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Understanding Deaf culture in a hearing world - The Rider Newspaper Understanding Deaf culture in a hearing world Posted on February 19, 2024February 16, 2024 by Viviana Infante The ASL Club hosts a vocabulary game social held Oct. 3 on the Edinburg campus. PHOTO COURTESY JOSE OVIDIO VELASQUEZ At UTRGV, the ASL Club not only encourages students to learn American Sig...

Our program director Dr. Brian Cheslik is directing Metamorphoses by Mary Zimmerman.
Join us in this poetic retelling of classical Greek and Roman myths by Ovid. The play has deaf actor, you don’t want to miss this!!
March 1-3rd with full ASL interpretation on March 2nd.
Hope to see you there!

UTRGV Theatre Department presents Metamorphoses by Mary Zimmerman. Directed by ASLI Program Coordinator, Dr. Brian Cheslik.

March 1-3rd

Join us in this poetic retelling of classical Greek and Roman myths by Ovid. Passionate and captivating stories performed in a pool of water, actors will share with you tales of love, loss and transformation. Performed with a fusion of spoken English and American Sign Language.

But the full show will be ASL interpreted on Saturday, March 2nd.

Be sure to get your tickets as this will be a show that you do NOT want to miss.

Recommended for ages 18 and up due to the contents.

https://www.showpass.com/theater-metamorphoses-2/?eventref=fb_oea

UTRGV first Deaf social was a success. Thank you for spending time with us!

Come join us for our first ASL social. Come socialize with the Deaf community, learn or improve your signing, and have a good time. We will be at the coldstone plaza on 10th street on Feb 9th from 6:00p-8:00p. Hope to see you there!!
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You don’t want to miss this!!!!
ASL Club will have a special guest tomorrow for our zoom activities. Professor Eric Cardenas, he is a lecturer here at UTRGV. Tomorrow he will be teaching ASL slang and colloquial signs. I hope to see you all there!

Perfect learning opportunity

Do you constantly say "I want to learn ASL?!"

Well, now is the time to start! Check out these community based classes in basic ASL with one of our faculty members.

Classes are March 4th, 18th and 25th from 5:30-7pm CT on Zoom!

Anyone can sign up for these virtual classes! Link in Bio!

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Meet our historian.

My name is Mercedes Flores, you can call me Merce. I am the historian of the ASL Club. I enjoy making things with my hands and running marathons. My favorite colors are green and purple.

Thank you!!!!
With your food donations, and purchases we were able to help Deaf families in our community each box is full with your food donations, and each box has a visa gift card that we were able to get with your purchases. Thank you so much, your help and support is greatly appreciated!

Today is the last day to order a hoodie or crewneck. The design can be customized, we can add your name, badge number (police officers), last name, or Nick name. We are not planning to sale these after today. This can be a unique Christmas gift for yourself, friend or family member.
Prices are as follows:
Hoodie with name $40 (5 character name)
Hoodie without name $35
Crewneck with name $35 (5 character name)
Crewneck without name $30

The logo comes in white or black, there is a fee for custom decal colors, and additional characters.
Thank you so much for your support.

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It’s that time of the year. The holidays are quickly approaching, and we are getting ready to give back to the Deaf community. You have the opportunity to help support the Deaf community by donating canned goods or an unopened toy. Canned goods will be collected from Nov 8th- the 21st. Toy drive will be from Nov 8th- Dec 15th. Thank you for your help in making this happen!

Audition openings for Metamorphoses. This play is directed by our program director Dr. Brian Cheslik.

Auditions for:
Metamorphoses 🌊
Written and Originally Directed by Mary Zimmerman

November 16th & 17th 2023
5pm - 8pm
ELABS 107, STUDIO Theatre

PLEASE CONTACT [email protected] TO SIGN UP FOR AN AUDITION TIME SLOT!! 🕐

Open to all currently enrolled UTRGV Students

Prepare two 1-minute monologues, one comedic & 1 dramatic
One must be a classic piece
Please bring a printed copy of both monologues

Contact: [email protected]

You still have time to order your hoodie or crewneck. The orchid with green decal and the sand with brown decal are custom orders. Note that specific decal colors do have an extra charge.
Names are for 5character names, additional characters have a $2 charge for each additional character
Hoodie without name $35
Hoodie with name $40
Crewneck without name $30
Crewneck with name $35
All proceeds go to ASL Club

Congratulations Mercedes on passing your TEP. One step closer to getting your BEI certification.

Member of the Month Elizabeth Watson. Thank you for showing up to our zoom meetings, for driving from Brownsville to attend our face to face meetings and our ASL socials. Your continued support is greatly appreciated. Thank you for investing your time in learning ASL and being involved with the Deaf community. We hope you like your tote!

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Congratulations Victoria on passing your TEP. One step closer to getting certified 👌

Come join us for an ASL Social at a food truck! This time we are meeting in Harlingen Tx!
Hope to see you there!!!
Details are posted below!!

My name is Nayeli Ramos, I am the VP of the ASL Club. I enjoy reading books and taking walks at night. I prefer the cooler temps. My favorite color is Lilac, light purple.

[VD: various light purple colors make up the back ground with different shapes. A light purple circle at the top with Nayeli Ramos. The center has a picture of Nayeli Ramos with a test underneath with thick white letters and dark purple shadow that says “it’s a pleasure to meet you!” In white letters it states “My name is Nayeli Ramos, I am the VP of the ASL Club. I enjoy reading books and taking walks at night. I prefer the cooler temps. My favorite color is Lilac, light purple.”]

ASL Club officer will be selling chicken plate tickets for $8. The plates will come with a quarter chicken leg, potato salad, rice, jalapeño, slice of bread and a drink. Your support is greatly appreciated!
Please reach out to our officers tagged below for a ticket.
Victoria Watson
Jewel M. Keathley
April Joy Sequera
Merce Flores
Nayeli Ramos
Lorena Gaytan

Today we celebrated Jewel.