Volunteer Interpreting Services Now Available
from Austin Community College
Austin Community College is proud to announce the availability of
volunteering interpreting services. Interpreting students at Austin
Community College will offer volunteer interpreting services for events
where professional interpreters are not provided. All requests are reviewed
by ACC department faculty.
Please make your request at least two weeks in advance of the event and
include all the following information:
Date
Location
Start and finish time
What is the event?
How can we contact you? We need your e-mail address or phone number.
The best way to make a request for a student interpreter is by e-mail to:
Associate Professor and Assistant Department Chair Emily Anderson
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 512-223-3208 voice or videophone
Students are available to provide volunteer interpreting services only if
they are not in classes and will attend all events in a team of two. A
student will reply to your message within two-three days so you know we have
received your request.
All requests for volunteers will be checked by department faculty. Students
provide free interpreting service to help them learn how to interpret and
work with deaf people in the community. Your requests to have students
interpret for you helps prepare them to be skilled professional
interpreters.
Students cannot provide interpreting service at any assignment which has
funding available to pay professional interpreters. We also cannot provide
service for the following settings:
Legal
Medical
Mental Health
Police interviews
If you are not sure if your request is appropriate for students, please send
it to us and we will let you know if it’s possible for students to attend.
Examples of the kind of events where students provide interpreting include:
Family reunions
Variety of Sporting events or lessons
Co-op housing meetings
Bible study groups
Cub Scouts, etc.
Deaf children’s activities
Children’s activities that deaf parents wish to attend