Deaf students turned out newspapers and magazines in school print shops across the country. The papers kept students, faculty, and alumni informed about school events and brought important issues ...

Women’s Rights Advocate. Activist. Civic Leader. Educator. Pioneer. All of these titles apply to Dr. Gertrude Scott Galloway, ’51. Combined, they more than qualify her as Gallaudet’s Visionary Leader ...

Sophia Fowler Gallaudet was the deaf wife of Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, who founded the first permanent public school for the deaf in Hartford, Connecticut. She did not allow her deafness to prevent ...

President Edward Miner Gallaudet stressed in his 1878 annual report to Congress the need for an athletic facility. Congress appropriated funds sufficient to lay the foundation, and famed architect ...

For over 150 years, our mission has been to empower deaf and hard of hearing communities globally. This mission lives through Gallaudet’s position as a space where the vitality of the deaf experience ...

An actor, poet, writer, director, artist, and teacher, Bernard Bragg, ’52, is a true arts leader. As October’s Visionary Leader, he is regarded as a passionate and energetic trailblazer for deaf ...

Would you believe that the first outstanding deaf teacher in America was a Frenchman? His name was Laurent Clerc. He became a friend of Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet and together they founded America’s ...

The legend goes like this: In 1814, Thomas visited his family in Hartford, Connecticut. Looking out the window, he noticed that his younger brothers and sisters were not playing with another child.

The B.A. in Education with a Specialization in Early Childhood Education prepares future teachers to foster the cognitive, emotional, and social development of young children from preschool through ...

Gallaudet University requires all full-time students (living on or off campus) and part-time students living on campus to maintain health insurance. Students must either enroll in the Gallaudet ...

A chance meeting between theology graduate Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet and nine year old Alice Cogswell, Gallaudet’s deaf neighbor, launched a legacy that continues to this day. The former traveling ...

Films on Demand is a collection of thousands of captioned, streaming, educational videos, archival films, and newsreels in 30 subject areas. They are accessible to all current Gallaudet students, ...