Join me in congratulating our colleagues on their many accomplishments.

• Kudos to Linda Bryant, who curated the content, and Cathy Clarke, who created the interactive display, for their work on “Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing People at Work,” an online resource that highlights common misunderstandings and pairs them with accurate workplace realities to help organizations build more inclusive, informed, and equitable organizations.
• Annemarie Ross was awarded the inaugural “ACS Pat Redden Award for Making Chemistry Accessible for All” (sponsored by Merck) at the American Chemical Society (ACS) spring national meeting in Atlanta, Georgia. The new award “recognizes individuals whose professional excellence, advocacy, and leadership have advanced accessibility, inclusion, and innovation in the chemical sciences.”
• Peter Hauser has been invited by NIH’s National Institute on Aging to give a panel presentation at a two-day workshop on “Privacy, Trust, and Consent in Aging Research and Recruitment.” The workshop is online and will have ASL interpreting and English captions for all panels.
• NTID’s Center for Workforce Development was featured in the “Company Spotlight” section of the April 2026 edition of RochesterWorks’ Job Seeker Newsletter. 
• The Business Studies department offers Microsoft Certification for our students. Earning certification allows students to highlight their proficiency with their selected application or discipline. As the credentials and skills are verified by Microsoft, potential employers can rely on the certificate authenticity and verification of students’ skills. Congratulations to the following students who successfully completed their certifications:
  • Jared Walker (Microsoft Excel)
  • Chloe Kuhns (Microsoft Excel)
  • Steven Koroghlian (Microsoft Excel)
  • Jeremiah Jackson-Gillihan (Microsoft Excel)
• With the success of the National Math Competition, we would like to congratulate the team who made it all possible:
  • Core Math Competition Team
    • Kelly Thornton (Lead) – NTID Regional STEM Center
    • Justin Kittredge (Project Assistant) – NTID Regional STEM Center
    • Stowe Beecher – NTID Science and Math Department
    • Becca Dingman – NTID Center on Access Technology
    • David Putz – NTID Communications, Marketing & Multimedia Services
    • Cheryl Reminder – NTID Access Services
    • Matt Stefano – NTID Science and Math Department
    • Patrick Smith – NTID Information Technology and College Operations
    • Todd Thieu – NTID Access Services
  • Regionals and National Math Competition Support Team
    • NTID Admissions
      • Rick Postl
      • Darian Slattery
    • NTID Access Services
      • Taylor Glister-Call
    • NTID Center for Access Technology
      • Stephanie Alepoudakis
      • Colleen Grabensetter
    • NTID Communications, Marketing & Multimedia Services 
      • Kashif Bin Arif
      • Sorrel Becker (Student Social Media)
      • Alexis Beckwith (Student Photographer)
      • Cassidy Dainty (Student Social Media)
      • Kiara Diaz (Student Photographer)
      • Blake Nitko
      • Matthew Sluka
      • Makayla Smith (Student Photographer)
    • NTID Counseling & Academic Advising Services
      • Kara Matchett-Putz
    • NTID Department of Deaf Education
      • Tommy Devine
      • J Sarchet
    • NTID Pre-College Outreach
      • Yvette Chrenje
      • Eunyoung Doucet
      • Michelle Steele
      • Kimberly Taylor
    • NTID Information Technology and College Operations
      • John Blotzer
    • NTID Information and Computing Studies
      • Michael Barrios
    • NTID Performing Arts Theatre
      • Joseph Fox
      • Matthew Parsley
    • NTID Science and Math Department
      • Elizabeth Ayers
      • Gary Blatto-Vallee
      • Quinny Campbell
      • Austin Gehret
      • Song Hoa Choi
      • Viet Le
      • Denise Lengyel
      • Miriam Santana Valadez
      • Sharron Webster
    • NTID Students
      • Rebecca Adeyiaka 
      • Allie Aleman
      • Ohenewaa Asiamah
      • Rhiannon Flores
      • Colt Franklin 
      • Mia Garica
      • Sage Holcomb 
      • Jeremiah Jackson-Gillihan
      • Brianna Kelley
      • Coffey King
      • Mallory Pachuilo
      • Giovanna Perepelkin
      • Elijah Strom
    • Project Director
      • Mark Sommer