{"id":8411,"date":"2009-11-13T12:59:12","date_gmt":"2009-11-13T17:59:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/?p=8411"},"modified":"2009-11-13T14:25:20","modified_gmt":"2009-11-13T19:25:20","slug":"founders-students-dignitaries-to-turn-out-for-swcid-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2009\/11\/13\/founders-students-dignitaries-to-turn-out-for-swcid-anniversary\/","title":{"rendered":"Founders, students, dignitaries to turn out for SWCID anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"

Founders, students, dignitaries to turn out for SWCID anniversary<\/strong><\/p>\n

by Ruth Campbell
\nMidland Reporter-Telegram<\/p>\n

Published: Friday, November 6, 2009<\/p>\n

BIG SPRING — The dedication of a $1.15 million technical training center at
\nSouthwest Collegiate Institute for the Deaf kicks off the campus’ 30th
\nanniversary celebration at 12:30 p.m. today.<\/p>\n

A campus of Howard College located at the former Webb Air Force Base, SWCID
\nhas 120-130 deaf and hard of hearing students, Howard College President
\nCheryl Sparks said. The technical training center provides workforce
\neducation for students on campus so they don’t have to go elsewhere.<\/p>\n

T. Alan Hurwitz, current president of the National Technical Institute for
\nthe Deaf, connected with Rochester (N.Y.) Institute of Technology, will be
\nthe main speaker. Hurwitz was recently appointed president of Gallaudet
\nUniversity in Washington, D.C., and will begin his tenure in January 2010,
\nSparks said.<\/p>\n

The celebration is being held on the exact day the school was formed.<\/p>\n

“We’re very excited,” Sparks said. “It is a very special day in the history
\nof SWCID. We are pleased that so many of our founding leaders … will be in
\nattendance and we’re honored that Dr. Hurwitz, who has served a very
\nimportant role in the advancement of post-secondary education for the deaf
\nand hard of hearing, will be one of our main speakers.”<\/p>\n

The fete also includes recognition of students and remarks from current and
\npast officials who played a role in forming SWCID, greetings from
\ndignitaries and appearances by state Sen. Kel Seliger, R-Amarillo, and Rep.
\nJoe Heflin, D-Crosbyton.<\/p>\n

Sparks, Provost Mark J. Myers and Howard College board of trustees Chairman
\nJohn Freeman will make remarks.<\/p>\n

Speakers include Charles Hays, president of Howard College from 1974-1984,
\nduring which time SWCID was created; Beatrice Burke, wife of Doug Burke, who
\nwas the first SWCID administrator. He died several years ago, but she
\ncontinued to serve on the faculty of the school retiring after 19 years.<\/p>\n

Dominick V. Bonura, dean of students at SWCID from 1981-1986, will also make
\nremarks.<\/p>\n

SWCID alumni are planning a 30th reunion July 9-10, 2010.<\/p>\n

“Essentially, SWCID is the only community college for the deaf in the
\nworld,” Sparks said, adding the school gets students from all over the
\nworld. “We have Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C., and NTID, which is
\naffiliated with RIT is the vocational or technical component of post
\nsecondary education, and the SWCID campus. … There are deaf programs
\nassociated with colleges and universities across the country, but SWCID is
\nunique in that it has ability to provide students with a self-contained
\nopportunity or mainstream.”<\/p>\n

On the Net
\nhttp:\/\/www.howardcollege.edu\/swcid\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Source:
\nhttp:\/\/www.mywesttexas.com\/articles\/2009\/11\/06\/news\/top_stories\/swcid_celebration_advance.txt<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Founders, students, dignitaries to turn out for SWCID anniversary by Ruth Campbell Midland Reporter-Telegram Published: Friday, November 6, 2009 BIG SPRING — The dedication of a $1.15 million technical training center at Southwest Collegiate Institute for the Deaf kicks off…<\/p>\n

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