Welcome to our Class Blog! It will be used in a variety of ways to extend course content. It is open to YOU to find creative ways to use it to solidify and extend your own learning!!!
Topics discussed in class will be discussed and explored here through your interaction and sharing with one another. Questions relative to class material and assignments are welcome here. Information relative to tests will be posted here such as sample questions and model answers. Posting to the blog - either your own initial posts, responding to others or a combination of the two is a REQUIRED part of the course and a part of your overall grade. You are required to post each month of the semester and it is most beneficial to you and your peers if you take time to do this at least once weekly.
Get started by posting a brief introduction of yourself! Please include your major, years at EKU and home town/state. You may include other information about you, your family, future goals, etc.
Hello! My name is Emily Bruner. I am an undergraduate in the Communication Disorders program and I am also minoring in ASL. This is my third year at EKU. I am from London, Ky but have been living in Richmond for a little over a year now. After graduating with my Bachelor's Degree, I plan to go to graduate school to get my Master's Degree before beginning my career as a Speech-Language Pathologist.
ReplyDeleteMy name is Sara Bunch. I am a third year student at EKU and majoring in ASL interpreting. My hours make me a senior, but I am a junior by years. I am in the honors program here as well. I am from Glasgow, KY, which is about 2 hours from here. I live in a dorm on campus. I am recently engaged and hope to be married right after graduation from EKU with my Bachelor's degree. I would love to someday get a Master's in linguistics.
ReplyDeleteHi! My name is Janaye Pack. I am currently a junior here at EKU. I transferred to Eastern from Northern Kentucky University my Sophomore year. I am majoring in Occupational Science and I plan on attending graduate school to complete the Occupational Therapy program. I am also minoring in ASL. I am from Independence, Ky. After graduating with my masters I would like to work at Cincinnati Children's Hospital as an Occupational Therapist!
ReplyDeleteHello! My name is Amy Gruenwald. This is my fifth year at EKU. I just graduated in May 2010 with my first degree in Communication Studies and a minor in American Sign Language. I am now in the Interpreter Training Program and excited to see what my future holds! I'm 23 years old and I'm from Columbus, Ohio (and I'm a big Buckeye fan!!) but I hope to stay and interpret in Kentucky. I love meeting new people and I absolutely LOVE dogs :) I look forward to getting to know everyone this semester!
ReplyDeleteHi everyone! My name is Jessica Johnson. I am a Junior this year at EKU. I transferred here at the beginning of the semester from Somerset Community College (Laurel Campus). I'm from London Kentucky. My major is also Speech Pathology. I plan on getting my undergrad here at EKU and then getting my Masters at either UK or WKU online. My minors are ASL (American Sign Language) and SED (Special Ed.)My favorite colors are blue and green and I love dogs =).
ReplyDeleteHey guys, My name is Jessica Cornett. I'm a senior at EKU, I transferred from MSU in the Fall of 09. I love EKU! It's so very much better than MSU (Morehead State University). I'm from Frenchburg, KY. I'm majoring in CD with a minor in ASL. I have 2 babies, Ace and Deuce... ;P yes, they're dogs, but they think they're people. So, like Amy and Jessica J., I love dogs too! After I get my Masters, I would like to work in rehibilitation with Home Health, a Hospital, or nursing home. I would also like to work with First Steps on the side :) I love to hunt and do anything outdoors!!!
ReplyDeleteHey guys! My name is Melinda Wright and I am a freshman at EKU. I am from Columbus, OH (Im 4 hours away from home!) and my major is Deaf Education, with a Elementary ed. degree as well. My birthday was just last Saturday, which was exciting. I am very close to my roommate Sarah, and my friend Hannah who are both in the interpreting program.
ReplyDeleteMy parents are indeed both deaf, so I have grown up in the deaf community all my life, going to a deaf church. I LOVE the deaf, and using sign language all the time :) After I graduate I would like to possibly work at KSD, Kentucky School for the deaf, maybe as a middle or high school teacher.
Hello :)
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I am Sara Al-Kabandi. I come from Kuwait City, Kuwait, but my family currently resides in Somerset, Ky.
I am a senior with a major in Deaf Elementary Education with a minor in ASL.
