Category: News
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More people are signing up to learn ASL
By Linda Wilson Fuoco, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on September 1, 2017. What’s the third most popular language course taught in the United States? It’s American Sign Language, just behind Spanish, which is taught most often, and French, the second-most popular language, according to a survey from the Modern Language Association. The nonverbal language, which uses hands and…
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Campus Recreation hosts Summer Academy
By Callie Curley July 31, 2017 UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — As students gathered around the climbing wall looking nervously toward the top, Christian Cross was the first to buckle his helmet and approach the wall to climb. “I wanted to just get up there and try it,” Cross said. “You never know what you will…
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Lion 2016 Yearbook is now online
WPSD 2016 Yearbook is published and repository in our Alumni website. Enjoy reading this book.
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2017 Alumni Reunion Gallery
It was blast time for people of the alumnus to visit 36th Triennial Alumni Reunion event in Western Pennsylvania School f/t Deaf campus on June 23-25, 2017. Enjoy the pictures for you to view. 2017 Alumni Reunion 161 photos
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2017 Alumni Reunion Update: Bring Your Child(ren)!
We made some few changes in registration, you can bring your child or children to Alumni Reunion on Friday and Saturday, including lunch. The cost per child is $10. Dinner and Performance will not be included. If you already registered, and want to bring children, you could contact reunion@wpsdalumni.org to update your registration and you…
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Scores are only half the game or Deaf basketball tourney
It wasn’t just game time this week inside the Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf’s gymnasium in Edgewood. It was tournament time. Student-athletes, coaches and family members from three states and Washington, D.C., traveled to Western Pennsylvania for the 14th annual Tri-State Middle School Basketball Tournament. The tournament marked the culmination of WPSD’s season, a…
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Alumni Night 2017 Photo Gallery
WPSD Alumni Women’s Basketball WPSD Alumni Men’s and Boys’ Basketball Alumni Night 2017 photo galley (106 photos)
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2017 Alumni Reunion: A Misinterpreted World
WPSD Alumni Association, Inc. invites you to see the Deaf performance: Branton Stewart of California. He will be on the stage on Saturday evening of June 24, 2017 as part of 36th Triennial Alumni Reunion at Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf campus. Branton’s A Misinterpreted World is a stand up comedy show that will guaranteed…
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Book says Civil War pivotal in deaf history
Note: Harry Lang is 1965 WPSD graduate, he published his new book to the public in America. The American Civil War played a pivotal role in bringing the nation’s deaf population out of society’s shadows, asserts a forthcoming book by a former NTID professor. Harry G. Lang has spent a good part of his professional…