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NTID invites you back to campus for many great events during Brick City Homecoming, October 10-12, 2008. Below are two of the terrific offerings from your college, but be sure to look at all events taking place on the weekend. Furthermore if you would like to learn how to personally invite your classmates to make sure they come as well, click HERE.

* College Interactive Exhibits and Explorations – Visit with your favorite faculty; learn how your program has changed; get tours of the building and meet up with former classmates. (Saturday, 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.)

* SPECIAL OFFER - Free Wine and Cheese Reunion Reception - Celebrate your RIT class reunion by sampling wine and cheese from around New York State. The Class Reunion Reception is free for the following class years: 2006, 1998, 1988, 1983, 1978, 1968, and 1958. (Saturday, 4 p.m. – 6 p.m.)

Don’t forget the inaugural College Alumni Cup Challenge! The Cup will be awarded to the RIT college that draws the greatest percentage of alumni participants during Homecoming weekend. The cup will be presented by President Bill Destler to representatives from the winning college during the President’s Alumni Ball, held this year on Friday, October 10th. It’s up to you—and your classmates—to make NTID a winner!

If you have any questions about the weekend e-mail reunion@mail.rit.edu.
REGISTER HERE!

Rochester’s biennial Deaf Awareness Week begins Sunday, Sept. 21, 2008 at Rochester Institute of Technology’s National Technical Institute for the Deaf. The kickoff starts seven days of workshops and community events, including a congressional candidate forum, a pizza social fundraiser, a forum on closed captioning, a discussion with members of the Deaf community with the Rochester Police Department, Deaf Awareness Day at Strong Museum of Play and a family picnic at the Genesee Country Museum.

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Come one, Come all!

NTID Alumni Community Picnic

Sunday, October 5, 2008
3 – 9 p.m.
Dolomite Lodge, 3100 Atlantic Ave., Penfield, NY 14526
(Behind the Penfield Town Hall)

Hosted by:

Frank SVP ’86, ’90, ’95 & Arlene SVP ’86, ’89, ’93 Sankey, Howard Mann, ’69, ’74, ’84, Lynn Vandeviver, SVP ’74, ’79, Donna Tuffner, SVP ’88, ’94, Carmella Ramey, SVP ’70, ’72, ’81 and Ted Lord, SVP ’70, ’73.

Adults~$8.00 * Teens~$6.00 * 12 and under~Free
Proceeds benefit the NTID Alumni Association Endowed Scholarship Fund.

Raffle Drawings

Mail checks payable to the NTID Foundation to:

NTID Alumni Relations
52 Lomb Memorial Dr. LBJ 3805
Rochester, NY 14623

RSVP by September 26, 2008
(prices will increase after deadline)

Please bring 12 or more servings on the following based on the first letter of your last name:

* A – F: appetizer
* G – L: dessert
* M – R: appetizer
* S – Z: dessert

Bring your own drinks (no alcohol, please!), chairs and games to play.

Questions? Please contact Frank Sankey, NACUNY (NTID Alumni Chapter of Upstate NY) Leader at 585-271-5496 (VP) or email Frank-Sankey@hotmail.com

Please print this email and return the bottom portion with your check or money order.

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A first-of-its-kind conference next month at NTID will discuss how changing technology is affecting storytelling in American Sign Language in the Deaf community. Registration for the Oct. 3 and 4 event is now open and is free.

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A performer with Quest’s Wings Theatre in “I Carry The Flag,” scheduled Saturday in NTID’s Robert F. Panara Theare.

Quest’s Wings Theatre Company performs at the Robert F. Panara Theatre Friday and Saturday, Sept. 12 & 13 at 7:30 p.m. The talented ensemble of deaf, hard of hearing, and hearing performers from Washington, D.C. will perform two original works of visual theatre: “Mosiac” on Friday evening, and “I Carry the Flag” on Saturday. Both performances are free and open to the public

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Attention NTID & CIAS Alumni:

Show your support during the NY Yankeesvs.. Boston Red Sox rivalry!!!

NTID Director of Alumni Relations Matthew Driscoll, SVP ’90, ’94 (Yankees Fan)
and
CIAS Assoc. Dir. of Alumni Relations Ron Goldberg, ’99, ’00 (Red Sox fan) cordially invite you and your guest to an Alumni Reception for NTID & CIAS alumni

Tuesday, August 26, 2008
6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
at The RITz (located in the Student Alumni Union basement)

Followed by A heated contest between the Yanks and Red Sox on a
wide screen plasma TV and two other TVs at 7 p.m.!
Pizza, chicken wings, soda & chips provided
One drink ticket for beer will also be provided per person
Sign Language interpreters provided
Join us and support your favorite team!
RSVP by August 22, 2008
Via the web at: CLICK HERE