The third PEN-International Summer Leadership Institute, a multinational week-long program for postsecondary deaf and hard of hearing students, took place 21-28 August, 2010 at Herstmonceux Castle in East Sussex, England.

Approximately 50 participants--20 deaf and hard of hearing international students; 16 sign language interpreters and voice language translators; faculty members; speakers from the National Technical Institute for the Deaf and PEN-International's partner programs in Japan, China, the Philippines, and Russia; and a representative from The Nippon Foundation of Japan-- participated in the program.

The goals of the Institute are to promote development of leadership skills among postsecondary student leaders who are deaf and hard of hearing; to focus on self-advocacy skills; and to engage in learning about Deaf Culture and awareness. This is accomplished through ice-breaking activities, training workshops by faculty members, student leadership presentations, evening cultural performances and demonstrations, team-building exercises, and social hours in the pub on the Castle grounds. In addition, there was an educational daylong field trip to London.

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Contact information

Nora B. Shannon
Associate Professor, Senior Project Associate
Postsecondary Education Network-International
National Technical Institute for the Deaf
Rochester Institute of Technology
52 Lomb Memorial Drive
Rochester, NY 14623-5604
585-475-6342 v/tty
585-475-2790 fax
Nora.Shannon@rit.edu

***This Summer Institute was conducted by PEN-International, a program funded by grants from The Nippon Foundation of Japan.***