NTID Alumni Association

Congratulations to RIT/NTID alums Amberlee Jones and Sam Sepah on their appointments to the NTID Foundation Board of Directors!

Amberlee’s work in philanthropy, mentorship, and interpreter education, alongside Sam’s global leadership in AI accessibility and Deaf-centered innovation, reflects the impact and excellence of the NTID community.

We’re excited to see their leadership help shape the future of NTID and beyond.

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Two appointed to RIT/NTID Foundation Board of Directors Two appointed to RIT/NTID Alumni Association Amberlee Jones and Sam Sepah have strong connections to the college.

Join us Thursday, April 23, from 7:00–8:30 p.m. for an evening with RIT/NTID alum and internationally recognized artist Christine Sun Kim, part of NTID’s Edmund Lyon Memorial Lectureship Series at the RIT Performing Arts Center.

Kim, an American artist based in Berlin, explores how sound operates in society, examining the politics of sound and how spoken and signed languages function as social currency. Working across drawing, performance, video, and large-scale murals, her work reflects language, environment, and lived experience.

Her work has been featured internationally, including the Whitney Museum of American Art (2025), Gwangju Biennale (2023), Secession Vienna (2023), Queens Museum (2022), the Drawing Center (2022), Museum für Moderne Kunst (2021), and Manchester International Festival.

Admission is free and open to the public; registration is required. Interpreting services have been requested.

Register: rit.edu/go/FQ9N3

For more information, contact Brian Haak at [email protected].

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Jacquline “Jackie” Williams, an RIT/NTID alum, is featured in a recent column by Adonia K. Smith highlighting her journey from the Georgia School for the Deaf to NTID and beyond.

The story shares Jackie’s experiences growing up Deaf in a multicultural family, finding community through ASL at GSD and NTID, and her goal of becoming an international teacher in Deaf schools around the world.

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ADONIA K. SMITH: From GSD to NTID: A deaf Latina trailblazer After I moved back to Georgia for good in 2018, I kept hearing about Jacquline “Jackie” Williams, who is Latina. When I learned that she had graduated from the Georgia