Category: News
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2023 Alumni Reunion Photo Gallery
In the picture, 75 headcount of members as alumni association came to WPSD for 37th Triennial Alumni Reunion on Friday, June 16th and 17th to reunite their classmates, family and friends. 206 photos poured in our Google Photos album, for cherish of your time and enjoy viewing. Happy Father’s Day!
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TribLive: Signs of the Times
Story by JOANNE KLIMOVICH HARROPPhotos by SHANE DUNLAPTribune-Review June 11, 2023 Editor’s note: This is the first in a two-part series on residency at the Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf and the Western Pennsylvania School for Blind Children. Interviews were done with the help of an interpreter. Many students’ last names have been omitted at…
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WPSDAlumni.org site is moving!
WPSD Alumni website is moving to new hosting provider today for enhanced security and performance. The theme design layout remains same, You will notice some differences on the website.
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Obituary: Jerry Bush, Class of 1969
Jerry L. Bush, 74, of Kernersville, NC, passed away at home on May 26, 2023 after a short illness. He was surrounded by his family as he passed. Jerry was born on February 14, 1949 to Warren and Hazel Bush in Roaring Springs, PA. After Jerry graduated from Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf in…
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Reminder: Alumni Reunion Early Bird deadline
Just gently reminder that WPSD Alumni Reunion deadline for Early Bird is Friday, May 19, 2023. The price is $60 to avoid the price increase to $70. For more information about Alumni Reunion of registration, accommodations, check the post in our Alumni website. We will make announcements about more detailed information about reunion within six…
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College of Education offers ASL, proposes Deaf studies minor
Note: This post is related to Emily Jo Noschese, WPSD Class of 2005. It’s perhaps not surprising that English and Spanish are the two most-used languages in the United States. But the third? Due to the estimated 11.5 million people in the United States — including 386,000 in Michigan — who are deaf or hard…
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Complaints about WPSD Yearbook changes
If you are trying to open WPSD yearbook in Issuu.com directly from WPSDAlumni.org Yearbook website, You can see the screenshot “Publication access is currently limited”. We received the complaints from our Alumni visitors that they are unable to view the WPSD yearbooks in Issuu.com, the the partner of the web publishing service. We used our…
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Honey company with a deaf workforce creates a buzz in Point Breeze
This article is published in Post-Gazette on December 27, 2022. Written by Gretchen McKay Jon Mosholder didn’t set out to be a honey farmer. That was his mom’s dream, when she left her job as a health care consultant to start Bumbleberry Farms 11 years ago. Though Karen Mosholder had just a couple of hives in her…
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WPSD: Pittsburgh’s unique (ASL) signs
This article is published in Post-Gazette on December 23, 2022. You need to subscribe to view this page. Signing with a Pittsburgh accent LAURA MALT SCHNEIDERMAN | PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE DEC. 23, 2022 Val Wojton, deaf since birth, learned sign language at the Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf in Edgewood. There, the days of the week…