As part of its continuing mission to serve the community, Andrew College will offer American Sign Language courses free of charge to teachers, counselors, and social workers in the surrounding area. The courses will begin during the Spring 2005 semester and will be held on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 4 p.m. to 5:15 p.m.

American Sign Language is the third most used language in the United States behind English and Spanish. The course is designed to attune students to communication in the manual-visual mode, followed by instruction and practice in vocabulary, sentence structure, elementary conversation, and literature. Students will also have the opportunity to participate in a “silent dinner” at a local restaurant.

The course will be taught by Paige Garrison, Assistant Professor of Strategic Studies at Andrew. Garrison has studied and worked with the deaf and hearing impaired throughout the country, including Nebraska , Idaho , Alaska , and Georgia .          

For more information about this course, please contact Garrison at 229.732.5987.

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