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We are planning an event to recognize the long history of women’s involvement with education at RIT in conjunction with International Women’s Day/Month and Women’s History Month. This event, “Pathways: A Century of Women at RIT” will be held on Thursday, March 20, 2008 in the Wallace Memorial Library’s Idea Factory and the RIT Museum. Organized through the cooperative efforts of the RIT Archives, the Women’s Center, and the Women’s and Gender Studies Program in the College of Liberal Arts, we are contacting people on campus who might be interested in participating in the programming for the event.

We are planning to highlight student work that engages with the history of women at RIT as well as student work that illustrates contemporary education at RIT. We are particularly interested in working with instructors whose winter quarter classes might provide projects that can be integrated into the exposition of student work. If you are interested in learning more about this event and/or participating, please contact one of the following:

Tina Lent mailto:tnlgsh@rit.edu

Donna Rubin mailto:donna.rubin@rit.edu

Becky Simmons mailto:raswml@rit.edu

Pathways: A Century of Women at RIT

Date: Thursday, March 20, 2008

Place & Time:

Idea Factory, Wallace Memorial Library, 1:30
RIT Museum, Wallace Memorial Library, 5:00

Rationale:

The goal of this event is to highlight and celebrate the roles women have played on the RIT campus since 1885. To that end, programming will have a dual focus:

first, engagement with the history of women and their education on the RIT campus through student projects like oral histories, biographies, and interpretive written and/or visual pieces inspired by the RIT Archives and other sources;

second, presentation of the work of current women students at RIT.

Description:

an exposition in the afternoon that showcases student work in the Idea Factory.

programming will include presentations, poetry readings, performances, art work, installations, multi-media displays, and an exhibition of short films made by the Women of SoFA

a reception and opening of a new exhibition on women at RIT at the RIT Museum

programming will include exhibition, presentations, recital by Encore

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---Original Message-----
From: Bryan Eldredge [mailto:eldredbr@uvsc.edu]
Sent: Wed 10/3/2007 11:27 PM
To: Bryan Eldredge
Subject: Call For Presenters-Deaf Studies Today! 2008

I am pleased to pass along the Call For Presenters for Deaf Studies
Today! 2008, April 10-12. (See attached PDF file.) The conference
theme for 2008 is "Montage" in reference to the interdisciplinary
nature of the Deaf studies field.

We are also pleased to announce that Dr. M. J. Bienvenu and Ella Mae
Lentz have accepted invitations to give keynote addresses. We hope to
soon announce another keynote speaker.

2008 will feature significant additions to the conference. We will
post details on our website soon: www.deafstudies.org

We would appreciate your passing this along to anyone whom you think
might be interested.

See you in April!

Bryan

Bryan K. Eldredge, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Program Coordinator
ASL & Deaf Studies
Utah Valley State
Orem, Utah 84058
eldredbr@uvsc.edu
801 863-8529

Conference Call for Papers & Workshops

The editorial board for the Deaf Studies Today! conference is soliciting abstracts for presentations at the conference April 10-12, 2008 atUtah Valley State College (UVSC). UVSC is located in Orem, Utah, thirty-five miles south of Salt Lake City. Abstracts received through January 1, 2008 will be considered.

Deaf Studies Today!: Montage

http://www.deafstudies.org

The third biennial Deaf Studies Today!
conference will be held on the Utah Valley State College (UVSC)1 campus in Orem, Utah April 10-12, 2008. The theme for the conference is “Montage” in reference to the interdisciplinary natureof the Deaf Studies field. The conference is pleased to feature three keynote addresses to the general body fromprominent scholars in the field. We are thrilled that Dr. M. J. Bienvenu and Ella Mae Lentz have both acceptedinvitations to present keynote addresses, and we look forward to announcing our third speaker soon. The conference will also feature plenary sessions, paper presentations and workshops by various professionals.

