Welcome 2015-2016 NTID Retirement Celebration May 17, 2016
Gerald (Jerry) Argetsinger 41 years of service Associate Professor, Department of Cultural and Creative Studies Served as chair of Performing Arts and General Education departments Highly accomplished director of outdoor theater productions (Hill Cumorah Pageant and others) Recognized authority with numerous publications on Danish playwright Ludvig Holberg, Mormon characters in dramatic literature, and LGBT issues Taught a very broad and diverse array of theater and general education courses Broke barriers and received rave reviews for directing the most profane production in NTID history, Tribes
Norene Chesterton 35 years of service Senior Staff Assistant, Department of Visual Communication Studies Began RIT career job sharing in the College of Science while being home with 3 of her 4 children Served as staff assistant for the Center for Student Resources in the mid-1990s Staff assistant for the Photo and Printing programs Worked with 3 VCS chairpersons (John Cox, Ken Hoffmann and now Kurt Stoskopf)
William (Bill) Clymer 41 years of service Associate Professor, Department of Business Studies Tutored General Business courses in the College of Business, including Management and Organizational Behavior Began career as instructional developer and media specialist Served as Interim Director of the NTID Center on Access Technology, 2010-2013 Director of Postsecondary Education Network (PEN) International, 2001-2013 Organized Biennial Technology Symposia in 2003, 2005, 2008, and 2010
Linda Iacelli 32 years of service Assistant Director, NTID Employment Services NAG Outstanding Service Award, 2002 Taught and advised deaf and hard of hearing students in job seeking Consulted with and trained employers and prospective employers on strategies for integrating deaf and hard-of-hearing employees in the workplace Established and maintained relationships with employers Came to NTID from the Central Intelligence Agency, where she was an HR Specialist and French Language Linguist
Charles (Chas) Johnstone 39 years of service Data Center Operations Systems Analyst, NTID Client Services NAG Outstanding Service Award, 1987 Manager of the NTID Help Desk, 2002-2006 Inventory Specialist through many revisions Served on the NTID Vision Support Committee Technical consultant to the Rochester chapter of the Hearing Loss Association of America [HLAA]. RIT Commencement Planning Committee (Original Member) MS, Instructional Technology, 1977
Gary Long, Ph.D. 40 years of service Associate Professor and Founding Associate Dean for Research 2011-2015: Co-PI of DeafTEC: Technological Education Center for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students, a National Science Foundation-funded National Center of Excellence. DeafTEC s original funding in August 2011 was for $4.5 million; renewal in August 2015 was for an additional $3.9 million. 1979-1982: Chair, Department of Educational Research and Development Lifelong researcher on Deaf and Hard-of-hearing students in mainstream classes
Lisa Markidis 28 years of service Staff Assistant, NTID Office of Admissions, since 1999 Interpreting Services, 1988-1990 Student Financial Services Office, 1990-1998 College of Liberal Arts, 1998-1999 Involved in NTID s Business Studies Mentoring Program Associate in Applied Science in Applied Arts & Sciences 2012 Sister of Jeanette Tydings, senior staff assistant, MSSE
J. David (Dave)McCloskey 25 years of service Associate Interpreter, Department of Access Services Learned American Sign Language to communicate with deaf employee in his company Outstanding Interpreting award from NTID Student Congress, 1998 Member of Golden Key National Honor Society, 1999 NAG Outstanding Service Award, 2005 Close affiliate with Santa Claus
Katherine (Kathy) Olsen 40 years of service Associate Professor, Department of Visual Communication Studies 1976-198:1NTID Instructional Design and Development Department, Graphic Artist 1981-2016: NTID Visual Communications Studies Department MS, Instructional Technology, 1984 Since 1977, primary curriculum development person in department Since 1982, responsible for annual VCS Student Honors Exhibition 2014: Henrietta, NY, Chamber of Commerce Community of Excellence Award for Coordination of Publication Design course directory cover student project
John-Allen Payne, Ph.D. 34 years of service Associate Professor, Department of Liberal Studies Primary areas of pedagogical interest: reading and grammar instruction. Devoted NTID career to the developmental English program and authored many books for his English language development classes 2013-2015: Chaired NTID Curriculum Committee 1992-1994: Awarded two Fulbright Scholarships in Bulgaria Certificate, Computer Graphics, 1998 Certificate, Basic Technical Communication, 1998 Certificate, Advanced Technical Communication, 1999
Stephanie Polowe, Ed.D. 42 years of service Professor, Department of Liberal Studies 2013 recipient of RIT s Four Presidents Distinguished Public Service Award 1983-1985: President of TELA Teachers of English and Language Arts 1991-93: President of Convention of American Instructors of the Deaf Elected to service on Monroe County Legislature, 1998-2007; served as Minority Leader 1992-97: Appointed to Monroe County BOCES I 1993-94: President of Monroe County School Boards
Linda Rubel, Ph.D. 31 years of service Professor, Department of Liberal Studies Chair of Liberal Arts Support Team, 1993-2005 Pivotal member on the RIT Greater Expectations committee that included work on Gen Ed, Writing Requirement, Learning Communities, First-Year Experience, Innovative Curricula, Orientation/Reading book, in preparation for semester conversion, 2009-2011 Director of First Year Writing for COLA, 2008-2009 Served on the COLA Curriculum Committee for decades
Lissa Schaefer 19 years of service 2003 2016: Notetaker Coordinator, Department of Access Services Graduated with a Bachelor s Degree in Business Administration from RIT Staff Excellence Awards Selection Committee TWICE - 2007 2010 and 2013 2016 Staff Recognition Task Force currently Various committees within DAS holiday, spring picnic Volunteers and supports Imagine RIT Volunteers for Brick City Commencement Volunteer
Lawrence (Larry) Scott 36 years of service Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Communication Studies and Services Hired as an audiologist, served as department chair for 23 years Chaired NTID Curriculum Committee through semester conversion Very involved in administering and revising the Language Communication Background Questionnaire (LCBQ) Set up Spoken Communication Techniques and Strategies workshops Co-PI on the U.S. Department of Education Personnel Preparation Grant with Nazareth to prepare SLPs to work with deaf/hoh children. New York State Speech-Language-Hearing Association leadership roles during the 1980s-1990s
Solange (Sally) Skyer 38 years of service Academic Advisor, Business Studies Department Began with 6-month internship in January 1978 Became permanent counselor that fall and is one of the only ones to serve the same technical department her entire career NAG Outstanding Service Award, 1996 Married to NTID alum Rick Skyer (deceased) Mother to Melissa Skyer, lecturer in the Department of Science and Mathematics, and Michael Skyer, lecturer in the Master of Science in Secondary Education
Rose Marie Toscano 39 years of service Professor, Department of Liberal Studies Served on the original 1992 Strategic Planning Committee Co-PI on the Rochester Bridges to the Doctorate program Chairperson of the New York State Developmental Disabilities Planning Council, 2012-2014; served since 2000 Co-Chaired National Task Force on Health Care Careers for the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Community, 2011 2014 recipient of RIT s Four Presidents Distinguished Public Service Award Married to Antonio Toscano, retired