Jordan wasn’t invited to DPN-20 Gala, as reported by several sources. Yet Gallaudet University is funding the Jordan Chair in Leadership I’ve been pondering over the irony ever since. During the protest, Jordan renounced DPN publicly, stating that he never supported DPN in the first place. That declaration was a direct slap to DPN protesters and leaders, along [...]
I’ve read the accusations flying around ever since the BoT announced the extension of Davila’s appointment to December 2009. I thought the speculations about Davila’s extended appointment becoming permanent with no time limits were unfounded. Let’s refresh the history. When Davila was appointed as the interim president, Gallaudet wasn’t placed on an academic probation by its [...]
Reviewing what I covered last year, I was staggered by the sheer volume of the blogs produced, especially in the first half of the year. I eventually gave up adding topics after a while, so this list will suffice for now. Overall, this should give you a better idea what topics were explored. Covering the trial [...]
Jane K. Fernandes Tapped as UNC Asheville Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Congratulations, Jane Fernandes! The first deaf provost at University of North Carolina at Asheville! Go and read the press release that definitely defines about Jane Fernandes. Yes, Fernandes did such a fantastic job that the world heard us last Fall. Gallaudet [...]
Recently dissension bubbled up in the Gallaudet Community regarding Jordan, Fernandes, and Kimmel coming back to teach. As tenured employees, they are entitled to teach. Yet given their attacks on Gallaudet via the news media, their desire to return to a university for which they bear deep contempt and hostility is puzzling. Whatever, they do [...]
From the Board of Trustees: Dear Campus Community, On behalf of the Gallaudet University Board of Trustees, I am pleased to announce that the Board has decided in principle to extend the contract of Dr. Robert Davila as president, and he has agreed to continue his service to Gallaudet University. Although the Board will follow [...]
Thoughts of MZ and a Bi-Bi Protester  (in Italics)  Posts and e mails urging students to boycott Jane Fernandes, I King Jordan, and Karen Kimmel and/or demanding that Gallaudet dismiss them for a variety of reasons, such as unethical conduct, harm to Gallaudet reputation among the media, committing actions destructive to Gallaudet’s academic standing, and so forth [...]
A Year After Protests, Gallaudet Sees Progress, but Key Dispute Remains. The Chronicle of Higher Education Quotes of Dr. Jane Fernandes:  “The protesters objected to my vision that Gallaudet needed to become an inclusive deaf university, where all kinds of deaf people are valued and respected,” Ms. Fernandes told The Chronicle in an e-mail message [...]
Source: Racially-charged incident at high school for the deaf was a ‘war game’ that ‘went too far’ WASHINGTON (CNN) — A racially-charged weekend incident at a high school for the deaf — now being investigated by police as a possible hate crime — was a “war game that went too far,” a source close the [...]
For the last several days, rumors swirled around about an innocent play among the high school students escalating to a violent end. MSSD made it official with a memo this afternoon posted below From ABC 7 News: “The students in question allegedly tied up the victim and drew a swastika into his head” http://www.wjla.com/news/stories/1007/460697.html From CBS 9 News: “Police [...]
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