Welcome2015-2016 NTID Retirement

CelebrationMay 17, 2016

Gerald (Jerry) Argetsinger

41 years of service

Associate Professor, Department of Cultural and Creative Studies

Served as chair of Performing Arts and General Education departments

Highly accomplished director of outdoor theater productions (Hill Cumorah Pageant and others)

Recognized authority with numerous publications on Danish playwright Ludvig Holberg, Mormon characters in dramatic literature, and LGBT issues

Taught a very broad and diverse array of theater and general education courses

Broke barriers and received rave reviews for directing the most profane production in NTID history, Tribes

Norene Chesterton

35 years of service

Senior Staff Assistant, Department of Visual Communication Studies

Began RIT career job sharing in the College of Science while being

home with 3 of her 4 children

Served as staff assistant for the Center for Student Resources in the

mid-1990s

Staff assistant for the Photo and Printing programs

Worked with 3 VCS chairpersons (John Cox, Ken Hoffmann and now

Kurt Stoskopf)

William (Bill) Clymer

41 years of service

Associate Professor, Department of Business Studies

Tutored General Business courses in the College of Business, including Management and Organizational Behavior

Began career as instructional developer and media specialist

Served as Interim Director of the NTID Center on Access Technology, 2010-2013

Director of Postsecondary Education Network (PEN) International, 2001-2013

Organized Biennial Technology Symposia in 2003, 2005, 2008, and 2010

Linda Iacell i

32 years of service

Assistant Director, NTID Employment Services

NAG Outstanding Service Award, 2002

Taught and advised deaf and hard of hearing students in job seeking

Consulted with and trained employers and prospective employers on

strategies for integrating deaf and hard-of-hearing employees in the

workplace

Established and maintained relationships with employers

Came to NTID from the Central Intelligence Agency, where she was

an HR Specialist and French Language Linguist

Charles (Chas) Johnstone

39 years of service

Data Center Operations Systems Analyst, NTID Client Services

NAG Outstanding Service Award, 1987

Manager of the NTID Help Desk, 2002-2006

Inventory Specialist through many revisions

Served on the NTID Vision Support Committee

Technical consultant to the Rochester chapter of the Hearing Loss Association of America [HLAA].

RIT Commencement Planning Committee (Original Member)

MS, Instructional Technology, 1977

Gary Long, Ph.D.

40 years of service

Associate Professor and Founding Associate Dean for Research

2011-2015: Co-PI of DeafTEC: Technological Education Center for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students, a National Science Foundation-funded National Center of Excellence. DeafTEC’s original funding in August 2011 was for $4.5 million; renewal in August 2015 was for an additional $3.9 million.

1979-1982: Chair, Department of Educational Research and Development

Lifelong researcher on Deaf and Hard-of-hearing students in mainstream classes

Lisa Markidis

28 years of service

Staff Assistant, NTID Office of Admissions, since 1999

Interpreting Services, 1988-1990

Student Financial Services Office, 1990-1998

College of Liberal Arts, 1998-1999

Involved in NTID’s Business Studies Mentoring Program

Associate in Applied Science in Applied Arts & Sciences 2012

Sister of Jeanette Tydings, senior staff assistant, MSSE

J. David (Dave)McCloskey

25 years of service

Associate Interpreter, Department of Access Services

Learned American Sign Language to communicate with deaf

employee in his company

Outstanding Interpreting award from NTID Student Congress, 1998

Member of Golden Key National Honor Society, 1999

NAG Outstanding Service Award, 2005

Close affiliate with Santa Claus

Katherine (Kathy) Olsen

40 years of service

Associate Professor, Department of Visual Communication Studies

1976-198:1NTID Instructional Design and Development Department, Graphic Artist

1981-2016: NTID Visual Communications Studies Department

MS, Instructional Technology, 1984

Since 1977, primary curriculum development person in department

Since 1982, responsible for annual VCS Student Honors Exhibition

2014: Henrietta, NY, Chamber of Commerce Community of Excellence Award for Coordination of Publication Design course directory cover student project

John-Al len Payne, Ph.D.

34 years of service

Associate Professor, Department of Liberal Studies

Primary areas of pedagogical interest: reading and grammar instruction. Devoted NTID career to the developmental English program and authored many books for his English language development classes

2013-2015: Chaired NTID Curriculum Committee

1992-1994: Awarded two Fulbright Scholarships in Bulgaria

Certificate, Computer Graphics, 1998

Certificate, Basic Technical Communication, 1998

Certificate, Advanced Technical Communication, 1999

Stephanie Polowe, Ed.D.

42 years of service

Professor, Department of Liberal Studies

2013 recipient of RIT’s Four Presidents Distinguished Public Service

Award

1983-1985: President of TELA – Teachers of English and Language Arts

1991-93: President of Convention of American Instructors of the Deaf

Elected to service on Monroe County Legislature, 1998-2007; served

as Minority Leader

1992-97: Appointed to Monroe County BOCES I

1993-94: President of Monroe County School Boards

Linda Rubel, Ph.D.

31 years of service

Professor, Department of Liberal Studies

Chair of Liberal Arts Support Team, 1993-2005

Pivotal member on the RIT “Greater Expectations” committee that

included work on Gen Ed, Writing Requirement, Learning

Communities, First-Year Experience, Innovative Curricula,

Orientation/Reading book, in preparation for semester conversion,

2009-2011

Director of First Year Writing for COLA, 2008-2009

Served on the COLA Curriculum Committee for decades

Lissa Schaefer

19 years of service

2003 – 2016: Notetaker Coordinator, Department of Access Services

Graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration from RIT

Staff Excellence Awards Selection Committee – TWICE - 2007 – 2010 and 2013 – 2016

Staff Recognition Task Force – currently

Various committees within DAS – holiday, spring picnic

Volunteers and supports Imagine RIT

Volunteers for Brick City

Commencement Volunteer

Lawrence (Larry) Scott

36 years of service

Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Communication Studies and Services

Hired as an audiologist, served as department chair for 23 years

Chaired NTID Curriculum Committee through semester conversion

Very involved in administering and revising the Language Communication Background Questionnaire (LCBQ)

Set up Spoken Communication Techniques and Strategies workshops

Co-PI on the U.S. Department of Education Personnel Preparation Grant with Nazareth to prepare SLPs to work with deaf/hoh children.

New York State Speech-Language-Hearing Association leadership roles during the 1980s-1990s

Solange (Sal ly) Skyer

38 years of service

Academic Advisor, Business Studies Department

Began with 6-month internship in January 1978

Became permanent counselor that fall and is one of the only ones to

serve the same technical department her entire career

NAG Outstanding Service Award, 1996

Married to NTID alum Rick Skyer (deceased)

Mother to Melissa Skyer, lecturer in the Department of Science and

Mathematics, and Michael Skyer, lecturer in the Master of Science in

Secondary Education

Rose Marie Toscano

39 years of service

Professor, Department of Liberal Studies

Served on the original 1992 Strategic Planning Committee

Co-PI on the Rochester Bridges to the Doctorate program

Chairperson of the New York State Developmental Disabilities Planning Council, 2012-2014; served since 2000

Co-Chaired National Task Force on Health Care Careers for the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Community, 2011

2014 recipient of RIT’s Four Presidents Distinguished Public Service Award

Married to Antonio Toscano, retired