DeafTEC, a national resource for high schools and community colleges that educate deaf and hard-of-hearing students in STEM-related programs, received a 2013 Telly Award for its video Deaf Professionals in IT: Mobile App Programmer. The video, created by Pellet Productions, features Rochester Institute of Technology's National Technical Institute for the Deaf graduate Matt Martella explaining the work he does as a Mobile Applications Programmer at Highmark in Pittsburgh, Pa.
In its 35th year, the Telly Award honors the very best film & video productions, groundbreaking online video content, and outstanding local, regional, & cable TV commercials and programs.
DeafTEC is a National Science Foundation-funded Center of Excellence, one of approximately 40 such centers across the United States. DeafTEC is unique in the fact that its focus is on a particular audience, deaf and hard-of-hearing students, rather than on a techncial discipline.
DeafTEC is also establishing a model within targeted regions of the country to create partnerships among high schools, community colleges, and industry to improve access to technological education and employment for deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals. It is administered by faculty at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf, one of the nine colleges of RIT, and overseen by a National Visiting Committee made up of professionals in academia and industry.
Source: https://www.ntid.rit.edu/news/deaftec-receives-telly-award-deaf-professional-video
