NTID Outreach Office records

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: RITDSA-0192

Staff Only

Content Description

The NTID Outreach Office records contains course materials, documents relating to and from the office of NTID president Gerard Buckley, documents relating to the planning of the NTID 30th Anniversary Alumni Reunion and Alumni Relations Information, the development of the Technical Assistance Center for Interpreters, IDEA and ADA materials, and correspondence between departments within NTID.

The material types in the collection include, documents, magazines, zip disks, USB drives, cd’s, and file maker pro files.

Dates

Creation: circa 1990-2005

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open to researchers.

Historical information about the NTID Outreach Office

The NTID Outreach Office handles relations with non-RIT students or prospective RIT students by hosting programs for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students. This office also handles alumni relations.

Biographical information of Gerard Buckley

"Dr. Gerard Buckley has more than 30 years of experience in higher education, including more than 20 years serving in a variety of capacities at NTID. From 1990 to 1993, Buckley served as chairperson and assistant professor of the Department of Educational Outreach at NTID, followed by five years as director of NTID's Center for Outreach and assistant professor on the RIT/NTID Social Work Support Team. From 1998 to 2003, he served as NTID associate dean for student services, and held the position of NTID assistant vice president for college advancement with responsibility for the admissions, placement, marketing, and outreach operations of the college from 2004 until beginning his role as President of NTID and Vice President of RIT on January 1, 2011.

"Dr. Buckley has maintained an active teaching portfolio over the past 20 years. He was awarded tenure in 1998. He has twice been awarded the NTID Faculty/Staff Humanitarian Award by the NTID Student Congress, and was named Distinguished Alumnus for NTID in 1985 and for RIT's College of Liberal Arts in 1996.

"He has served as President of the Board of the American Deafness and Rehabilitation Association and as President of the Lexington School for the Deaf Board of Trustees in New York City. He also has served on the National Advisory Board of NIH's Institute on Deafness at the recommendation of Senator Robert Dole (retired).

"Buckley holds a B.S.in Social Work from RIT/NTID, an M.S.W. from University of Missouri and an Ed.D. in Special Education from the University of Kansas."

From https://www.ntid.rit.edu/president/biography, accessed 10/3/2018

Extent

7 Linear Feet (13 document boxes and 1 legal document box)

Language

English

Additional Description

Overview

The NTID Outreach Office records contains a variety of documents and other materials orginally amassed and stored at the NTID Outreach Office.

Arrangement

This collection is arranged primarily by subject.

Other Finding Aids

In addition to this finding aid, an inventory is available below. For more information, please contact the RIT Archive Collections.

NTID Outreach Office records