NTID Alumni Association

Guy’s Journey: A Virtual Memorial 10:00 a.m. Pacific and 1:00 p.m. Eastern, Saturday, June 19, 2021 Open to the public Please join us to celebrate the life of artist and RIT/NTID alumnus Guy Wonder on Saturday, June 19 at 10:00 a.m. Pacific and 1:00 p.m. Eastern. This program will be moderated by alumnus Philip Rubin.... Guy Charles Wonder III passed away on November 27, 2020 at age 75. He spent time in the hospital and in nursing care before going into hospice at home, and was surrounded by family and friends at the time of his passing. Guy is survived by sister Jeannie Wonder Leighton, brother-in-law Ed Leighton, brother James Wonder, sister-in-law Kathy Wonder, and eight nieces and nephews. He is buried with his parents at Park Hill Cemetery in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Voice interpretation and captioning will be provided. Register at https://airtable.com/shrBdaX38OZw71LSD; once registered, you’ll receive an e-mail with details on how to attend the event. https://www.facebook.com/events/472839360474954?acontext=%7B%22event_action_history%22%3A[%7B%22surface%22%3A%22page%22%7D]%7D

NTIDAA congratulates alums Reynold Jennetti and Keith Worek on their induction to the US Deaf Golf Association Hall of Fame!

Join Skip Flanagan, RIT/NTID Athlete Development Program Coordinator, on June 10th at 7:00 p.m. Eastern time for this month View@RIT/NTID webinar; RIT/NTID Athletics: Hall-of-Fame Panel! We invited three of our RIT/NTID alumni (JT Reid, Kristine (Kris) Gray, and Gerald Isobe) who are deaf/hard-of-hearing to join us on the panel and share their stories about achieving greatness within RIT Athletics. They all were inductees of the RIT Sports Hall-of-Fame. They will discuss the...ir challenges, successes, and some exciting stories that led them on the path to greatness! Register at: https://bit.ly/3fweVjD We hope to see you there!

Congrats to our RIT Men's Lacrosse for defeating Salisbury 15-4 and becoming the 2021 NCAA Division III champions! We knew you could do it!

It’s International Museum Day! We thought it would the perfect opportunity to remind you about the NTID Alumni Museum project. We are still fundraising for the physical museum space, which will be on the 2nd floor of LBJ Hall. Meanwhile, we’ve set up a virtual NTID Alumni Museum as a place where you, our alumni, can visit and enjoy photos, stories, and cherished memories from your time on campus. More exhibits coming after the summer, meanwhile check out the current exhibit and stories here: https://ntidalumni.omeka.net/ And check out the giving page (https://ntidalumni.omeka.net/giving) to donate and help make the physical museum space a reality for all alumni to enjoy!

Congratulations to the RIT/NTID Class of 2021! You did it! Welcome to the alumni club! #RITGrad #RITNTIDGrad

The RIT/NTID Alumni Association Board of Directors is thrilled to announce new committee chairs! Bola Desalu will head our Development Committee, Julian Moiwai will chair the Communication Committee, Christie Ong will run the Diversity and Governance Committee, Jackie Pransky will helm the Alumni Programming Committee, and Bob Sidansky is in charge of the Alumni in Training Committee. We think we’re in good hands with these five. Keep an eye out for more announcements from our new chairs in the coming months and years, and in the meantime, don’t forget to congratulate them!

If you saw our post about the Pioneer Adventures trip last week for RIT/NTID alumni and were interested, but unsure, you can remove all uncertainty by signing up for this webinar on February 3rd, 2021! Representatives from the travel agency coordinating the trip will be available to answer your questions, as well as representatives from RIT’s Alumni Association and Loriann Macko, NTID’s director of alumni relations! LINK: https://www.facebook.com/events/919770875439027/

A lovely and positive read by RIT/NTID Director of Alumni Relations, Loriann Macko. READ: https://bddy.me/35rZjYQ

The pandemic has made everyone’s life interesting for the past year, but the end may be in sight! Prepare for the light at the end of the tunnel by considering a trip to national parks in the American Southwest with fellow RIT/NTID alumni in September 2021. This Pioneer Adventures package was put together by the RIT Alumni Association with special attention paid to ensuring full accommodations for any deaf or hard-of-hearing alumni, and will hit all the highlights of the desert between Scottsdale and Las Vegas. A $99 deposit, refundable up to 30 days before departure, can reserve your spot today; just head to the link below! LINK: https://tigers.rit.edu/site/Calendar

NTID Alumni Association wishes everyone in the RIT/NTID alumni community a Happy New Year!

Recent professional achievement? Great family news? Retiring after a successful career? If you have a recent achievement that you’re proud of, consider submitting a Class Note. Published in RIT: The University Magazine, Class Notes are a great way to connect with the growing RIT alumni community, which spans around the globe. To make sure your update is included, be sure to submit your Class Note by 5 p.m. on Friday, January 8, 2020.... SUBMIT CLASS NOTE: https://www.rit.edu/alumni/class-notes#class-notes

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Your Vote Counts! Panel Hosted by NTIDAA iFn partnership with NBDA

This is a December to remember! So instead of a webinar, as we’ve done for the past eight months, we’re hosting an online holiday party! Join us from 6-8 p.m. next Wednesday, December 16, to meet some NTIDAA board members, play some trivia, and chat about life, NTID, and everything. We can’t provide the cider, mulled wine, or eggnog, but we CAN offer a good time! Register at bit.ly/NTIDAA_holiday. We’ll see you there!

