Northwest Association of Deaf Basketball (NWADB) Andrea Anderson The Utah Nighthawks team merged with NorCal’s team, a local California team, went on recently to win fifth place out of six women’s teams in the 25th USA Deaf Basketball women’s tournament. On the Nighthawks were Rebecca Davenport, Ruthe-Ellen Auman and ZanDraya Schwab. The Mountaineers, who missed […]
Northwest Association of Deaf Basketball (NWADB) Andrea Anderson In the 25th’s Northwest Association of Deaf Basketball (NWADB) Women’s Tournament, Utah was able to send 2 women teams, Mountaineers and Nighthawks to Sacramento, California. In that tournament, there were 4 women teams, both Utah’s teams performed well, with the Nighthawks winning the 3rd place title and the […]
Utah School for the Deaf Make History Michelle Tanner In January the Utah School for the Deaf (USD) was thrilled to host the Western States Basketball and Cheerleading Classic from January 28th to 31st. This tournament included, in addition to USD, students from Washington School for the Deaf (WSD), Oregon School for the Deaf […]
President’s Corner Happy New Year! Hope your holidays with families and friends were good. We look forward to accomplish some events in 2015. Please watch for announcement soon. The showing of Originally Hero: The SuperDeafy was successful! A total of 145 people attended. Money earned at this showing will go to the 2015 UAD biennial […]
Happy Holidays! The UAD Board expresses thanks to our community in support of UAD to stay strong. We wish you a wonderful Christmas and Happy New Year! We encourage you to join UAD OR you can always donate money to UAD before end of year. It is 100% tax deductible. To join, go to uad.org […]
President’s Corner Don’t miss out on this movie by ASL Films! “Beyond the Embers: Vol. 1” will be shown on November 8. See the flyer and the description on page 8. It will be shown the Sanderson Community Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing in Taylorsville, on Saturday, November 8. The showing begins […]
SUDHHP and UAD Partnership Meredith Winn Poole President’s Corner On September 12 and 13, “Beyond the Embers” Vol. 1 by ASL Films was shown. People enjoyed the movie very much. UAD hosted its first yard sale, on September 20, at a friend’s house. Over $700 was raised. We thank the community for donating goods […]
2014 Utah Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf Conference By Courtney LaDue Utah Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (UTRID) held our bi-annual state conference at the Sanderson Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing on August 7-9, 2014. Our conference was well attended and interpreters were able to attend workshops on various interpreting […]
2014 National Association of the Deaf Conference By Philippe Montalette As it was my first experience to be part of the national board of directors, I found the experience valuable. Every morning at 7:00 am, the board met, Monday through Friday, finishing up around midnight. We made sure that everything went smoothly. More than 1,500 […]
President’s Corner For the movie, “Beyond the Embers: Vol. 1” produced by ASL Films, we have confirmed two locations for the September 12 and 13 showing. To view the trailer, click on this link: https://vimeo.com92960667. It will first be shown at the Jean Massieu School for the Deaf (JMS) Auditorium in Salt Lake City on Friday, September […]