Last week I attended the conference of the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf in Philadelphia. It was quite an experience, to say the least. I earned some CEUs, I crashed my car, I reconnected with people I haven’t seen in years…quite an experience! I was staying with friends in Northeast Philadelphia, which turned out [...]
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RID Conference
I’m going to the RID conference! An amazing person offered me the difference between the regular and student rates, so I was able to go. I don’t even know the person, they just offered me the difference and asked for my PayPal account. I am so touched, I hope I get to meet them in [...]
Student Pricing
I am a certified interpreter as well as being a Gallaudet student. In 2009, the RID conference will be in Philadelphia, which is inexpensive for me to visit, so I figured I’d go. There were two registration levels – member ($350) and student ($200). Now, RID has a membership level called student; the dues are [...]
NIC Workshop
Today I attended a GIS workshop about the NIC test, the latest version of certification for interpreters. It was $50 and I earned 0.6 CEUs. I knew nothing about the NIC so I went with the intention of learning more so I could take the test. Instead, I learned that I don’t want to take [...]
Oh No They Didn’t
I just sent the following letter to the editor of VIEWS, the monthly newsletter of the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf. I was quite surprised to receive the May 2007 issue of VIEWS and see “Source: Wikipedia.com” in large letters across the top. As many college professors can tell you, Wikipedia is not an [...]