International Tidings – 3/30

One of the largest shipping vessels continues to block the Suez Canal On March 23, The Ever Given, one of the largest container ships in the world, became wedged across the Suez Canal in Egypt while en route to the Netherlands, believed to be caused by a dust storm. The Suez Canal, which connects the […]

MAC to host COVID-19 panel focused on Asian-American Experience

On March 24, from 6-7 p.m., the Multicultural Affairs Committee (MAC) within the Dr. Pallavi Patel College of Health Care Sciences will host an interdisciplinary panel focused on COVID-19 and the Asian-American experience that includes undergraduate and graduate students, faculty and staff members.    This event, co-sponsored by the Coalition of Occupational Therapy Advocates for […]

A Timeline of Deaf History

1540s Pedro Ponce de Leon Spanish Benedictine monk, Ponce de Leon, is credited with being the first person to teach the deaf. Don Francisco de Velasco and Don Pedro de Velasco among a handful of other deaf individuals of the monastery were taught by Ponce de Leon.    17-19 century Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts Residents of […]