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Monday Issue JANUARY 28, 2013 FRESNO STATE
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Deaf studies program inspires donation The Silent Garden receives professorship through $1.5M endowment. By Haley Lambert The Collegian
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Joseph S. Slotnick (right) speaks to the audience about his work with the deaf community. Deafened by spinal meningitis at age 3, Slotnick went on to be the fifth deaf person to graduate from Harvard University.
A $1.5 million gift has been given to Fresno State to establish the Joseph S. Slotnick Distinguished Professorship in the Silent Garden. This professorship will be part of the Department of Communicative Disorders and Deaf Studies within the College of Health and Human Services. As the endowment’s name suggests, the money comes to the university from Slotnick, a computer systems analyst and developer, who has been deaf since age three. A graduate of Harvard University and key developer of the TTY communication device now used by many deaf people, Slotnick understands both the benefits of higher education, as well as the need for better communication and understanding between hearing people and deaf people. “More people need education about the deaf community,” Slotnick said. Indeed, this is the goal of him and his wife, Mary. Before their marriage in 1984, both were involved with educatSee SLOTNICK, Page 3
Library event focuses on evolution of communication By Careen Wong The Collegian
reasons why we hold these events. It’s to get people interested in supporting the library too.” This year’s theme focuses on technology and human interaction. On Friday, the Friends Board held its third program, “Technology and Culture: Progress or Peril.” Its focus centered around effects of technology on culture, particularly in the realm of communication and social media. “We are looking at traditional forms of writing,” Everson-Borofka explained. “How people used to be much more practiced in the letter art, and now, of course, social media has taken over and people Tweet
and Facebook and do this kind of stuff. It’s so much handier. So the question is, ‘What have we lost in the process? Have we lost? Have we gained? What are the benefits – do they outweigh what we’ve lost or is it possible to keep both?’” The speakers for the prog ram were Robert Sullivan, an attorney with McCormick Barstow LLP and Jefferson Beavers, a journalism, film studies and English professor at Fresno City College. The main focus of their discussion is called “Quail to Quantum,” with Quail representing the traditional form of communication and Quantum expressing the modern age. The speakers talked about their own generational differences, noting how this provided both difference in appearance as well as opinion. “We started out that I would, with my color of hair, be at that end of the spectrum [traditional side] and Jefferson with his color of his hair would be on the tech side,” Sullivan said. “That’s how we were recruited, and we ended up changing in that considerably.” Beavers pointed out both his and Sullivan’s surprise when they realize how much they agreed on certain issues. “We discovered we had a lot of more things in common then we had imagined,” Beavers said. “We had a lot of range of discussion. Each of us has our own preferences, but we also can understand each other.” To sum up the discussion, both Sullivan and Beavers agreed that every form of communication has its place. Yocelin Gallardo / The Collegian
With heated passion for books and resourceful education, members of “Friends of the Madden Library” band together to help maintain the prominence of Fresno State’s Henry Madden Library. Throughout the year, events are held in which discussants are invited to speak on particular topics related to the library. “The theme changes every year,” said Marcie Morrison, director of the development of the library. “Each program highlights a particular aspect of the library – our collections, or one of our departments, or one of our interests.” Chair of the program committee, Deb Everson-Borofka, feels it gives the community a great opportunity to come together for enjoyment and support of the library. “Everybody is also very interested in the student population. They’re so proud of this place. They’re just so proud of it,” Everson-Borofka said. “It’s just an amazing building and the collections are just wonderful. And it’s just people who love books and they love to see students using it. They also love to see the changes that are happening.” The events also act as fundraisers providing funds for particular collections or needs of the library. “State funds and tuition can’t pay for everything we would like to do,” said Sharon Ramirez, administration assistant to Morrison. “So that’s one of the The featured topic for the “Friends of the Madden Library” event focused on social media, and its increasing use in everyday communication.
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