Melissa Massie

Regarding faculty professional development, you must have the goal of increasing funding for PD. In World Languages, for example, we have a nationally recognized professional conference which happens only once a year and often only on the east coast of the U.S. This conference is expensive because of lodging and travel from Seattle. Please…[Read more]

Regarding College Life and Culture, BC must consider hiring American Sign Language interpreters to serve our faculty, staff and students who are Deaf and hard of hearing.
Our community of Deaf and hoh people is large. BC could be a leader in both educating and employing Deaf and hoh people especially if we begin with hiring staff ASL…[Read more]

Regarding Community Engagement and Enrichment, BC must consider creating a BAS in American Sign Language Interpreting to fill a community need for more ASL interpreters. We are in the process of researching this, but an ITP would go a long way toward serving a large community and making a huge difference Statewide.