NAD’s YLC ’99 Directors Appointed

SILVER SPRING, MD —Maureen A. Yates of Landover Hills, Maryland has been selected as Director of NAD’s Youth Leadership Camp’99, with Adele Ann Eberwein of Walnut Creek, California serving as Assistant Director.

During the 1998 session, eight Camp Directors in Training, all college students, shared the work of Assistant Director. This enriching pilot program was funded by Gallaudet University and Rochester Institute of Technology / National Technical Institute for the Deaf, co-sponsors of the 1998 Youth Leadership Camp. NAD Youth Programs personnel were therefore fortunate to have the opportunity to choose from a number of trained applicants.

“I got to know both Maureen and Adele Ann well last summer when I worked at YLC’98 with them for six weeks,” said Nancy B. Rarus, Associate Executive Director (Programs) at the NAD. “They worked well together, and I am delighted to be working with them in mosquitoless Oregon this summer.”

Maureen Yates is currently a graduate student, majoring in Deaf Education at Gallaudet University after receiving her Bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education. She also works as a Graduate Assistant. She brings with her varied camping experiences, both as a camper and staff member. She attended the Lions Camp, Green Top, Isola Bella and Camp Mark 7 as camper. At Camp Mark 7 and at NAD Youth Leadership Camp, she was a staff member.

Maureen was the Dean of Campers during the 1998 YLC session as well as being involved in the Camp Directors In Training project. She was also Miss Deaf America in 1994.

Adele Ann Eberwein is currently a graduate student at San Francisco State University majoring in Deaf Education. She obtained her Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Gallaudet University.

She also was one of the Camp Directors in Training last summer and served as a camp counselor in 1994. Adele Ann was a student assistant for the CISS (Committe International de Sports de Sourdes) office for two years before moving to the west coast.

Applications for a variety of staff positions are now being accepted. For further information, contact Nancy B. Rarus at [email protected].

You can also reach Yates at [email protected]. (YLC’99 begins on June 20 and ends early on the morning of July 17)

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