Mishka Zena

PRESIDENT
GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY
The new president will be charged with implementing the University’s mission and vision, approved by theBoard of Trustee in 2007
-Leading the Gallaudet community in discussions and taking actions to implement inclusive bilingualism on camp
-Organizing a program of enrollment management that includes outreach, recruitment, and retention of students.
-Building relationship that will sustain and expand goodwill [...]

I. King Jordan retired from Gallaudet last December.  After stepping down as its president in Dec of 2006, he took a break for one year before he resumed teaching at Gallaudet.
How many people noticed this tidbit about his retirement?
Jordan is the only known university president who began his  presidential career as a result of a massive protest, one heard [...]

Ask not what your Deaf Community can do for you; Ask what you can do for your Deaf Community.
 
1979-1984 Filed and won a Department of Justice complaint against D.C. Traffic Court for their refusal to provide interpreters for Deaf defendants in the Traffic Court. A major victory in the pre ADA days.
 
Advocated for a Deaf patient [...]

After the victory of Unity For Gallaudet, naysayers claimed that Gallaudet would become more exclusive, insisting that Fernandes was ousted for ‘Not Deaf Enough’ based on the stakeholders’ ’intolerance to deaf diversity’. They predicted with culturally Deaf people overtaking Gallaudet,  it’ll be a place where deaf people using other communication methods won’t be welcome.
 
Yet Gallaudet continues to promote more diversity among its stakeholders than ever before. The [...]

When I was at Gallaudet, I have encountered many female students who got raped on campus.  Just like other universities and colleges, Gallaudet has a serious problem with sexual assaults between the students.  I’ve been an advocate for some students while lending my eyes and shoulder to others for support. The handling of the rape cases had been problematic [...]

The BoT of Gallaudet announced that it will begin a search for the new president in the spring of 2009. Davila will not be involved in the presidential search.
The new presidential position will become effective in 2010. A lesson had been learned from the previous search which was hurriedly conducted and completed within a very [...]

Being out of town for the last two weeks,  I was away from the computer most of the time, especially in the first week. The break from the Deaf Cyberspace was refreshing while I attended to important family matters. Now that I’m back, I’ve decided to cut down the amount of blogging to some degree from now on to [...]

Commentary: I find it somewhat odd that Sorenson is appointed as the newest BoT member by Gallaudet, considering the long-standing tensions between the Deaf Community and Sorenson due its business practices. MZ
“Inside Gallaudet
Two new trustees join the board
 
Two new members of the Board of Trustees who were approved for appointment by the trustees at their May [...]

PENDING LAWSUIT AGAINST SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
Several law firms across the country are involved in a lawsuit on behalf of people with disabilities who work for the Social Security Administration (SSA).  These SSA employees believe that SSA has discriminated against them in the promotion process.  If you work for SSA and believe that you have been [...]

Wednesday, April 2, 2008, 1:00 am Eastern Time
Memo from Gallaudet Board Chair re MSCHE and presidential search
Board of Trustees
COLLEGE HALL
800 FLORIDA AVE. NE
WASHINGTON, DC 20002-3695
April 1, 2008
Dear Campus Community:
As you know, the Middle States Commission on Higher (MSCHE) requested
that Gallaudet submit a status report that documents
the University’s work on meeting its accreditation standards and the
progress [...]