I plan to graduate and move toward my Masters Degree, however, at the same time my heart longs to travel and teach abroad, most specifically, Kenya. Time will tell.
I love to travel, learn about new cultures, review art work, and visit the beach.
I look forward to this class and meeting everyone individually.
Take care.
Hello! My name is Catherine Laswell. I am a sophomore majoring in ITP (Interpreter Training Program) with a minor in Special Education. I was born and raised in Danville, Kentucky and my family moved to Shelbyville, Kentucky my sophomore year of high school. I graduated from Shelby County High in 2009. My family is back in Danville, living there. Growing up my mom taught at Kentucky School for the Deaf (KSD), so a lot of my babysitters were deaf and we had deaf students stay with us from time to time. Because of this, my first language was actually sign language. I plan to graduate with my bachelors and get a good interpreting job before coming back to get my masters. I am eager to learn a lot in this class and to meet everyone. :)
ReplyDeleteHey guys, most of the people in class already know me by now but my name is Stephanie Nowicke (pronounced no-WICK-ee). I'm from Louisville and I am double majoring in ITP and Psychology. Right now I have three jobs so I'm a busybee. I also have three cats named Max, Murray, and Oliver. Future plans include getting a Masters and Ph.D. in Clinical Psych for the Deaf (because schizophrenia is awesome and even more awesome when deafness is involved). Ummm....I'm 20? I turn 21 over Spring Break...favorite comic book character is Nightcrawler, favorite superhero is Iron Man.....yup, that's about it :-D
ReplyDeletehey y'all - I'm Lindsey, but you could've just read that =] First and foremost, I'm a follower of Christ. I'm a junior in years and hours and am majoring in American Sign Language Interpreting Education. I love it =] I'm from Kentucky, born and raised - Bowling Green specifically, home of WKU =]. I plan to move back to BG and work there, interpreting, for a while once I graduate but have no idea where I'll actually end up. I love my family, my best friend is my mom and I'm blessed in every part of my life.
ReplyDeletehi! my name is Kristi Hamm. I am a junior and am majoring in ASL and English Interpreting. It's quite a crazy ride but is so worth it. I thank God everyday for the blessings he has given me. I'm from Louisville and I plan to intern and work there in the future. I am getting married in less than a year and very excited! I hope to interpret in the school system for a while and maybe dip into medical interpreting once i have more experience. I also want to become a foster parent. I'm very excited to meet everyone!
ReplyDeleteMy name is Heather Kisselburg and I'm a Junior. I'm dual majoring in Elementary as well as Deaf and Hard of Hearing Education. I'm originally from Hendersonville, NC but I moved to Louisville when I was in high school. I'm getting married this fall and once we graduate we'll be moving because my fiance is in the ROTC program and is commissioned to the Army once he graduates. I'm in the service sorority Kappa Delta Tau and we LOVE to do community service and help out around EKU's campus!! I can't wait to meet all of you and get this semester started!!
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ReplyDeletehello,my name is Amanda McCullough. I am a sophomore and I am majoring in Early childhood development and I minoring in Asl. My goal in life is to have a daycare for special needs children. I hope to have a great semester.
ReplyDeleteHey everyone! My name is Renee Lewis and I am a sophomore. My major is Middle grade social studies with special education deaf/hard of hearing. Or, deaf education. Haha. I'm from Lexington, KY and one day, I hope to adopt a deaf child and teach at KSD.
ReplyDeleteHello all! My name is Caitlin Hill and I am a Junior. I transferred to EKU last spring from Indiana University Southeast. I am so glad that I transferred because I finally found the right major and something that I really enjoy. I am majoring in ASL or ITP. I am from Louisville born and raised. My future goals are to hopefully first get into the Interpreting program (fingers crossed) and then to just see where I can go with it. I find ASL and the Deaf community so fascinating. Another fact about me is my favorite color is green!
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Hi! My name is Tia Curry and I am a Junior at EKU. I am an American Sign Language Interpreting Major and absolutely love it! I am from the tiny town of Marengo, Indiana and I picked EKU especially for the interpreting program. My career goal is to become a certified interpreter and my dream job would be to interpret for the performing arts.
