Date: March 5, 2008
Contact: Carol Connelly, Director, Media & Communication Services, ext. 5267, cconnelly@pnc.edu

PNC American Sign Language Club Upcoming Events

Westville – Purdue University North Central American Sign Language Club will host a Silent Coffee on Friday, March 21 from 6 to 9 p.m. at Espress Yourself, Ltd., 504 Lincolnway, Valparaiso,. The event is open to ASL students as well as community members.

Silent Coffee participants are asked to use ASL only for conversation and to place orders – a student may translate orders into English for the server or participants may point to the menu or write out an order.

There will be an ASL Game Night on Saturday, March 29 in the PNC Library-Student-Faculty Building Assembly Hall, Room 02 from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Parents are encouraged to bring their children for Children’s Hour from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Attendees will learn signs for the children’s book, “Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?”

There will also be ASL games and story telling led by deaf presenters. Sandwiches and drinks will be served. ASL to English interpreting will be provided.

Further information may be obtained by contacting Karen Donah, PNC continuing lecturer and Coordinator
of American Sign Language, at 800-872-1231, ext. 5432 or kdonah@pnc.edu.

Persons with disabilities requiring accommodations should contact Donah.

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