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Previous Workshops

July 17-21, 2006 The 58th workshop SQL Fundamentals for Relational Database Management Systems was taught by Ari Ogoke at a cost of $500 per attendee. You can contact Ari Ogoke at auondp@rit.edu.
  Number of Attendees: 3 Total attendees to date: 403
   
June 19-23, 2006 The 57th workshop Macromedia MX Studio MX: Complete Development Package was taught byTony Spiecker at a cost of $500 per attendee. You can contact Tony Spiecker at aesnet@rit.edu.
Number of Attendees: 6 Total attendees to date: 400
   
June 12-16, 2006 The 56th workshop Intro to Network Security was taught by Dean Lauria at a cost of $500 per attendee. You can contact Dean Lauria at djlnet@rit.edu.
Number of Attendees: 4 Total attendees to date: 394
   
May 21, 2006 The 55th workshop Excel 2003 was taught by Karen Beiter at the 2006 National Training Conference for State Coordinator and Related Professionals Who Serve Individuals Who Are Deaf, Deaf-Blind, Hard of Hearing and Late Deafened. The workshop was free with conference admission. You can contact Karen Beiter at kjbndp@rit.edu.
  Number of attendees: 4 Total attendees to date: 390
   
May 20, 2006 The 54th workshop PowerPoint 2003 was taught by Karen Beiter at the 2006 National Training Conference for State Coordinator and Related Professionals Who Serve Individuals Who Are Deaf, Deaf-Blind, Hard of Hearing and Late Deafened. The workshop was free with conference admission. You can contact Karen Beiter at kjbndp@rit.edu.
  Number of attendees: 4 Total attendees to date: 386
   

April 6-7, 2006

The 53th workshop Small Office and Home Networking was taught by David Lawrence at a cost of $150 per attendee. You can contact David Lawrence at delnet@rit.edu.
Number of attendees: 4 Total attendees to date: 382
     
March 6, 2006 The 52nd workshop Microsoft Excel and Outlook was offered by Elissa Olsen at the Greater Los Angeles Advocacy for the Deaf in Los Angeles, CA. This workshop was supported, in part, by the Max Factor Family Foundation gift. You can contact Karen Beiter at kjbndp@rit.edu and
Elissa Olsen at emondp@rit.edu.
Number of attendees: 21 Total attendees to date: 378
     
March 4-10,
2006
The 51st workshop Microsoft Office 2003 was offered by Karen Beiter and Elissa Olsen at the PUENTE Learning Center in Los Angeles, CA. This workshop was supported, in part, by the Max Factor Family Foundation gift. You can contact Karen Beiter at kjbndp@rit.edu and
Elissa Olsen at emondp@rit.edu.
Number of Attendees: 15 Total attendees to date: 357
     
March 4, 2006 The 50th workshop Microsoft Power Point 2003 was offered by Karen Beiter and Elissa Olsen at University High School in Irvine, CA. This workshop was supported, in part, by the Max Factor Family Foundation gift. You can contact Karen Beiter at kjbndp@rit.edu and Elissa Olsen at emondp@rit.edu.
Number of Attendees: 19 Total Attendees to date: 342
   
February 27-
March 3, 2006
The 49th workshop Adobe Creative Suite CS2 was taught by Myra Pelz at a cost of $500 per attendee. You can contact Myra Pelz at myra.pelz@rit.edu.
Number of Attendees: 5 Total Attendees to date: 323
   
November 14-18, 2005 The 48th workshop Microsoft Visual Basic.NET was taught by Joseph Stanislow at a cost of $500 per attendee. You can contact Joe Stanislow at jssnbs@rit.edu.
Number of Attendees: 5 Total Attendees to date: 318
   
August 15-19,
2005
The 47th workshop Macromedia Studio MX: Complete Web Development Package was taught by Tony Spiecker at a cost of $300 per attendee. You can contact Tony Spiecker at aesnet@rit.edu.
     
