Eyes on NTID

Total recall John Reid, 1978 social work graduate, reminisces about his NTID experience for a videotape cel- ebrating the Institute's 25th anniversary. The program, which will include historical material about NTID, clips from the 25th anniversary alumni reunion to take place this summer, and interviews with alumni, will commemorate NTID's first quarter-century of educating deaf students. Photography by A. Sue Weisler 2 5 YEARS AND COUNTING 2 2018: The Director's Vision 3 2018: The Dean's Vision 17 Eyes on NTID 25 OF US 5 Albert Simone You Can Call Me Al 6 Shirley Allen Lessons in Life 7 Gustave Rathe Jr. He'd RATHEr Be in Rochester 8 Robert Frisina and William Castle Two Men and an Institute 10 Lorraine Cosgrove Permanently Temporary 11 John Haynes Continuing Education 12 Kevin Nolan and Sharon Hensley Student Studies: Yesterday and Today 14 Robert Panara A Major League Teacher 16 James Northcutt BuildingBuilding Alumni Ties 22 Paul Meyer A Friend, In Deed 23 Robert Davila Embracing Education ABOUT THE COVER 24 Richard Smith His Heart's in His Hands 25 Linda Nelson Mission: Possible A. Sue Weisler's photograph reflects the innovation that has 26 Wendy Maruyama Carving Her Own Niche been NTID's hallmark for 25 years. Throughout 1993, the 28 William Loftus Lofty Expectations Institute will celebrate 25 years 29 Barbara Ray Holcomb Growth Spurt of providing innovative techno- logical education to students 30 Albert Pimentel Advisor to the Advisors who are deaf. 31 Alice Beardsley Unforgettable Alice 32 Khaled Hothili World-Class Education 33 Bonnie Meath-Lang Future Tense 34 Adrian White and Anthony DiGiovanni III Students Adopt a Can-Do Attitude 36 Michael Kleper High (Tech) Hopes As NTID celebrates its 25th year, In addition, NTID will offer FOCUS asked Director William. new programs, including bacca- Castle and Dean James DeCaro to laureate programs in architecture, look ahead to the NTID of the future. electromechanical technology, Their comments reflect how NTID's and educational interpreting as leaders of today envision the Institute well as master's degree programs —fiscally, physically, and spiritually for training secondary teachers of 25 years from now in 2018. deaf students, sign language teachers, social workers and counselors who serve deaf people, art teachers, audiologists, and. As we celebrate our 25th speech pathologists who special- NTID FOCUS is published by the anniversary, it seems appropriate ize in serving deaf people. A Division of Public Affairs at the National to speculate about the next 25 growing number of deaf students Technical Institute for the Deaf, a college of Rochester institute of Technology, years and envision the NTID of will pursue master's degrees and Rochester, New York. 2018. The groundwork for such doctoral programs in the other Director speculation lies in the strategic colleges of RIT. Marcia B. Dugan Finally, NTID's outreach efforts Editor plan that NTID has begun to Lynne BohIman implement. will be extensive, both nationally Coordinator, Publications First, because of increases in and internationally, and will have Susan Cergol NTID's Federal Endowment a significant impact on secondary Writers Beth M. Pessin Matching Grant Program, addi- programs for deaf students, ori- Kathryn Schmitz tional private fund-raising re- entation of parents and teachers Pamela Seabon Kathleen S. Smith sources, and special grants and to career education for deaf peo- Deborah R. Waltzer contracts, NTID will be less de- ple, and training of deaf people to Art Director pendent on federal appropriations be self-advocates and leaders. The Colleen Collins, RIT Communications number of interns will be twice Photography for its operations. A. Sue Weisler — pp. 5, 6, 8, 10-12, The NTID Foundation, the as great as it is today (24 in 14 (inset), 16, 23, 24, 32-34, 36 1992), with 50 percent of interns NTID archives — pp. 6 (inset), 7, 8 (insets), Institute's newly established link 14, 31 to private contributors, will have coming from other countries. In Courtesy of Gustave Rathe Jr. — p. 7 (inset) addition, NTID faculty members Winchell Moore — p. 13 undertaken several fund-raising Courtesy of Paul Meyer — p. 22 campaigns to seek gifts-in-kind will serve in an advisory capacity Ken Jandl — p. 25 to other countries that have Okazaki Studios — p. 26 and private dollars for our endow- Courtesy of Peter Joseph Gallery — p. 27 ment, special projects, and equip- established or plan to establish Michael Spencer — p. 28 postsecondary programs for peo- Kellie McCann — p. 29 ment and supply purchases. I Gregory M. Clark — p. 30 expect that we will have as many ple who are deaf. Photo Collection as five professorships endowed at These are but a few of the "Eyes on NTID" photographic collection things that will be different about was coordinated by Kathryn Schmitz $2 million