Join us this Wednesday evening for 'Your Vote Counts!', a panel hosted by the NTID Alumni Association (NTIDAA) in partnership with National Black Deaf Advocates, Inc. (NBDA). When: Wednesday, October 28, 2020, 7pm EDT Where: NTIDAA and NBDA's Facebook and YouTube Pages Who: Moderator - Bola Desalu and Panelists - Sarah A. Young Bear-Brown, Julia Kennedy, Rhonda Voight Campbell, Jesse Jones, Kriston Lee... CART provided by RIT/NTID. ASL-English Interpretation Provided. Supported by SignVote Technology Support Provided by Def Lens Media (DLM). [ID: Poster with RIT/NTID and National Black Deaf Advocates logos in center on top. Poster text in black on light background. Color photos and names of moderator: Bola Desalu, and panelists: Sarah Young Bear-Brown, Julia Kennedy, Rhonda Voight-Campbell, Kriston Pumphrey, and Jesse Jones. Logos of RIT/NTID, SignVote, and DLM at bottom.]

Join us for a non-partisan panel discussion on why voting matters tomorrow night, Wednesday, October 28 at 7pm EDT! All community members are welcome! Event hosted by NTIDAA in partnership with National Black Deaf Advocates, Inc. (NBDA) CART provided by RIT/NTID. ASL-English Interpretation Provided... Supported by @SignVote Technology Support Provided by Def Lens Media Video Description: https://bit.ly/3kBIJLA [ID: Poster with RIT/NTID and National Black Deaf Advocates logos in center on top. Poster text in black on light background. Color photos and names of moderator: Bola Desalu, and panelists: Sarah Young Bear-Brown, Julia Kennedy, Rhonda Voight-Campbell, Kriston Pumphrey, and Jesse Jones. Logos of RIT/NTID, SignVote, and DLM at bottom.]

A big THANK YOU goes out to everyone who gave for ROAR Day on Wednesday! The NTID Alumni Association Board of Director’s matching challenge for the Stephanie Smith Albert Memorial Endowed Fund exceeded its goal of $2,000! We’re still counting all the contributions and will update when we know more, but just had to thank our wonderful community first. Go Tigers!

We’re sad to see Tiger Alumni Week coming to an end. If you’re not going to one of the many reunions listed on the event schedule (http://bit.ly/TigerAlumni), we hope you enjoyed this week and look forward to next year! If you’re interested in getting involved as an alum or would like to give, please contact Loriann Macko, director of Alumni Relations, at [email protected].

Tiger Alumni Week is still in full swing! Have you signed up for tonight’s Zoom presentation from Thomas Warfield at 5 p.m. (Eastern)? To register, click immediately on: http://bit.ly/TAW_Warfield See you tonight!

The day is winding down, and so is ROAR Day! This historic event will help fund the Stephanie Smith Albert Memorial Endowment Fund, named in memory of NTID’s first director of diversity & inclusion, who passed away suddenly in October of 2018. This fund will help students with a demonstrated history of working toward a more inclusive society come to school at RIT/NTID. Don’t forget; the NTIDAA Board of Directors is matching up to $2,000, then the federal government is matching 100% of all gifts made to the fund. This means you can give $50 and have it turn into $200. If you haven’t given yet, please consider doing so. Just head to http://bit.ly/ROAR_Albert for more information and to give.

ROAR Day is still going! Have you made your gift to the Stephanie Smith Albert Memorial Endowment Fund yet? If you give $25, it will become $100 after the NTIDAA Board matches up to $2,000 in giftsthen the federal government will match 100% of all gifts made! Quadruple your impact; give today! Head to http://bit.ly/ROAR_Albert to give!

ROAR Day is here! Have you made your gift yet? Don’t forget; select the Stephanie Smith Albert Memorial Endowment Fund to quadruple your impact with the NTIDAA Board’s matching challenge up to $2,000! Head to http://bit.ly/ROAR_Albert to give and for more information!

How much do you really know?? Test your mighty brain with other alumni tonight at 8 p.m. (Eastern) at Tiger Alumni Week’s Tiger Trivia Night! You can register here: http://bit.ly/TAW_Trivia

IT’S TOMORROW! Starting at 12:01 (Eastern) tonight until 11:59 p.m. tomorrow night, you can give money to the Stephanie Smith Albert Memorial Endowment Fund! The NTIDAA Board of Directors is matching up to $2,000! The best part: Because it’s an endowment fund, the federal government will also match gifts dollar-for-dollar. This means your gift might quadruple! Head to rit.edu/ROAR for more information!

The members of the NTIDAA Board would like to inform the alumni community that we received a response to our BLM message on October 7th, as requested. We thank NTID President Gerry Buckley for his timely and thoughtful response https://bit.ly/3m5aKeK. The board will review this letter and discuss our feedback during our upcoming full board meeting this month. We will continue to keep our alumni community posted on progress. In the meantime, we encourage you to visit NTID’s website to review the Antiracism and Social Justice plan at: https://www.rit.edu/ntid/diversity/social-justice at your own discretion.

Don’t forget to register for this evening’s Tiger Alumni Week webinar featuring Fred Beam of Sunshine 2.0! Alumni Relations director Loriann Macko is hosting. The event starts on Zoom at 5 p.m. (Eastern) tonight; you can find more information and register here: http://bit.ly/TAW_Sunshine