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Winter 2005 • Volume 31, No. 2 |
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Features Seeing the Unseen  Between the Lions The Care Up There Departments
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ASL wins $4.5M in grants
The U.S. Department of Education has awarded the American Sign Language (ASL) program two five-year grants totaling $4.5 million. The grants were won in a process so competitive that one award—$3 million for the creation of a national interpreter-education center at Northeastern—was the sole award of its kind this year. The other grant, for $1.5 million, will fund the creation of a regional interpreter-education center for New England, New York, New Jersey, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands to increase the availability and quality of interpreting services in the area. Cathy Cogen, director of interpreter-education programs, will lead this effort. "Both grants provide a validation of the merit and growth of our programs," said associate professor and ASL director Dennis Cokely, who will lead the national project with ASL project director Betsy Winston.
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