Number of Attendees: 5 Total Attendees to date: 313
   
August 3, 2005 The 46th workshop Small Office / Home Office Networking taught by Ari Ogoke and David Lawrence was offered as part of the National Black Deaf Advocates 22nd Annual Conference in Orlando, Florida.
  Number of Attendees: 5 Total Attendees to date: 308
   
July 18-July 22, 2005 The 45th workshop PC Hardware Maintenance and Repair was taught by Tony Spiecker at a cost of $400 per attendee. You can contact Tony Spiecker at aesnet@rit.edu.
Number of Attendees:3 Total Attendees to date: 303
   
June 27-July 1, 2005 The 44th workshop Introduction to Network Security was taught by Dean Lauria at a cost of $300 per attendee. You can contact Dean Lauria at djlnet@rit.edu.
Number of Attendees: 4 Total Attendees to date: 300
   
June 20-24, 2005 The 43th workshop Advanced Microsoft Access was taught by Ari Ogoke at a cost of $300 per attendee. You can contact Ari Ogoke at auondp@rit.edu.
Number of Attendees: 4 Total Attendees to date: 296
   
June 13-17, 2005 The 42th workshop Introduction to Javascript was taught by Karen Beiter at a cost of $300 per attendee. You can contact Karen Beiter at kjbndp@rit.edu.
Number of Attendees: 5  Total Attendees to date: 292
   
May 23-27, 2005 The 41th workshop Building Dynamic Web Applications with ColdFusion and SQL: An Introduction was taught by Ari Ogoke at a cost of $300 per attendee. You can contact Ari Ogoke at auondp@rit.edu.
Number of Attendees: 5     Total Attendees to date: 287
   
May 18-20, 2005 The 40th workshop Introduction to XML -- eXtensible Markup Language was taught by John Sweeney at a cost of $200 per attendee. You can contact John Sweeney at  John.Sweeney@mail.RIT.edu.
Number of Attendees: 5    Total Attendees to date: 282
   
February 28-
March 4, 2005

The 39th workshop Introduction to Macromedia Flash MX 2004 was taught by Karen Beiter at a cost of $300 per attendee. You can contact Karen Beiter at kjbndp@rit.edu.

Number of Attendees: 8

Total Attendees to date: 277


 

   
February 28-
March 4, 2005
The 38th workshop PC Hardware Maintenance and Repair was taught by Anthony Spiecker at a cost of $400 per attendee. You can contact Tony Spiecker at aesnet@rit.edu.
Number of Attendees: 6

Total Attendees to date: 269
 

   
February 21-25, 2005 The 37th workshop Introduction to Microsoft Access Database was taught by Ari Ogoke at a cost of $300 per attendee. You can contact Ari Ogoke at at auondp@rit.edu.
Number of Attendees: 3

Total Attendees to date: 263
 

   
February 21-25, 2005 The 36th workshop Creating Web Pages with HTML was taught by Donna Lange at a cost of $300 per attendee. You can contact Donna Lange at dalndp@rit.edu.
Number of Attendees: 7

Total Attendees to date: 260


 

   
January 24-28, 2005 The 35th workshop Introduction to Macromedia Dreamweaver MX 2004 was taught by Karen Beiter at a cost of $300 per attendee. You can contact Karen Beiter at kjbndp@rit.edu.
Number of Attendees: 5

Total Attendees to date: 253


 

   
December 9, 16, and 23, 2005 in Buffalo NY The 34th workshop Introduction to PowerPoint 2003 was taught by Karen Beiter to faculty and staff at the St. Mary's School for the Deaf in Buffalo NY. You can contact Karen Beiter at kjbndp@rit.edu.
Number of Attendees: 24

Total Attendees to date: 248

   
November 15-19, 2004 The 33rd workshop Introduction to Network Security  was taught by Dino Lauria at a cost of $300 per attendee. You can contact Dino Lauria at djlnet@rit.edu.
Number of Attendees: 9

Total Attendees to date: 224


 

   
August 16-20, 2004 The 32nd workshop Intermediate ColdFusion: Building Dynamic Web Applications was taught by Ari Ogoke at a cost of $300 per attendee. You can contact Ari Ogoke at auondp@rit.edu.
Number of Attendees: 4

Total Attendees to date: 215


 

   
July 19-23, 2004 The 31st workshop Active Directory Fundamentals for Network Administrators was taught by Ari Ogoke at a cost of $300 per attendee. You can contact Ari Ogoke at auondp@rit.edu.
Number of Attendees: 8