ReplyDeleteHello :) My name is Danielle Dunn and I an a Senior here at EKU. I graduated already from WKU in 2008 and am back here learning how to become a Sign Language Interpreter. My hometown is Elizabethtown, for short we all say E-town. I have lived there my whole life and in the same house. My future goals are to work in a school system in my hometown as well as do some free lance on the side.
ReplyDeleteHey! My name is Ashley Johnson and I am a Junior at EKU. I am a Deaf Education major and have a minor in ASL. I'm also considering double majoring with Deaf Studies as well. I am from a nowhere town by the name of Virgie, Ky, in the hills, hehe! I've lived there my entire life. I am hard of hearing who was mainstreamed in school. I picked my major because I wanted to help students who are going through the same things I did in school and make sure they get the best education possible. My future plans are to go out of the country for at least a year and help deaf children in Third World Countries, come back to USA and work with deaf students in public schools. I also want to open up a photography studio at one point in life. Nice to meet you all!
ReplyDeleteHi! My name is Sarah Nestor and I am TOO excited about this semester. I'm an interpreting major (ASLIE) and love to sign. I have learned so much since I came to Eastern last year. I'm a junior now and in my freshman year I attended a school in WV for a year under the same major and learned a lot from there too. However, KY is where my heart is now :) The people in my program are the best in the world and I am so blessed to get to hang out with them every week!
ReplyDeleteA few more personal things about me: I attend Vineyard church here in Richmond, I have two sisters back home whom I love and miss dearly, I plan to do a lot of traveling in my future, and brownies are probably my favorite thing.
Hey everyone! My name is Kristen Koeninger. I am from Villa Hills, KY which is right across the river from Cincinnati. My major is Deaf/HH Middle Grade Teaching with an emphasis in Math. I am a sophomore here. I have one older sister. I am so ready to get out of the dorms because I am sick of the fire alarm going off randomly for people cooking bacon. Other than that, I am easy going and excited for this semester! See everyone in class!
ReplyDeleteHey, My name is Keisha Osborne. I was born and raised in Louisville Ky. I am the oldest of 4 children and I am an interpreting major who absolutely loves deaf people, their language and their culture. It took me a really long time to come to grips of what I was made to become in life. I personally thought that signing was a hobby and that I could do that on the side instead of making it really close to my entire life. But I had a "come to Jesus" talk with God and realized that I get to do my favorite hobby for a living in communicating with deaf people. Thats awesome!
ReplyDeleteI guess my future goal is to be the best I can possibly be at interpreting and at living. Any ambition that decides to show up in my life I think I should just do what ever it takes to accomplish it. I understand that this is really vague but I am learning to keep promises to myself instead of making them and being disappointed by not accomplishing them. THiS is an everyday journey and daily I win.
Hello!! My name is Kara Coltharp. I am a senior at Eastern and I will be graduating in May. I could not be more excited about it either. I am from Fort Mitchell, KY (Northern KY). My major is Communition Studies and I have a minor in ASL. When I graduate I will be moving back home and looking for a job up there. I have gone back and forth with the idea of going back to school and finishing a major in ASL interpreting.
ReplyDeleteHey! I'm Casey Rembold. I'm an ASL interpreter major. I've been at EKU for 1 1/2 years now. I went to Northern Arizona University for my freshmen year. My family (mom, dad, and older brother) moved here from Phoenix when I graduated high school and I transferred a year later. So Phoenix is really my "home town" but we all live here now. :)
ReplyDeleteHi! I'm Claire Smith. I'm a Deaf/Hard of Hearing Education major with a concentration in Middle Grade English. I am from Fort Thomas Kentucky, in very northern Kentucky. I'm a sophomore this year but it's my first year at EKU. Last year I went to UK but transferred because I missed signing and wanted to pursue it as a career. After I graduate with my bachelors I plan to go to the University of Cincinnati for an AuD in audiology.
ReplyDeleteHello! I'm Keira Henderson. I am from Stanford, Ky. I am an AS: interpreter major. This is my second semester at EKU. I am a sophomore transfer student from Asbury University where I played basketball until I blew out my knee. Now I am at EKU and absolutely love it!!!.
ReplyDeleteI posted my introduction as a blog, please check it out!
