American Sign Language (ASL)
Sandburg Halls
Great Choice for:
- Deaf and Hard of Hearing students
- Students that know or are learning ASL
- Students majoring in ASL Studies, Interpreter Training Program, or ASL World Languages
Purpose:
The purpose of the American Sign Language LLC is to establish a community for students who know or are learning ASL. Students within the ASL LLC will develop a network of peers that communicate with ASL and a community that will gain an understanding of and respect for ASL, deaf history and culture.
Picture yourself...
- Taking courses with fellow ASL LLC peers, where all of you are learning ASL together and can come back to your living space using what you learned.
- Involved with events on and off campus where everyone at the event is using ASL.
Required Courses:
- Fall Semester: ASL I and Deaf Culture (3 credits)
- Spring Semester: ASL II and Deaf History
(3 credits)
In their own words:
Heather Ford, ASL LLC Advisor:
“I enjoy providing a safe transitional environment for college students to learn ASL, feel connected to the UWM campus, and to make lifelong friends.”
Kelsey Ferris, LLC member:
“I joined the ASL LLC so I would have something in common with people I lived with and so I would know people in my ASL classes. It's great being in the ASL LLC because you don’t have to wait until you’re a junior or senior to get into your major. Here you live your major every day and you always have someone to turn to. We’ve all become really close and it’s because of our commonalities.”
Kelly Keuper, ASL LLC, RA 2010-2011:
“I enjoy seeing how close all of the residents have become! You can make lifelong friends in the LLC, friends that you share a special bond with through ASL! You come as strangers and turn into family.”
Download information here.
Course/Program Contact:
Heather Ford
hford@uwm.edu
(414) 229-4663
Last updated: 4/25/2012