---
title: Hi5 | February 7, 2025
---

Get to know the Gallaudet Archives; Faculty and alumni featured in “Dinner Table Syndrome” anthology; Men’s basketball team visits Atlanta; Graduate student interns at White House; Deaf Studies Incubator welcomes international fellows

| View in browser February 7, 2025 A biweekly bilingual e-newsletter for the global Gallaudet community Get to know the Gallaudet Archives; Faculty and alumni featured in “Dinner Table Syndrome” anthology; Men’s basketball team visits Atlanta; Graduate student interns at White House; Deaf Studies Incubator welcomes international fellows View this week's Hi5 in American Sign Language above. View transcript here. Welcome to the February 7th issue of Hi5. Top 5 News Posts Get to know the Gallaudet Archives The Gallaudet Archives has thousands of items, including photos, videos, historical documents, books, and much more. Want to know the most challenging materials to store? Their biggest item? Check out the article to learn those answers, and more, plus meet Director Jim McCarthy! Read more Faculty and alumni featured in “Dinner Table Syndrome” anthology Have you ever felt left out at the dinner table? Gallaudet alumnus Raymond Luczak, ’88, has published a new collection of essays, short stories, and poems about Dinner Table Syndrome. The book features 19 different writers who are Deaf and hard of hearing, including four Gallaudet faculty and three alumni! Read more Men’s basketball team visits Atlanta The Gallaudet men’s basketball team traveled to Atlanta, Georgia this past December. Between games, they visited Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park and met the students of Atlanta Area School for the Deaf. Go Bison! Read more Graduate student interns at White House Last semester, graduate student José Rodrigo Uresti interned at the White House! José is part of Gallaudet’s International Development Masters Program (IDMA). Check out the article to learn about his journey and his time with the White House. Read more Deaf Studies Incubator welcomes international fellows The new Deaf Studies Incubator program got off to a great start in the fall. The first two fellows, Naiara Larrakoetxea from Spain and Amelia Palmer from Canada, have immersed themselves in the Gallaudet community. We can’t wait to see what they do next! Read more Notable News Prestigious NIH fellowship funds Gallaudet postdoctoral fellow Read more National Endowment for the Arts funding to support Deaf Way Film Festival Read more Tech-focused projects win President and Provost Research Excellence Awards Read more Careers at Gallaudet Spotlight: Associate Enrollment Communications Coordinator The Associate Enrollment Communication Coordinator plans, coordinates, and develops communications for recruitment and enrollment growth. More Job Postings Call for Hi5 ASL signers  Want to be an ASL signer for Hi5? Who wouldn't! We're inviting students, staff, faculty, and alumni to showcase the wide variety of the signing spectrum found at Gallaudet. Send a video of you signing this script to university.communications@gallaudet.edu. Published biweekly during the academic year and monthly during the summer, Hi5 contains news and announcements for the Gallaudet, Clerc Center, and signing communities. The next issue of Hi5 will be on Friday, February 21, 2025.   Hi5 is distributed to the Gallaudet University community, including alumni and donors. Submissions may be sent to this web form. You can subscribe to Hi5 at this web form. Gallaudet University, 800 Florida Avenue NE, Washington, D.C. 20002, USA Unsubscribe Manage preferences |
| --- |