The Program

In 1977 Lenoir-Rhyne University implemented a program providing comprehensive support services which would afford deaf and hard-of-hearing students the same educational opportunities as their hearing counterparts. The program was established as a complement to Lenoir-Rhyne's Deaf Education teacher Training Program.

The primary goal of the program is to fully integrate deaf and hard-of-hearing students into the academic, co-curricular, social and residential life activities of Lenoir-Rhyne University. The success of the program is evident in the active involvement and wide acceptance of the students into the campus community.

Since the program's inception, over 150 students have received services from the program. Students have earned a variety of degrees which have lead to employment as accountants, computer analysts, teachers, college professors, biographics specialists and business counselors. Currently, the deaf and hard of hearing students enrolled at Lenoir-Rhyne represent a geographic cross-section of the country.