• What is an Interpreter?
• Instructors guide to working with A Sign Language Interpreter and a Deaf Student
• Interpreting Services Handbook for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students
• Services for Students with Disabilities: Student Handbook
• Interpreter Request Form
  

Interpreters Office Hours
Important Dates
TTY locations

DO-IT 'Preparing for College: An On Line Tutorial'

Sherry A. Hill
Educational Interpreter

Sherry graduated from the Interpreter Training Program at Iowa Western Community College in Council Bluffs, Iowa, in 1987 with an A.A.S. degree. Sherry started freelancing for DMACC that same summer. In 1991, she was given the position of full-time staff interpreter.

Lori L. Johansen
Educational Interpreter/Advisor

Lisa S. Furney
Educational Interpreter

Lisa graduated from the Interpreter Training Program at Iowa Western Community College in Council Bluffs, Iowa, in 1998 with an A.A.S. degree.  Lisa has a B.A. degree in Linguistics from Central College. For the past six years, she has worked in the public school system with students from k-12.  Lisa joined DMACC as a full-time staff interpreter in July of 2004.

Meet the rest of the staff

Sherry:

Wednesday
2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Thursday
12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Lori:

Tuesday
2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
 

                Lisa:

Tuesday
2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

TTY Locations:

Ankeny:    Payphone        bldg. 6 outside room 10
                   VCO/phone     bldg. 5 evening and weekend office

Urban:                                 bldg. 1 near information Desk
                                             bldg. 1 outside the library 

West:         VCO/phone     information desk

Newton:    VCO/phone     Academic Achievement Center

Boone:                                   information desk

Carroll:      VCO/phone     not yet set up.

Links

Woodlake Technologies
Talking Gloves
Deaf articles
American Annals of the Deaf
Deaf Community Web Links
Accessolutions.com
Northeast Technical Assistance Center (NETAC)
The Postsecondary Education Programs Network (PEPNet)
Preparing Postsecondary Professionals (CSUN)
Gallaudet University
Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (RID)
Captioned Media Program (CMP)
Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT)
Students Toward Empowerment Project

For information specific to the health care field and disability services, check out:
Health Sciences Faculty Education Project
Exceptional Nurse
AMPHL (Association of Medical Professionals with Hearing Loss)

Meet the rest of the office staff

Sharon G. Bittner
Director of Academic Support Services

Sharon graduated from Indiana State University with a B.S., in psychology, and earned her M.A., in behavioral psychology from Drake University. Sharon started working for DMACC in February of 2000.

Ankeny Campus Building 6 Room 10e
(515)964-6857 (office)
(515)964-6809 tty
(515)965-7150 fax
sgbittner@dmacc.edu




 

Hollie L. Coon
Coordinator, Special Needs

Hollie received her B.A. from the University of Northern Iowa majoring in Geography Education and Learning Disabilities. She then earned her M.S.E. from Drake University in Behavior Disabilities and Learning Disabilities. She taught Special Education for 7 years to high school students with severe learning disabilities and behavior/emotional disabilities. She has taught in Texas, Iowa and in Ohio. She joined DMACC in the Spring of 2007.

Ankeny Campus Building 6 Room 10b
(515)964-6850 (office)
(515)964-6810 tty
(515)965-7150 fax
hlcoon@dmacc.edu

Mary J. Ocker
Administrative Secretary

Mary started working at DMACC as a tutor to students with special needs in the fall of 1981.  After 23 years and many job changes here at DMACC, she is currently an Administrative Secretary of Academic Support Services.

Ankeny Campus Building 6 Room 10f
(515)964-6517 (office)
(515)965-7150 fax
mjocker@dmacc.edu

(Karen Not yet pictured)

Karen Reese-Elliott
Office Assistant

Karen graduated from Simpson College in 1975 with a B.A. in Spanish and graduated from Drake University in 1977 with a B.S. in Accounting. Karen started working for DMACC in 2002.

Ankeny Campus Building 6 Room 20
(515)965-7004 (office)
(515)965-7150 (fax)
tutor@dmacc.edu