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In Memory of Dr. Ellie Rosenfield ASDC will greatly miss our friend and fellow board member, Dr. Ellie Rosenfield. Ellie served on ASDC’s executive board as secretary. Her commitment to ASDC, the Deaf community, parents, and students was exhibited in all aspects of her career, volunteerism, and life. Last month, the Executive Committee of the Rochester Institute (RIT) of Technology Board of Trustees created a special endowment in her name to assist RIT students who are deaf with financial needs. Dr. Rosenfield also established the National Technical Institute of the Deaf (NTID) Student Leadership Endowed Fund, a scholarship to encourage deaf and hard of hearing students to become more involved in co-curricular activities sponsored by NTID’s Student Life Team. Donations may be made in her memory to the NTID Student Leadership Fund, Office of Development, 52 Lomb Memorial Drive, Rochester, N.Y. 14623.
A Big Thank You to ASDC Welcomes Oklahoma School Flores to the Board for the Deaf! Richard Flores, a new ASDC board member, is the Coordinator of Distance Learning at the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind. He strives to deliver videoconferencing, online learning, streaming videos and seamless integration of technology in the classroom. A former high school teacher, he also worked for seven years as a systems analyst in the corporate and public sectors. Richard is also the proud father of a deaf son who attends the school. He resides in St. Augustine, Fla., with his wife and son.
ASDC board members met at the Oklahoma School for the Deaf (OSD) on March 3-4. Pictured above are OSD Superintendent Larry Hawkins, Assistant to the Superintendent and ASDC’s Carolyne Paradiso, Joe Finnegan, Tim Frelich, Beth Benedict, and Kristin DiPerri. A big thank you goes to OSD for being a gracious host! 3