From the Washington Post, AP/Newsday:

Gallaudet University students welcomed the announcement of T. Alan Hurwitz as the school’s new president this weekend with a round of signed applause. Hurwitz, who will take over in January, is currently the president of the National Technical Institute for the Deaf, a college of Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, N.Y.

The response was markedly different from the student protests that erupted three years ago when the school’s board selected Jane K. Fernandes as president. More than 100 students were arrested as they occupied the administration building, barricaded the gates of the school, and burned the new president in effigy.

Fernandes was criticized for her management style and for not learning sign language until she was an adult; the school was criticized for a selection process that was closed to students and faculty.

(RIT photo from the Washington Post)

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