By Vanessa Donadio, News Editor Every Education major at St. Bonaventure University is required to obtain three credits from a foreign language class to graduate. The languages offered include Spanish, French, Italian, Latin and Arabic. American Sign Language (ASL) is also available to fill the language requirement, but only for education majors. Professor Angela Reisner,…
By Ashlee Gray Contributing Writer On Monday, Oct. 16, Fingers Speak, St. Bonaventure’s American Sign Language Club, hosted its Second-Annual Fingerspelling Event. The McGinley-Carney Center for Franciscan Ministry held the event, and it was open to all students and community members. Several students founded Fingers Speak at the beginning of last year , including Jordan…
By Jessica Dillon News Assignment Editor Some students at St. Bonaventure University “didn’t think it’d be a big deal” to experience what it was like to be deaf and blind until Monday, when a workshop held during the American Sign Language course transformed their perspective. “ “It was different than I thought it was going…
By Alexis Young Staff Writer “We hope that we can welcome the Deaf community onto our campus and show them that a predominantly hearing university does in fact have great respect for the Deaf community,” said Armon Panahi, a junior biology major. “We are also hoping our hearing campus can gain insight from the deaf…