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UNC’s Department of American Sign Language and Interpreting Studies (ASLIS) mission statement is:

Quality instruction preparing culturally and linguistically competent interpreters, teachers and users of American Sign Language.

The Department houses four areas of study built around American Sign Language (ASL), Deaf Culture, and related fields of interpreting and teaching. The ASLIS programs offer highly regarded curricula with input from national experts, taught by nationally recognized instructional staff, and offered through multiple delivery methods.

Timberly Hope Holloway:
Hope is majoring in ASLEI with an emphasis in educational interpreting, and a minor in ASL.  In addition, she is an OSEP scholar successfully implementing her academic and experiential knowledge and skills as the lead interpreter in her local area of Virginia.  She is supportive and has the ability to provide unique perspective to class discussions.  Hope was nominated for this award by demonstrating herself to be a student who is dedicated to her studies and passionate about her leadership goals of improving interpreting services to students who are deaf and hard of hearing in her district and of influencing the field of educational interpreting around the nation.  

John Huddlestun: 
John is majoring in ASLEI with an emphasis in educational interpreting, and a minor in ASL.  He has shown himself to be a deep thinker through his distinctive level of reflection and critical thinking.  As an OSEP scholar, John is a truly dedicated student and an encouraging leader among his peers.  He brings these qualities to his local area in Seattle, WA to create meaningful connections with the students who are deaf and hard of hearing and educational interpreters with whom he works.  John will leave his mark on the field of interpreting as he achieves the potential he as demonstrated.  

Congratulations to both of you!