Q 26: Gallaudet University Flashcards
What is GU and where is it?
Gallaudet University is a federally chartered private university for the education of the Deaf and HOH in Washington, DC.
When was it founded and what was it originally?
1864
- a grammar school for both deaf and blind children
Gallaudet was the first school for ? and remains the only school that ?
The first school for the advanced education of the deaf and HOH in the world. Remains the only higher education institution where all programs are designed for Deaf and HOH students
Are hearing students admitted?
Yes, a small number to the graduate school and an even smaller number to the undergrad school
Who was the University named after?
Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, who was not deaf
Gallaudet is officially bilingual meaning?
ASL and English are used for instruction and by the college community
In 1856, this person became aware of several deaf and blind children in Washington DC who were not receiving proper care. He had the courts declare the children be his wards and donated 2 acres of land to establishing a school for them
General Amos Kendall
- philanthropist and former US Postermaster
Who was the first superintendent of the new school?
Edward Miner Gallaudet
Who suggested placing a monument of Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet with Alice Cogswell?
John Carlin
In 1857 Congress passed what? Which did what?
HR 806. Charted the grammar school as the Columbia Institution for the Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb and the Blind
When did Congress authorize the institution to grant and confirm college degrees?
1864
What did the college become known as when Congress granted them the ability to give degrees?
National Deaf-Mute College
In 1865 Congress did what? Renaming the college what?
Congress removed the instruction to educate the blind; remaining the college the
Columbia Institution for the Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb
When did Congress amend the charter of the institution and rename it Gallaudet College?
1954
This person was an instrumental figure in the development of Gallaudet, specifically in the drama department. Was a Shakespeare scholar and the Dean of Students.
George Ernst Detmold
When did Congress amend the charter and name it Gallaudet University?
1986
During the school’s second full year of operation (1858-1859), how many students?
14 deaf
7 blind
When did the first students get their bachelors degrees?
1868-1869
When did Amos Kendall die?
November 1870
In 1881, who inquired about Gallaudet University accepting women?
Laura Sheridan.
When were women allowed to apply with the intent that they would not stay? Providing temporary living arrangements.
1887
When did I King Jordan announce his retirement?
September 2005
Who succeeded Jordan as president?
Jane Fernandes, the University’s current provost
Why did people protest to the appointment of Jane Fernandes as president? When?
Lack of warmth, lack of racial diversity, lack of fluency in ASL ; 2006
What happened during the protest?
Students blocked entrances to the Gallaudet campus, held rallies, and set up tents near the main entrance
What happened on May 8, 2006?
The faculty gave a vote of no confidences for Fernandes
When did a group of protesting students shut down campus
October 11
What happened on Oct 16
At a regularly scheduled meeting faculty members voted 138 to 24 to block her from being president
What happened on Oct 29th?
The University withdrew the appt of Fernandes
Who became the interim president from May 9 2007 to December 31, 2009
Robert Davila
When was Gallaudet put on academic probation
June 29, 2007
When did the Board announce who would be the 10th president and who was it
October 18, 2009
T. Alan Hurwitz
When did T. Alan Hurwitz become the 10th president
January 1, 2010
What are the 5 popular majors? Retention rate and graduation rate?
Business, visual and performing arts, communications, physical ed, and psychology
- 72% retention rate
- 16% graduation rate
The campus has been designed as a what by a number of registeries and surveys
a historic place
Mascot?
Bison
The campus is shared with what?
The Model Secondary School for the Deaf, a day and residential high school for deaf and HOH students
