If you had read the announcement from the BoT (earlier) you would have read that they (BoT) had announced that Davila’s contract had been extended to December 2009. You also would have read that the BoT received a report stating what wrong in the selection process the last time.

Based on that report, this BoT will start the new selection process soon.

All of this is old news-because it was announced earlier( On the Green, special announcements from BoT, Bob’s V-log, etc.).

And finally, I find it odd that you have decided to respond here-since you do practice a heavy hand of censorship on your blog-unlike Elizabeth.

To Chuckling-

One of the reasons why Galllaudet enrollment is down is because they are NOT admitting just anyone.

They have toughened the admission standards.

This is partly in response to the MSA issues-but also it partly out of the desire of this administration to improve the overall quality of education at Gallaudet.

Raphael J. St. Johns, MS (C-87, G-00)

T.G.

But the FUTURE of Hearing/Deaf technology is to have VIDEO TRANSLATION from ASL into English. So that Deaf People can sign into a video camera and have it translated into English AUTOMATICALLY and People can speak into an ORDINARY PHONE and have it translated into ASL through a CGI, ASL generated speaker.

According to past decisions (made while you deaf and sometimes dumb people goes “comatose” (I roughly quote Bridgette Bourne-Firl)–like you folks did for 18 long years after 1988) the perpetual leadership has the real power. Think Dr. Fernandes and company tenured some who didn’t deserve and whatever while you deaf (and sometimes dumb) folks slept after naively rooting for IKJ sine 1988. I was opposed from the get go. I wanted Davila back in 1988 and learned that his name was put in the hat in 1983. He got screwed over twice.

Now, take out 600 students across Undergraduate (400), Graduate (100) and beyond (100) and Gallaudet is in collective trouble not to mention faculty, staff and administration thrust in the picture.

Just don’t forget the collective power of commoners like you, Amy Efron Cohen.

After all the board of trustees is overrated. It just became that way especially after Tiffany Granfors was named. In terms of reputation there are problems surrounding ICSD and especially its U.S. affiliate, the United States of America Deaf Sports Federation–which is presided by none other than Dr. Lawrence R. Fleischer who I acknowledge his strengths in other areas thus meriting being on the board of trustees. Presently, I feel there’s someone better qualified than Tiffany Granfors who’s time (and merits) hasn’t yet come. Why not Dr. Donalda Kay Ammons or Dr. Bobbie Beth Scoggins now of CSD? Oh I forgot, Sorenson will have an issue about this won’t they? They’ll want to top CSD by nominating Ron Burdett (deaf) of Sorenson. Irony, CSD and Sorenson sleeps together when giving out money to USADSF (under both Scoggins and Fleischer’s regimes) so why should Soukup feel threatened by this? He isn’t. He’s already set for life.

What I think will happen is that Gallaudet will languish in mediocrity because of perpetual problems affecting ALL U.S. Deaf schools and deaf in mainstreaming programs all over the country. The real concern here is the quality of students.

If Davila can’t finish his term, Provost Steve Weiner will take over while the Board searches for a new President. There’s no doubt he is up to the job and will have the support of the community.

Also, look for the Board to start the search in August by setting up a campus-wide committee, with a goal of a new President announced in May 2009.

Do we really want Paul Kelly to run Gally temporarily?

RLM

It really does concern me at this point of our campus of Gallaudet University of the following things going on:
Before Jordan left the campus, Sorenson donated a huge bundle of money with the instruction that the new building was to be built right near SAC area (I reject it being named IKJ SAC). The new SLCC (Sorenson) was built fast as possible. By the time Jordan left, plans were laid and approved. Davila made sure that SLCC got running on schedule while the rest of the entire campus is already falling apart in many places.
Believe it or not, the SLCC was in response to NTID’s building of the CSD building (an attachment of it on to the dining commons and Building 60). It looks more like a one-upmanship for who has the better “relay services named building already” (which Gallaudet wins at this point).

Second, Sorenson being named on to the BOTs shouldn’t have happened. Especially when there is a LOT of tension in the community about the sorenson VRS product.

Third: For RLM: My understanding is that the BOTS have put Davila under a contract until December 2009.

Fourth: I doubt the BOTs want to do a presidental search process yet. They’re waiting for the full and clear “Certification” to happen and then do it (which is my thinking). But at this point, will the BOTS do a good job of finding some who NOT related to Davila or Jordan? That’s the biggest issue of all.

Also, what’s up with Gally’s prez search? No news on that lately!