Wisconsin Association of the Deaf

05/20/2026

Congratulations to the Class of 2026! Your hard work, growth, resilience, and dedication brought you to this moment. Wishing you all the best as you move into your next chapter — the future is bright! 🎓✨

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05/14/2026

WAD Update from WAD President Anna Dorst

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Transcript: Hello, my name is Anna Dorst. I am WAD President.

We are excited to welcome Jim Powell as our new Membership Secretary and Jacqueline Reed as our new Member at Large. Their passion, experience, and dedication to the Deaf community will help strengthen our organization and continue advocacy and connection across Wisconsin.

Welcome to the board, Jim and Jacqueline! We look forward to working together and growing the future of WAD.

Enjoy the videos and music that you love, upload original content and share it all with friends, family and the world on YouTube.

05/14/2026

We are excited to launch WAD's new website. Our goals are to ensure it is accessible, provide accommodations for people with low vision, and maintain a check on the website. Here is our new website:

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05/06/2026

Happy Interpreter Appreciation Day

04/11/2026

The Board of Director wants to inform you that we have to cancel the Round Table Conference due to the unmet quorum for attendance. However, we will still have our scheduled board meeting at 1:15 pm this afternoon. It will be at WCTC at the Anthony J. Natalizo building (building S on the campus map) in Room S210 on the 2nd floor. Everyone is welcome to join and observe.

We hope to see you there!

04/11/2026

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I regret to inform you that we must cancel our RTC due to low enrollment. However, we will still hold the WAD meeting tomorrow from 1:15 PM to 2:30 PM at WCTC in Room S210 on the 2nd floor. Everyone is welcome to join and observe.

I hope to see you all there!

04/07/2026

WSD Jr.NAD members and Wisconsin School for the Deaf Foundation board members will host spaghetti dinner at Water Tower View in Greenfield, Wisconsin on Friday, May 1st from 4:30 - 6:00 pm. The $5.00 dinner will include spaghetti, bread, salad, a bottle of water and dessert. There will be presentations and bingo activity from Jr.NAD students from 6:15 - 7:30 pm. We hope to see you at Water Tower View.

RSVP form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdNkYO66qOV5SGIqBuApeMXGtSYupGr8Co3ijjjJSyy261o8A/viewform

Any questions or concerns, you can contact Karla Gunn, WSD Jr.NAD advisor at [email protected]