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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, Co-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.
Sophomore Kimberly Caceci, above, signs out “identity” in American Sign Language. Caceci writes that the Integrated Core Curriculum does not focus enough on people with disabilities, especially the Deaf Community.

Commentary: ASL should count toward ICC Diversity credits

By Kimberly Caceci • April 11, 2018
To live up to the goals Ithaca College has, I recommend the college stop all the talk about how diverse we are and take some action.
“Wonderstruck” is based on the novel by Brian Selznick and tells a dual narrative that eventually converges. One half of the story is dedicated to Rose (Millicent Simmonds), a deaf girl who runs away from her home to visit her mother, Lillian Mayhew (Julian Moore) in New York City. The other half of “Wonderstruck” follows Ben (Oakes Fegley), who is stricken deaf in an accident.

Review: ‘Wonderstruck’ is anything but wonderful

By Tyler Obropta, Proofreader • December 5, 2017
Haynes and Selznick undoubtedly set out to tell a story about children for children, but nobody said it had to be bland.
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