Total Attendees to date: 211


 

   
June 7-11, 2004 The 30th workshop Multimedia Programming with Macromedia Director MX was taught by Tony Spiecker at a cost of $300 per attendee. You can contact Tony Spiecker at aesnet@rit.edu.
Number of Attendees: 7

Total Attendees to date: 203
 

   
June 2-4, 2004 The 29th workshop Introduction to XML - eXtensible Markup Language was taught by John Sweeney at a cost of $200 per attendee. You can contact John Sweeney at John.Sweeney@mail.RIT.edu.
Number of Attendees: 7

Total Attendees to date: 196

   
May 24-28, 2004 The 28th workshop Windows Server 2003 was taught by Dino Lauria at a cost of $300 per attendee. You can contact Dino Lauria at djlnet@rit.edu.
Number of Attendees: 9 Total Attendees to date: 189
   
April 26-30, 2004 The 27th workshop Dynamic Web Applications with ColdFusion and SQL: An Introduction was taught by Ari Ogoke at a cost of $300 per attendee. You can contact Ari Ogoke at auondp@rit.edu.
Number of Attendees: 2

Total Attendees to date: 180

   
April 20 & 21, 2004 (two evenings 6:30-9:30 PM) The 26th workshop Small Office and Home Networking was taught by David Lawrence at a cost of $75 per attendee. You can contact David Lawrence at delnet@rit.edu
Number of Attendees: 15

Total Attendees to date: 178

   
March 1-5, 2004 The 25th workshop SQL Fundamentals for Relational Database Management Systems was taught by Ari Ogoke at a cost of $300 per attendee. You can contact Ari Ogoke at auondp@rit.edu.
Number of Attendees: 3

Total Attendees to date: 163

   
March 1-5, 2004 The 24th workshop PC Hardware Maintenance and Repair was taught by Tony Spiecker at a cost of $400 per attendee. You can contact Tony Spiecker at aesnet@rit.edu.
Number of Attendees: 4

Total Attendees to date: 160

   
February 23-27, 2004 The 23rd workshop Introduction to JavaScript was taught by Karen Beiter at a cost of $300 per attendee. You can contact Karen Beiter at kjbndp@rit.edu.
Number of Attendees: 3

Total Attendees to date: 156

   
February 9-13, 2004 The 22nd workshop Microsoft Office 2003 was taught by Don Beil at a cost of $300 per attendee. You can contact Don Beil at dhbndp@rit.edu.
Number of Attendees: 8

Total Attendees to date: 153

   
June 24, 2003 The 21st workshop Web Site Development jointly sponsored by the NTID PEN Training & Technology Symposium was taught by Donna Lange. You can contact Donna Lange at dalndp@rit.edu.
Number of Attendees: 4

Total Attendees to date: 145

   
June 16-20, 2003 The 20th workshop SQL Fundamentals for Relational Database Management Systems was taught by Ari Ogoke at a cost of $300 per attendee. You can contact Ari Ogoke at auondp@rit.edu.
Number of Attendees: 7

Total Attendees to date: 141

   
June 9-13, 2003 The 19th workshop Wireless Networks and Mobile Communications was taught by David Lawrence at a cost of $300 per attendee. You can contact David Lawrence at delnet@rit.edu.
Number of Attendees: 12

Total Attendees to date: 134

   
June 2-6, 2003 The 18th workshop Windows 2000 Server was taught by Dean Lauria at a cost of $300 per attendee. You can contact Dean Lauria at djlnet@rit.edu.
Number of Attendees: 13

Total Attendees to date: 122

   
May 19-23, 2003 The 17th workshop Introduction to Building Dynamic Web Applications with ColdFusionŽ and SQL was taught by Ari Ogoke at a cost of $300 per attendee. You can contact Ari Ogoke at auondp@rit.edu.
Number of Attendees: 8

Total Attendees to date: 109

   
April 7-11, 2003 The 16th workshop Creating Web Pages with HTML was taught by Donna Lange at a cost of $300 per attendee. You can contact Donna Lange at dalndp@rit.edu.
Number of Attendees: 9