Papers

We are asking for presentations that cover a broad range of topics related to Deaf people, their language, culture, andissues. Presentations should be based on original work and present current research/thinking relevant to the field ofDeaf Studies, including but not limited to perspectives from anthropology, history, linguistics, interpretation andtranslation, education, psychology, sociology, public administration, political science, social work, philosophy, ethics, art, law, literature, ASL instruction, audiology and any number of other allied disciplines.

Those selected to present at the conference will generally be given a 40-minute time slot consisting of 30 minutes for presentation and 10 minutes for questions. (Alternative presentation times may be arranged as warranted.) All paperpresenters must submit an electronic copy of their papers no later than May 1, 2008. All of the papers presented at theconference, along with the keynote addresses, will be included in the conference proceedings. (This is a nonexclusiveuse of the work, which allows writers to publish elsewhere with only a note that it appeared in the proceedings first.)

Workshops

Deaf Studies Today!
features workshops intended to inform and assist students and professionals in Deaf studies, aswell as those aimed at helping Deaf people. Workshops will generally be “hands on” in nature and may take a “How-to approach” to some subject matter. For example, one might present workshops such as “How to build and promote ASLand Deaf Studies programs in academic settings”; “How to secure funding for graduate school”; “How to tell a story inASL”; etc. These workshops need not necessarily present research findings, but they should be beneficial and of interest to conference goers. Workshop presentations will not be included in the conference proceedings; however,presenters and the titles of their presentations will be.

Paper presenters and workshop presenters are required to register for the conference. Workshop presenters can register for at a reduced rate of $200. Paper presenters register at the regular rate and then they receive $150 when a final,
publication quality manuscript is submitted.2

1 Utah Valley State College will become Utah Valley University July 1, 2008.
2 Authors who submit their manuscripts after the May 1, 2008 due date may receive either a reduced payment or none
at all, at the discretion of the conference organizers.

Proposal Submission Requirements

1)
An abstract of no more than 300 words describing the research to be presented. Must state clearlywhether it is a paper or a workshop.

2)
Presenter information: (Not given to editorial board for consideration)
a) Name(s) of presenter(s)
b) Contact information for each presenter
c) Institutional affiliation
d) Language of presentation: ASL or English
e) Technology/Presentation Needs (video projector, white board, etc.)

The editorial board will begin reviewing submissions upon receipt, and we encourage applicants to submit abstracts
immediately. To ensure consideration, presenters should submit their abstracts by January 1, 2008.

Presentation Format

We strongly encourage multimedia presentations. Also, presenters may present in either English or ASL. However,
because of the nature of the conference, we encourage presenters who are fluent in ASL to present their work in thatlanguage. Interpreters will be provided as needed.

Vendors: Promoting Products and Services

We encourage those wishing to promote products and services not
to propose papers or workshops to do so. Rather, weinvite you to participate in the expo, which runs throughout the conference. See the conference web site(www.deafstudies.org) for details.

Submit to: Flavia Fleischer
Address questions to: fleiscfl@uvsc.edu

Mail Stop 167

Utah Valley State College

800 West University Parkway

Orem, Utah 84058-5999

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This past Sat. Rochester had a rally to advocate for sign language rights. WFD suggested the last Sat. of Sept. be set aside for this every year. The video was filmed by Patricia Durr. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVU40ZnBH6U

Please view the following links for additional background information:

http://mainsparis.skyrock.com/
http://www.ellasflashlight.com/
http://blogs.nad.org/president/?p=9

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Are you an avid Facebook user? If so, you'll be interested to learn that RIT Libraries have just released a Facebook application which lets you use some of the features of the library website directly from Facebook. This new application (commonly referred to on Facebook as an "App") is a simple interface that installs directly to your Profile page. From it, you can access Library features (such as our Catalog) quickly and easily. We invite you to add it to your Facebook account, and we encourage you to let your fellow Facebook friends in on the news!

Here's the URL (log in to Facebook first, then follow this Link):
http://rit.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=6512095852&ref=mf

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