each, a $65 million and Beth M. Pessin. Special thanks to endowment for general operations, NTID 25 years from now. How- Colleen Collins, A. Sue Weisler, and ever, some things will remain the Dr. Thomas Raco. and an accumulation of gifts-in- Time Line kind worth $15 million. All of same, particularly the quality of The 25th anniversary time line was coordi- this will be supplemental to an the programs and dedication of a nated by Beth NI. Pessin, with photos and illustrations from NITD archives, RIT annual operations appropriation community of people like those archives and special collections, and of more than $130 million. who have brought NTID to its FOCUS files. In regard to our student popu- current position of excellence. lation: Nearly 50 percent of the 1,250 students sponsored by NTID in the year 2018 will matriculate This material was produced through an agreement between Rochester Institute of into one of RIT's other colleges, Dr. William Castle Technology and the U.S. Department of and 10 percent of all deaf students Education. will come from other countries. 2 FOCUS Twenty-five years from now NTID not only will exhibit excel- 95% I would like to muse about those lence, it will demonstrate educa- Ninety-five percent of NTID descriptors that will characterize tional integrity. integrity—an graduates who enter the work NTID 25 years from now: excel- incorruptibility regarding the force find employment in their lence, integrity, and credibility. trust placed in us by this nation fields of study. In 1967, 85 Some time ago, I heard a com- to educate people who are deaf; a percent of deaf adults were mentator on National Public Radio trustworthiness regarding our unemployed or underemployed. contrast success and excellence. I pledge to prepare deaf people to found the distinction intriguing. enter society and the workplace Success can be, and often is, and compete on a par with their 1,130 fleeting—the exhibition of some hearing peers; the ability and will Among RIT's current. enrollment behaviors that might eventually to remain true to our responsibil- of approximately 13,000 students blossom into excellence. It is, ity to prepare honest and moral are 1,130 who are deaf. more often than not, measured by human beings who can con- In 1968, 71 students enrolled in a comparison to others and tribute to the welfare of our NTID's first class. marked by competition with others. society at all levels. Excellence, on the other hand, As an educational enterprise, requires a commitment in perpe- NTID also will demonstrate cred- $ 527 tuity to being the best one is ibility. NTID will be credible by Research demonstrates that the capable of being, irrespective of doing what it professes to do. Its average net weekly earnings of actions taken by the competition. credibility will be based upon an deaf RIT alumni 10 years after Excellence requires a commit- honest reporting of successes and graduation is $527. ment to improving service, even failures in the teaching and learn- though one may be at the top ing processes, founded in the compared to the competition. fundamental belief that people 46 Excellence is marked by a who are deaf can and will contin- This year, deaf RIT students come resistance to short-term "profit ue to grow and derived from an from 46 states and one territory taking" and may even require "ability" rather than a "disability" (U.S. Virgin Islands). A total of 45 short-term hardship in order to approach to teaching and learning. international deaf students attend make an investment in the When our contributions to RIT from seven countries around future. As John Gardner suggests, teaching and learning are re- the world. excellent individuals and institu- assessed in 25 years, the words of tions extend themselves, chal- Virgil will ring true: "'Experto lenge themselves, and demand credite'—Trust one who has 30% the very best of themselves. proved it" (Aenid, XI.283). In fall 1992, 30 percent of deaf Excellence is not measured by students were enrolled in "star quality" or "notoriety," but baccalaureate degree programs in rather by consistent and other RIT colleges, compared to ever in proving contribution. A com- 15 percent 10 years ago. mitment to success is a commit- Dr. James DeCaro ment to being at the top, while a commitment to excellence is a 102,682 lifetime commitment to quality. Since opening its doors in 1968, To paraphrase the philosopher NTID has welcomed 102,682 Toulmin, excellent people and visitors from around the world.. institutions analyze their prac- tices not simply for what they are, but for what they might be made to he. FOCUS 3 4 FOCUS by Kathleen S. Smith to, about how to approach and understand the challenges wise a week, Dr. Albert faced by deaf people," he con- Simone, RIT's new presi- tinues.

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