Upcoming events by state
- "Working Together: Deaf and Hearing People," a workshop with guest speaker Arthur Moore of Sprint Relay Services, New Haven. Exact dates and location TBA. For further information, contact Elaine Taylor at 860-738-6380 (voice/TTY) or through email at NW_NETAC@commnet.edu.
- "Voyage to the Future," a career awareness program for high schools students and their parents, co-sponsored by the University of Maine System and the Muskie School of Public Service, November 6-7, at the Campus Center, University of Southern Maine. For further information, contact Barbara Keefe at 207-781-6209 (voice/TTY) or through email at Barbara.keefe@gbsd.org.
- Career Awareness Program co-sponsored by the Maryland Steer- ing Committee for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students. Exact dates and location TBA. For further information, contact Florence Cooney at 410-455-4369 (voice); 410-455-4553 (TTY) or through email at aafc@catmus.cat.cc.md.us.
- Deaf Services/Technology Expo '98, co-sponsored by the Massachusetts State Association of the Deaf, the Massachusetts site for NETAC, and MCI, October 30, 10 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. at the Holiday Inn Hotel, Peabody. View the newest technology on the market and meet with agencies that serve the deaf and hard-of-hearing community. For more information, contact Jane Nunes at 978-556-3341 (voice/TTY) or through email at NETAC@necc.mass.edu.
- The Massachusetts NETAC office has been working with the Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission (MRC) on ways to better collaborate with postsecondary institutions in support of their clients. NETAC and MRC will host a "town meeting" to discuss issues relative to the reimbursement of interpreting and notetaking services for students who are deaf and hard of hearing. For information regarding the location, date, and time of this discussion, contact Jane Nunes.
- The office also is collaborating with the Federal Interpreter Education Project at Northeastern University to provide training for interpreters and trainees working in or desiring to work in postsecondary environments. Scheduled events will be forthcoming.
- C-Print training, week of November 2. For more information, contact Cate Weir, University of New Hampshire, 603-228-2084 (voice/TTY), or through email at cweir@cisunix.unh.edu.
- "Taking Off the Kid Gloves: Tackling the Disability Barrier in Higher Education," featuring Jeanne Kincaid, November 10, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. at the Vermont Technical College in Randolph. This workshop will highlight the Americans with Disabilities Act with a discussion of specific cases in higher education. For more information, contact Rita Straubhaar at P.O. Box 876, Shelburne, VT 05482-0876, 802-985-4034 (TTY), 800-253-0195 (Voice Relay) or through email at Rstraubh@aol.com.