Total Attendees to date: 101

   
March 23, 2003 The 15th workshop Introduction to HTML and Web Page Design was taught by Ari Ogoke, and was attended by six deaf or hard of hearing information technology professionals. This workshop was co-sponsored by the Rochester Black Deaf Advocates.
Number of Attendees: 6
(plus one assistant)

Total Attendees to date: 92

   
March 3-7, 2003 The 14th workshop PC Hardware Maintenance and Repair was taught by Anthony Spiecker at a cost of $400 per attendee. You can contact Tony Spiecker at aesnet@rit.edu.
Number of Attendees: 5

Total Attendees to date: 86

   
February 10-14, 2003 The 13th workshop Introduction to Javascript was offered by Karen Beiter at a cost of $300 per attendee. You can contact Karen Beiter at kjbndp@rit.edu.
Number of Attendees: 8

Total Attendees to date: 81

   
October 31-November 1, 2002 The 12th workshop Microsoft Word 2002 was offered by Don Beil at a cost of $150. You can contact Don Beil at dhbndp@rit.edu.
Number of Attendees: 6

Total Attendees to date: 73

   
August 12-16, 2002 The 11th workshop Introduction to Microsoft Access Database was offered by Ari Ogoke at a cost of $550 per attendee. You can contact Ari Ogoke at auondp@rit.edu.
Number of Attendees: 8
(one missing from photo)

Total Attendees to date: 67

   
June 10-14, 2002 The 10th workshop Network Inspection, Maintenance, and Troubleshooting was offered by Dean Lauria at a cost of $650 per attendee. You can contact Dean Lauria at djlnet@rit.edu.
Number of Attendees: 6

Total Attendees to date: 59

   
June 3-7, 2002 The 9th workshop Object-Oriented Programming Using Visual Basic 6.0 was offered by James Mallory at a cost of $550 per attendee. You can contact Jim Mallory at jrmnet@rit.edu.
Number of Attendees: 2

Total Attendees to date: 53

   
May 13-14,2002 The 8th workshop Introduction to Photonics and Fiber Optic Cabling was offered by Paul Taylor at a cost of $100 per attendee. You can contact Paul Taylor at pltndp@rit.edu
Number of Attendees: 8

Total Attendees to date: 51

   
February 11-15, 2002 The 7th workshop Wireless Networks and Mobile Communications is taught by David Lawrence at a cost of $550 per attendee. You can contact David Lawrence at delnet@rit.edu.
Number of Attendees: 2

Total Attendees to date: 43

   
November 26-30, 2001 The 6th workshop PC Hardware Maintenance and Repair is taught by Anthony Spiecker at a cost of $650 per attendee. You can contact Tony Spiecker at aesnet@rit.edu.
Number of Attendees: 4

Total Attendees to date: 41

   
June 28, 2001 The 5th workshop, Creating Web Sites with FrontPage 2000 is offered in a one-day version by Don Beil to attendees of the NTID PEN Training & Technology Symposium. You can contact Don Beil at dhbndp@rit.edu
Number of Attendees: 11

Total Attendees to date: 37

   
May 7-11, 2001 The 4th workshop Introduction to Java Programming is taught by John Sweeney. You can contact John Sweeney at John.Sweeney@mail.rit.edu.
Number of Attendees: 5

Total Attendees to date: 26

   
April 30 through May 4, 2001 The 3rd workshop Object-Oriented Programming Using Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 is taught by James Mallory. You can contact Jim Mallory at jrmnet@rit.edu.
Number of Attendees: 7

Total Attendees to date: 21

   
February 26 through March 2, 2001 The 2nd workshop PC Hardware Maintenance and Repair was taught by Anthony Spiecker at a cost of $650 per attendee. You can contact Tony Spiecker at aesnet@rit.edu.
Number of Attendees: 9

Total Attendees to date: 14

   
November 6-10, 2000 The 1st workshop under the DIIT banner is held at NTID/RIT. The workshop Creating Web Sites with FrontPage 2000, is offered by Donald Beil at a cost of $550 per attendee. You can contact Don Beil at dhbndp@rit.edu
Number of Attendees: 5

Total Attendees to date: 5