An Electronic Newsletter for Students, Alumni, and Friends
Vol. 3, No. 19, April 7, 2000
National Technical Institute for the Deaf
A college of Rochester Institute of Technology
IN THIS ISSUE:
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NSF awards grant to NTID
Deaf RIT student writes column
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NSF awards grant to NTID
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The National Science Foundation (NSF) has just announced funding of
Deaf Initiative in Information Technology (DIIT), a project of the
Applied Computer Technology (ACT) Department at NTID. Funding from
NFS's Division of Undergraduate Education, Applied Technology Education
program, is in the amount of $526,332 for the 3-year project. The
director of this project is Donna Lange, department chairperson, with
Don Beil as co-principal investigator, but all 10 members of the
department will participate in the DIIT effort.
The project will:
1. provide ten re-training workshops to deaf and hard-of-hearing adults
in the information technology (IT) field,
2. cluster these workshops into a certificate program, and
3. modify the workshops into undergraduate courses.
NSF funding will allow each ACT faculty member release time for one
academic quarter and will provide $2,500 for each department member to
attend IT conferences to upgrade his/her technical skills. During this
leave, faculty will enhance IT skills, develop curricula, and offer IT
workshops at NTID to deaf and hard-of-hearing adults already in the
national workforce or preparing for IT employment. The funding will
also establish a new computer laboratory to support workshop
activities and will allow faculty to incorporate new IT material into
the ACT full-time undergraduate curriculum to benefit NTID students.
For more information, contact Beil at <dhbndp@rit.edu>
or Lange at
<dalndp@rit.edu>.