By Jasmine Stevens LUBBOCK, Texas. – As a child, you’re typically learning your ABC’s, 1-2-3’s, and relishing in excitement over a new 64-pack crayon box. For Delaney Kerby, a sophomore early childhood development major from Dallas, living an ordinary life became one lived with extraordinary parts. Kerby may be an average, everyday student taking on […]
Interpreters Help Deaf Students Succeed
April 12, 2016 by
By Chaz Wilson About a million people between the ages of 5 and 65 in the Unites States are deaf. Many lack sufficient support, but those pursuing degrees at Texas Tech have a dedicated team on their side. Carolyn Scott, the lead sign language interpreter at Texas Tech, said she loves her job. She chose to […]
Full-Time Students Dealing With Chronic Illnesses
January 15, 2015 by
Jeff Stricklen, a senior Spanish major from Pilot Point, Texas, found out he had a chronic illness in 2011. “That summer I had gone on vacation with my family to South Padre,” Stricklen said, “and on the second day we were there, I developed a strange rash.” Stricklen said his family thought it was heat […]
Deaf Bingo
October 29, 2013 by
Student Disability Services kicked off its Disability Awareness Week with Deaf Bingo at Wall/Gates Residence Hall. James Whitfield, assistant director and interpreter coordinator for Student Disability Services, said the main goals of the event were to raise awareness of what deaf students on campus experience and awareness of the entire week’s events. “This kind of […]
