Videoconferencingfacilities include three cameras that support distancelearning and workshop opportunities to students, faculty, andstaff. Students wanting to benefit from a Gallaudet educationwill soon be able to participate from off-campus sites, andGallaudet students can interact via video with off-campusguest lecturers. Other uses include student interviews withprospective employers and faculty and staff supervision ofstudent internships across the nation and worldwide.Information Technology ServicesEdward Miner Gallaudet Building, Room B-01Information Technology Services (ITS) maintains thehardware and software for the University’s administrativecomputing systems. ITS provides campus e-mail services,controls and maintains the University network, houses andoperates servers for a variety of web applications, supportsGallaudet owned as well as student computers, and administersall aspects of the University’s telecommunicationsservices for the University’s educational, research, and publicservice missions.ConsortiumRegistrar’s Office, Chapel Hall, Room 101Gallaudet University is a member of the Consortium ofUniversities of the Washington Metropolitan Area (CU-WMA). The Consortium is a powerful force for the advancementof higher education in and around the nation’scapital. Comprised of twelve universities and two colleges,the Consortium provides 130,000 students with opportunitiesto benefit from the combined resources of its members.Consortium institutions educate students from all 50 states aswell as more than 14,000 from around the world.The Consortium program provides Gallaudet undergraduatestudents with opportunities to supplement their academiccurriculum. Students can take advantage of diverse academicofferings, enhance their major curriculum, or explorenew interests. Members of the Consortium include AmericanUniversity, The Catholic University of America, George MasonUniversity, The George Washington University, GeorgetownUniversity, Howard University, Marymount University,Southeastern University, Trinity College, University of theDistrict of Columbia, and University of Maryland at CollegePark.All undergraduate class schedules and catalogs are onfile in the Registrar’s Office. To qualify for a course throughthe consortium program, a student must meet the followingcriteria:* Be a full-time degree-seeking student at GallaudetUniversity (except for summer term)* Be in good academic standing (GPA of 3.0 isadvisable).* Have completed all non-degree condition courses.* Be at least a second-semester freshman.* Enroll in only one consortium course per semesterunless special permission is given by the Gallaudetconsortium advisor.* Complete the Undergraduate Consortium RegistrationAuthorization form and obtain the signed approval ofthe academic advisor, Gallaudet consortium advisor,and the appropriate dean.Opportunities to take additional consortium courses arecontingent upon successful performance in the student’s currentlyenrolled consortium course. Students who are enrolledin consortium member institutions are able to attend certainclasses at the other campuses and have the credit consideredas resident credit at their own institutions. Tuition is paid atthe student’s home school; interpreter services are providedat the visited school.For more details, contact the Registrar’s Office or go tohttp://registrar.gallaudet.edu. Information is also availablein the Academic Advising Office from the UndergraduateConsortium Advisor.Gallaudet Interpreting ServiceFay HouseGallaudet Interpreting Service (GIS) provides professionalinterpreting services, including close-vision and tactileinterpreting services, to students, faculty, staff and teachersfor Gallaudet-sponsored events as requested. Although GIS isprimarily a campus resource, it also provides interpreters tostudents attending the Washington area consortium of universities,for internships, and for other academic or work-relatedactivities in the immediate Washington metropolitan area.GIS, in partnership with Sorenson VRS, also providesvideo-relay service (VRS) free to members of the deaf andhard of hearing community. Using video equipment, deaf andhard of hearing people are able to place calls to hearing family,friends, or businesses, using a remotely located certifiedASL interpreter. Conversation flows instantaneously betweencallers making it possible to communicate easily and naturally.Hours of operation are Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to4:30 p.m. You may contact GIS by telephone (202) 651-5199(tty/v), fax (202) 651-5752, or e-mail: gis@gallaudet.edu.Washburn Arts CenterThe newly renovated Washburn Arts Center houses the ArtDepartment and boasts a beautifully designed 2,500 squarefootgallery with hardwood floors, temperature and humiditycontrolled environment, and multi-directional lighting capability.The first floor also includes a large lobby area, 13 officesfor faculty and staff members, an office work area, andan enlarged ceramics/sculpture studio. On the second floorthere are three technology-equipped classrooms, two largecomputer graphic labs, a full photography suite, painting anddrawing studios, and a design studio.Visiting artists offer master classes and lectures, andstudent art exhibitions are often on view. The Deaf Way IIArts Festival held during Deaf Way II in 2002 brought deafartists from all over the world, who exhibited their works inWashburn as well as other galleries in the Washington, D.C.area. Deaf Way II art works can now be seen in many campusbuildings.The old Gate House, used as a residence for the schoolwatchman until 1927, was also recently refurbished, andhas become a studio where artists can work regardless ofmedium. It is also used for both student and visiting artistexhibits.27
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