<div dir="ltr"><div><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 20px;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:24px;font-size:large;font-family:"Open Sans",Arial,sans-serif">Join the <a href="http://nationaldeafcenter.org/get-help" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(13,119,119);box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:none;outline:none">NDC | help team</a> at 2 p.m. CT on June 24 for Deaf Student Access: Tips & Resources for Reopening Campus, a live presentation covering the most <a href="http://nationaldeafcenter.org/faqs" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(13,119,119);box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:none;outline:none">frequently asked questions</a> about access and accommodations in a variety of formats.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 20px;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:24px;font-size:large;font-family:"Open Sans",Arial,sans-serif">Though COVID-19 cases seem to be going down with rising vaccination rates, the fall 2021 semester will still be littered with uncertainty. Schools are planning for a variety of class formats -- in-person, online, hybrid. Planning for all the different options also includes <a href="http://www.nationaldeafcenter.org/outcomes" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(13,119,119);box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:none;outline:none">designing accessible environments</a>.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 20px;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:24px;font-size:large;font-family:"Open Sans",Arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_bsmLHNK6QMmU1fDA4ijZ0Q" target="_blank">REGISTER NOW</a></p><h3 style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:"Open Sans",Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:400;line-height:24px;color:rgb(29,33,39);margin:0px 0px 33px;font-size:1.8em">Get Answers, Resources and More</h3><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 20px;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:24px;font-size:large;font-family:"Open Sans",Arial,sans-serif">The National Deaf Center on Postsecondary Outcomes (NDC) has supported hundreds of institutions while navigating the pandemic’s impact on deaf students, and is here to help you ensure your campus activities are accessible -- whether they are online or in-person.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 20px;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:24px;font-size:large;font-family:"Open Sans",Arial,sans-serif">This presentation will offer suggestions and solutions to address common concerns about implementing accommodations. NDC will provide resources to help your institution prepare for deaf students attending and participating in activities or programs.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 20px;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:24px;font-size:large;font-family:"Open Sans",Arial,sans-serif">You will learn how to:</p><ul style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:10px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Open Sans",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><li style="margin-left:15px;box-sizing:border-box;line-height:24px"><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 20px;line-height:24px;font-size:large">Hire, coordinate and work with service providers (i.e. interpreters and speech-to-text professionals) in a variety of remote and in-person settings.</p></li><li style="margin-left:15px;box-sizing:border-box;line-height:24px"><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 20px;line-height:24px;font-size:large">Address barriers to communication, like face masks.</p></li><li style="margin-left:15px;box-sizing:border-box;line-height:24px"><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 20px;line-height:24px;font-size:large">And maintain sanitary assistive listening equipment in multiple spaces.</p></li></ul><h3 style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:"Open Sans",Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:400;line-height:24px;color:rgb(29,33,39);margin:0px 0px 33px;font-size:1.8em">Presenters</h3><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 20px;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:24px;font-size:large;font-family:"Open Sans",Arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.nationaldeafcenter.org/team/stephanie-zito" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(13,119,119);box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:none;outline:none">Stephanie Zito, M.S., NIC</a>, is the lead Technical Assistance Specialist with NDC. She is also a nationally certified sign language interpreter and trained C-Print captionist, and serves as President for the National Association of Interpreters in Education (NAIE).</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 20px;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:24px;font-size:large;font-family:"Open Sans",Arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.nationaldeafcenter.org/team/lore-kinast" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(13,119,119);box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:none;outline:none">Lore Kinast, Ed.D.</a>, is a Technical Assistance Specialist with NDC. Lore provides higher education professionals, employers, students, parents, and organizations with resources, strategies, and tools to ensure deaf students can access their college education.</p><h3 style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:"Open Sans",Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:400;line-height:24px;color:rgb(29,33,39);margin:0px 0px 33px;font-size:1.8em">Interpreting Panel Recording Now Available</h3><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 20px;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:24px;font-size:large;font-family:"Open Sans",Arial,sans-serif">Did you miss our panel discussion on interpreting services? The recording, along with a <a href="https://www.nationaldeafcenter.org/news/collaboration-advocacy-and-understanding-lessons-ndc%E2%80%99s-interpreting-panel" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(13,119,119);box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:none;outline:none">summary of the discussion</a>, is now available online.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 20px;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:24px;font-size:large;font-family:"Open Sans",Arial,sans-serif">You can also find information about upcoming events or get caught up on past events on our <a href="https://www.nationaldeafcenter.org/news/find-recordings-information-and-more-new-events-page" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(13,119,119);box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:none;outline:none">Events Page</a>.</p></div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><b style="font-size:small;font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"> </b><b style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><font size="4">NDC | help team</font></b><br></div><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"> <b><a href="mailto:help@nationaldeafcenter.org" target="_blank">help@nationaldeafcenter.org</a></b></font></div><div><a href="https://www.nationaldeafcenter.org/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><img src="https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=1vKVPUWUGvGPQjJiDB_iZ5lqiotOYq8wG&revid=0B4Q56QOFR95YdDI1dHFBeXREMitHNlptdkZlK2w2NVJNc2JBPQ" alt="https://www.nationaldeafcenter.org/" width="200" height="25"></a><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="2"></font><br></div><div style="font-size:small"> <a href="http://www.nationaldeafcenter.org/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><img src="https://drive.google.com/a/nationaldeafcenter.org/uc?id=19TuMgxo3njMzeGXCJ7LgieP2TIJBRu7s&export=download"></a><a href="https://www.facebook.com/nationaldeafcenter" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><img src="https://drive.google.com/a/nationaldeafcenter.org/uc?id=12mjFyEdkyVdkLbW9TbMyBtPOjv1J8enq&export=download"></a><a href="https://twitter.com/NationalDeafCtr" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><img src="https://drive.google.com/a/nationaldeafcenter.org/uc?id=1ZwUQ6heFx9N3KUtXDvV-6sR6GYpHWbGr&export=download"></a><a href="https://www.instagram.com/nationaldeafcenter/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><img src="https://drive.google.com/a/nationaldeafcenter.org/uc?id=1skukSE5Nt6oJCKcHC-EmbvY2xF6IrJVE&export=download"></a><a href="https://www.youtube.com/national%20deaf%20center" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><img src="https://drive.google.com/a/nationaldeafcenter.org/uc?id=16Z55rDJUB1BTiUZxnUkjzXBDQs-7KUN_&export=download"></a></div><div style="font-size:small"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div style="font-size:small"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><a href="https://www.nationaldeafcenter.org/covid-19-information" target="_blank">Resources to support institutions during COVID-19</a> </font></div><div style="font-size:small"><br></div><div style="font-size:small"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><a href="http://www.nationaldeafcenter.org/signup" target="_blank">Subscribe to the NDC Newsletter or Listserv </a></font></div></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:small"><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit">NDC is a technical assistance and dissemination center jointly funded by the </font></font>U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) and the Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA) #H326D160001. Project Officer: Dr. Louise Tripoli.</font><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"> Disclaimers: 1) The contents of this email do not necessarily represent the positions or policies of the fede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