ReplyDeleteHi! I'm Caitlin Knore, and I am a junior here at EKU. I am a double major applying again to the interpreting program and am also a liberal arts major. I am from a small town in southern Ohio that no one ever has heard about...haha I also have a nephew that I go home to spend as much time as I can with. I also regularly go to Campus Crusade for Christ meetings every Thursday. ASL and art are my two biggest passions and once I graduate from here I hope to maybe work along the lines of art education with the Deaf.
ReplyDeleteAdi, Hello!! We do not know "who" you are or where your blog is :-). I'd love to read it and your introduction but there's no link. Let us know and we'll go read it. Here are a couple of hints/requests. If your name is not your username please sign it. Also, all of your posts for the blog/assignment will need to be to the class blog and not your personal blog you've created. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteMy name is Kendra Wilkinson. I am a second time around student after nearly 25 years of attending college once before. I decided to come to EKU because I am interested in the Deaf community and being able to communicate with the Deaf. I work in Danville at our hospital in registration. I am majoring in Special Ed Deaf/HH and minoring in ASL. I juggle work,home and school the best that I can. Being a little older has its challenges but I am always learning and hope my family appreciate the sacrifice I am making. I am easy going and easy to talk to
ReplyDeleteMy name is Claire Carr and I am a junior Occupational Science major with a minor in ASL. I plan on continuing with grad school and then eventually going on to get my doctorate in Occupational Therapy/Rehabilitation Science (For those in the class who already know me, think about me introducing myself as Dr. Claire...terrifying! :) I'm from Kettering, Ohio and I am 100% a cat person. I am a member of the service sorority Kappa Delta Tau and for this year I am the Standing Foods Chair (aka I bring the snacks). I tutor at Kirksville Elementary with the 2nd and 3rd graders and I love it! Can't wait to get to know everyone!
ReplyDeleteHi all - I'm Peter McCaffrey and I'm a junior in the Interpreter Training Program. I first got involved in the Deaf community years ago and took a lot of ASL, then later joined the Coast Guard, where I spent a career working with communications and computer and traveled to lots of places. Now I'm working toward a degree in Interpreting and plan to work here in KY as an interpreter upon graduation.
ReplyDeleteHello, my name is Chelsea Eddins. I am a senior and am also majoring in ASL and English Interpretation. This is my second year at EKU, I began my college career at WKU with a focus on Communication Disorders. I studied abroad for the Fall semester of 2008. It was a great opportunity and when I came home, realized I needed to change majors and schools to something that fits my liking more. I like in Nicholasville with my brother, mother and her new husband. We recently moved, but grew up in Frankfort. My goal in life is to become an international sign language interpreter, and i'm hoping to be in England next year doing my internship for interpreting! Hope to have a great semester.
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Hey! I'm Stephanie Snider, I am a junior DHH major, I transfered to EKU last year from UK. I'm still getting use to the culture shock of the different schools but I like EKU for the most part (I do miss having lunch next to the UK basketball players almost every day!)
ReplyDeleteI grew up in danville and was a swimmer for 8 years, My swim team practices were held at KSD and so i got to experience some of the deaf culture then. I started my college carrier at UK majoring in Special Ed Moderate to Severe disabilities but during my intro to special ed class, i fell in love with sign language and the deaf community.
I recently found a love for cooking (mostly cooking deserts) and i hope to one day attend pastry school just because I can.
Hi Guys!! My name is Chelsea Boyce, I am a sophomore here at EKU. I live up in Cincinnati, OH, but am origianlly from a small town in NC. I am majoring in Deaf Education and am loving every second of it. I can't wait to get to know you all! =]
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ReplyDeleteHello!! My name is Kara Coltharp. I am a senior at Eastern and I will be graduating in May. I could not be more excited about it either. I am from Fort Mitchell, KY (Northern KY). My major is Communition Studies and I have a minor in ASL. When I graduate I will be moving back home and looking for a job up there. I have gone back and forth with the idea of going back to school and finishing a major in ASL interpreting.
Hello everyone, my name is Jonathan Burke I am a senior here at Eastern and will be graduating in May. I am majoring in Communication Studies and will have a minor in ASL once I have complted this course. The main reason I am here today is because I have had an intrest in ASL since I was very young. Both of my parents are deaf and I am a CODA.
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