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From left, part-time ASL lecturers Jim Meyers, Lisa Witchey and Kip Opperman will be laid off after Fall 2025 because Ithaca College is putting the Deaf studies minor on administrative pause.

Deaf studies minor to be cut after Fall 2025

By Sheelagh Doe, Life and Culture Editor April 16, 2025
Ithaca College’s Deaf studies minor has been put on an administrative pause and is currently not accepting more students for the foreseeable future. The three ASL professors at the college are being laid off after the Fall 2025 semester.
Junior psychology major Matt Dankanich sits in the LGBT Resource Room with his FM microphone, which is worn around the neck and transmits and amplifies the wearer’s voice to his hearing aids.

Commentary: Disability of deafness not inherently negative

By Matt Dankanich March 25, 2015
Not everyone uses the same equipment or communication style that I do, so there’s no universal answer to making a classroom more accessible.
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