AES at NTID

NTID strives to build a community that values and respects one another by engaging all stakeholders and providing the best learning environment for our faculty, staff, and student success. The NTID Office of Access, Engagement, and Success supports this vision by promoting inclusion and diversity through different learning channels with emphasis of the inclusive model of excellence.

The mission of the Office of Access, Engagement, and Success is to transform NTID into a progressively inclusive and diverse learning community with emphasis on access, success, and equity by recruiting, retaining, and ensuring success of diverse students, faculty, and staff.

NTID Diversity Group (NDG)

The NTID Diversity Group (NDG) is a faculty and staff volunteer group committed to promoting the best possible learning, living and working experience for AALANA (Asian, Latino, African, and Native American) members of the RIT/NTID community. NDG's focus is community involvement, professional development and being a resource for the RIT/NTID community.

RIT Division of Access, Engagement, and Success

The Division of Access, Engagement, and Success empowers and enriches the RIT Community through a range of comprehensive events, programs, and services that widen the windows of access and broaden the pathways to success. Through meaningful engagement, the division identifies gaps and creates opportunities for all to develop, flourish, and succeed.

NTID Faculty Fellowship (NFF)

The mission of the NTID Faculty Fellowship (NFF) is to work towards diversifying the faculty by increasing the number of post-secondary STEM instructors and professors from historically underrepresented groups who are qualified to teach DHH college students. The program provides qualified Fellows with up to three years of mentored experiences, opportunities, and resources to prepare them for academic careers working with the aforementioned population.

International Educational Outreach (IEO)

The mission of the center for International Educational Outreach (IEO) at NTID is to expand education opportunities for Deaf communities outside of the United States by collaborating with Deaf leaders and institutions of other countries to build centers of excellence in Deaf education. International Educational Outreach works to expand research and collaboration opportunities between NTID and international organizations for the Deaf.