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C took "Dynamics of DeafBlind Community," exploring multidimensional aspects of the Deaf/Blind community, culture, communication, and history.
They volunteered for many ASL/Deaf events hosted by the ASLIE department, such as ASL Festival in Fall 2022 and ASL Visibility Ice Cream Social in Fall 2023.
C was the Social Media Coordinator for NUShare, Northeastern's sexual health, advocacy, resources, and education club.
Starting in 2023, they served as the Secretary for the American Sign Language Club, Signing Huskies.
C took "Interpreting Scripted Texts" with Rachel Berman-Kobylarz and Nicole Sasson. They analyzed scripts for both content and interpreting issues, and learned how to interpret a series of performances.
They studied for a semester at Gallaudet University. In an immersive signing environment, C forged connections to Deaf community members and culture, and improved their language skills.
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Chloe developed her language skills in "Advanced ASL 1" with Professor Alma Bournazian, focusing on advanced grammar structures.
She completed a co-op at WORK Inc. as a direct support specialist/pre-ets intern, supervising Deaf clients with multiple disabilities on a day-to-day basis and supporting clients in community outings.
Chloe took "Interpreting Scripted Texts" with Professors Rachel Bergman and Nicole Sasson, and learned to analyze, interpret, and perform frozen texts (plays, poems, and ceremonial scripts).
She studied for a semester at Gallaudet University. This immersive experience greatly improved her ASL receptive and expressive skills, and strengthened her connections to the Deaf community.
Chloe co-oped as a research assistant in Harvard University’s Meaning and Modality Lab where she led an ASL/English experimental semantics project.
From 2021-2022, she served as treasurer for Signing Huskies, the ASL and Deaf culture club on campus. Chloe is now the club's president.
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Halle took "Intermediate ASL 2" with Professor Alma Bournazian, one of her favorite classes at Northeastern. Throughout the course, she advanced her receptive and expressive skills in the language.
She joined the Mixed Student Union. As a multicultural student, Halle found the student group to be a refuge on campus.
Halle is an active member of the theatre department. She performed in three productions and served as house manager for two.
She frequently volunteers for Deaf community events in Boston, and for the ASL-IE department. The Deaf Inc. Foliage Walk in October 2023 was especially memorable for Halle.
Halle worked as an usher for the Wheelock Family Theater's interpreted showing of The Addams Family and used her ASL skills to help families get seated and comfortable.
She participates in Signing Huskies, Northeastern's ASL club, where she engages with other ASL students, and practiced her signing and interpreting skills.
For the Data Theatre Project, Halle worked to develop methods on how to present data theatrically to help communities engage more personally with data...