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MEETING MINUTES: 4/18/2007

Paired Readings- English & ASL Storytelling
The storytelling in Moorestown was a great success! Thank you to everyone who participated, and you should all feel very proud of yourselves. DHC plans to continue the English & ASL Storytelling next year, however we hope to reach out to an even wider array of schools across the state. We are considering working in smaller groups and reading our stories more often in a variety of places. More information will be provided come Aug/Sept. of 2007.

MKSD Field Day- April 25th, 2007
Next Wednesday (April 25th, 2007) will be our Field Day with the students at MKSD (times: 12:00-2:00 pm, approximately). Get ready for fun games such as t-ball, the cone game, parachute games, the elephant game, and bowling (the list of activities is pending). If you have any further ideas please e-mail the club. Keep in mind that we are open to ideas for both indoor and outdoor activities. The MKSD Field Day will count as a direct contact experience for students in ASL I and II, and can also count as CEL hours for ASL III students (ASL III students, see Dr. Slobodzian about the Field Day contributing to your CEL hours. You must have her sign off on this). YOU MUST SIGN UP FOR THE MKSD FIELD DAY!!! A sign-up sheet was passed around at the 4/18/07 meeting, so if you were unable to attend but still wish to participate please e-mail the club NO LATER THAN 10:00 PM ON SATURDAY, APRIL 21ST, 2007. In the e-mail please provide us with your name and whether or not you need a ride to the MKSD campus. If you can drive people, please let us know how many can fit in your car. For those of you who will be attending the field day, an e-mail will be sent out on Monday (4/23/07) regarding times, carpooling, and any additional information you may need to know.

Upcoming Fundraiser- Great Adventure Tickets
The 23rd annual Deaf and Hard of Hearing Awareness Day will be held at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson, New Jersey on June 16, 2007. DHC will be selling discounted Great Adventure tickets (both single day and season passes) in the Student Center throughout next week. We do not yet know specific dates and times, however if you are interested in sitting at a table (1-hour shifts) to help us sell Great Adventure tickets please e-mail us. Those who sign-up will be contacted via e-mail once the dates and times are established.

2007-2008 Committees
We need people to sign-up for our 4 committees for the 07-08 year. Each of the four E-Board members will act as the liaison for a committee: Nicole Passenti-Publicity, Lauren Senko-Programs, Elaine Smolen-Outreach, and Nicole Lavender-Fundraising. A brief explanation of each committee follows:
Publicity- get DHC’s name out there, advertise for our events with flyers, chalking, etc. You are also responsible for updating our bulletin board located on the 3rd floor of Forcina Hall.
Programs- you will work to bring different speakers, groups, etc. to our campus
Outreach- you will work to think up different ways in which we can reach out to the Deaf community (i.e. the paired reading project we recently completed in Moorestown, MKSD Field Days, etc.)
Fundraising- think up ideas for fundraisers and carry through with actually fundraising for the club. This is important if we want to bring fun and exciting performers, authors, motivational speakers, or any other type of event to TCNJ next year.
We are looking for someone to chair the Outreach committee. The chair holds the responsibility of making sure their committee members are on track, and they will also update club members at meetings. Please e-mail us if you have any questions or are interested in being on one of DHC’s committees.

Ideas for Next Year!!!
-Current students/members of DHC will act as mentors (“Big Buddy’s”) to freshman and transfer students entering the program. Dr. Slobodzian will be looking into this idea further. If you have any questions or are interested in being a mentor you can e-mail the club.
-Ice Cream Social: money has already been allotted for an ice-cream social that we plan to hold early next year. We will keep you updated on the exact date, time, and location.
-Here is a list of different groups and/or individuals we hope to bring to TCNJ next year: Music in Motion (we are waiting on more information, but are looking into 2 different performances by Music in Motion: an Elementary show during the day in which we would invite students from various schools around the state, and at night the Adult show which will be geared more toward our campus community (adult = popular songs on the radio), the Wild Zappers (a nationally recognized group that will be performing at the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Awareness Day at Six Flags), Dennis Jones (hard of hearing author who would deliver a talk and provide a book signing session), C.J. Jones (everyone’s favorite comedian from the PBS Special “Through Deaf Eyes”), Mitch Shapiro (CEO of the Foundation for Sight and Sound, motivational speaker). We are open to your ideas so please inform us of any additional performers or guests you think may be worthwhile bringing to TCNJ.
-MKSD Museum Trips: in small groups we can visit the MKSD Deaf Culture Museum on Wednesdays during our non-meeting weeks (“off-weeks”). We can work to connect this with our mentor/”Big Buddy” idea.
-We are looking forward to continuing our MKSD Field Days and as previously mentioned, the Paired Readings in English and ASL. We also hope to repeat our Alumni/Grad Pizza Party, which was a great success this past fall.

Your Ideas -Bring back the NTD -Activities fair (publicity) -Pen pals with students at different schools -Silent lunches/dinners (Dr. Slobodzian suggested a Book Club type idea)

Thank you to Alli and Carolyn for all of the time they put into DHC, and also for their dedication and enthusiasm in helping to make the club a great success! DHC is a student-run organization at The Collge of New Jersey
Contact us at deafhc@tcnj.edu
This page last updated 7 May 2008