RIT/NTID News Release
For Immediate Release
Contact:
[email protected]
(585) 475-6217 V/TTY
Summer Career Exploration Program for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing High School
Students
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (Feb. 17, 2011) — The Explore Your Future (EYF) program at
Rochester Institute of Technology’s National Technical Institute for the
Deaf offers deaf and hard-of-hearing college-bound high school sophomores
and juniors a unique opportunity to experience life on a college campus,
explore their interests and sample various careers.
More than 200 students from across the country typically attend this
six-day, summer career exploration program that provides them with hands-on
activities related to careers in engineering, art, business, computers,
science and more.
Participants may pick one of two EYF sessions, July 16 to 21 or July 23 to
28, 2011. On the final day of each session, parents attend a workshop that
helps them prepare their student for life after high school.
Students can apply online at http://www.rit.edu/NTID/EYFNR. For more
information, call (585) 475-6700 (voice/TTY) or send e-mail to
[email protected]. The application deadline is April 30, 2011.
The National Technical Institute for the Deaf is one of eight colleges of
Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, N.Y. NTID was established by
Congress in 1965 to provide technical college opportunities for deaf and
hard-of-hearing students who were underemployed in those fields. Today, a
record 1,521 students attend NTID; more than 1,300 of them are deaf or
hard-of-hearing. Others are hearing students enrolled in interpreting or
deaf education programs.
Rochester Institute of Technology is internationally recognized for academic
leadership in computing, engineering, imaging technology, sustainability,
and fine and applied arts, in addition to unparalleled support services for
students who are deaf or hard of hearing. RIT enrolls 17,000 full- and
part-time students in more than 200 career-oriented and professional
programs, and its cooperative education program is one of the oldest and
largest in the nation. Visit: http://www.rit.edu/NTID .