national technical institute for the deaf was established in 1965.
national technical institute for the deaf was established in 1965.
when was national technical institute for the deaf established?
1965
hettie shumway was highly involved with the rochester institute of technology and also with the institute's addition of the national technical institute for the deaf. hettie was on the women's council of the rochester institute of technology and acted as president from 1959 to 1965. she was also a member of the board of trustees of rit from 1959 to 1965. mrs. shumway was a strong advocate for the campus to be moved to henrietta, which it eventually was. hettie and her husband were major contributors to the 150th campaign fund on campus, as well as the interfaith center fund. in 1965 hettie was in washington with a committee searching for a new superintendent for the rochester school for the deaf. it was here that hettie learned how public law 89-36 was searching for a place to establish ntid. upon her return to rit, mrs. shumway approached dr. mark ellingson, the president of rit with a copy of the bill and told him, “there is no place in the united states that this ought to go except rochester institute of technology,”. dr. ellingson had professor harold kentner speak with the national advisory group who were working to find a location for ntid and kentner went on the write the formal proposal to the group requesting the ntid be established on the rit campus in henrietta. on october 1, 1966, the department of health, education, and welfare wrote to rit to inform them that they had been selected as the future location of ntid. on december 20 of that year, an agreement was signed confirming the ntid site. in 1967 hettie shumway became a member of the advisory board for the establishment of the national technical institute for the deaf. today the dining commons at ntid are named in hettie shumway's honor.
hettie shumway
the national technical institute for the deaf (ntid) is the first and largest technological college in the world for students who are deaf or hard of hearing. as one of nine colleges within the rochester institute of technology (rit) in rochester, new york, ntid provides academic programs, access, asl in-class interpreters and support services—including on-site audiological, speech-language, and cochlear implant support. as of fall quarter 2012, ntid encompasses just under 10% of rit's enrollment, 1259 students. roughly 775 deaf and hard of hearing students are cross-registered into another rit college's program with support from ntid.
national technical institute for the deaf