Category: News
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WPSD CEO Top Three Finalists
February 8, 2016 To the WPSD family: The Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf is pleased to announce that Peter L. Bailey, M.S., Steven Farmer, Ed.D, M.S., and Melissa Watson, M.A., M.S., PhD, are the finalists who are being considered for the position of Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to succeed Donald E. Rhoten, who will…
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#WPSDProud: Let’s show the support of WPSD!
Our WPSD alumnus endorse #WPSDProud in Facebook page. This fundraiser is in support of everyone at the Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf (WPSD)! Over the past many months a group on Facebook using the hashtag #WPSDOppression has unjustly launched an attack at anyone who supports WPSD. Most of the oppressors in this group live…
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Update on the Search for a New CEO of WPSD
After twenty-two successful years as the Executive Director/CEO of WPSD, Mr. Don Rhoten announced his intention to retire from his position effective June 30, 2016. After his announcement, the Search Committee outlined the process they would follow to find his replacement. The Committee wanted to take this opportunity to update the WPSD community on the…
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WPSD Facts: Director / CEO position
David Strait, WPSD Class of 2007 and Alumni Members-at-Large shares about the facts how the process work for interview the candidates for WPSD Executive Director / CEO position.
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LEED Silver Awarded to The Residence
The Western PA School for the Deaf is proud to announce that the new dormitory, The Residence, has been awarded LEED Silver Certification by the U.S. Green Building Council. Congratulations to all those involved in this project and achieving the LEED certification! Source: A. Martini & Company Facebook Page and USGBC: U.S. Green Building Council
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October 2015: Letter from the Officers
[slideshare id=53671148&doc=2015-10presidentreport-151007235012-lva1-app6892&type=d] Transcript from PDF letter: Hi Fellow WPSD Alumni and families, We would like to update you all on what has been going on from the WPSD Alumni Board. As most of you know our School CEO, Donald Rhoten announced his retirement effective June 30, 2016 after 23 year of service. The WPSD Board…
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Joshua Sechman, Class of ’07 intern in the video
Joshua Sechman, Class of 2007 and Gallaudet student, is featured in the video, worked intern 2015 at Philadelphia Insurance Companies in Philadelphia, PA.
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WPSD – Executive Director/CEO Position Description
After 22 successful years as the Executive Director/CEO of WPSD, Mr. Don Rhoten announced his intention to retire on June 30, 2016. We are seeking a CEO to maintain and preserve the schools’ current operational and programmatic excellence. This vlog provides an overview and expectations of the position and contact information for interested candidates.
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WPSD Newsletter Restoration: 1949, ’52 and ’53
Big thanks to alumnus/relatives who gave us the WPAN (Western Pennsylvanian) newsletter. We noticed all of those newsletter are become decomposition or in poor conditional, that would becoming difficult for us to bring the good quality of newsletter to post in our website. We figured ourselves for the solution to have a restoration on those poor conditional…