Interpreter Training Program hosted inventor of signing game & celebrated with graduates

Academics, Community, Students, Success Stories

May 12, 2023

Photos provided by Dawn Caudill

Students playing the SignTasTic card game — Students from Cincinnati State, UC, Xavier, and NKU enjoyed playing the SignTasTic card game

Cincinnati State’s Interpreter Training Program (ITP) hosted a nationally known Deaf presenter, Dan Cook, for a “SignTasTic” event on April 20.

More than 100 students attended, including sign language interpreting students from the University of Cincinnati, Northern Kentucky University, and Xavier University, as well as Cincinnati State.

Cook, an American Sign Language instructor at the Community College of Allegheny County (Maryland), is the inventor of the “SignTasTic” card game, which is intended to help break down barriers between hearing and Deaf worlds. The card game also provided the basis for a TV game show.

Cincinnati State’s ITP Live Lab Coordinator, John Gerkin, was Cook’s college roommate.

On April 21, ITP graduates and their family members were honored at a graduation banquet in the Summit Restaurant.

Thirteen graduates were recognized, although not all were able to attend the event.

ITP Program Chair Dawn Caudill and Interpreter Kristen Bowen — ITP Program Chair Dawn Caudill & Interpreter Kristen Bowen

ITP graduates 2023 — ITP Program Chair Dawn Caudill & Interpreter Kristen Bowen