Don't Say Bye to Bi/Bi

12/12/2025

The website -- hellobibi.org -- used for hosting all of the information about what happened at USU in 2022 with the bi/bi deaf education master's program content is up for renewal in January. It's roughly $70 (annual cost) to renew.

Some questions for those who follow:

Should we maintain this website or take it down?

If we decide to keep the website, should we consider using it as a platform for other info/resources relevant to our bi-lingual/bi-cultural community?

Should we simply keep the website to store information for reference? Store the information somewhere else?

If we choose to keep the website, we would need to have some support for the annual fees. Emily O'Hara Bergeson has been paying out of pocket since 2022 (a total of $262). Is it worth it?

Are there others who would like to make good use of this resource?

Or is it unnecessary?

Thoughts?

Latest News Get the latest updates as they are published on our blog. what happened? Learn more about what happened, the history leading up to it, and the people involved. ASL Community messages Messages specifically for members of the ASL community. Some of these videos are not captioned. If you do...

08/08/2022

Another update!

http://hellobibi.org/2022/08/08/update-august-2022/

06/18/2022

https://hellobibi.org/2022/06/18/april-announcement-survey-results/

As mentioned in the blog post, there will be follow-up information shared about the process and progress so far.

Any burning questions that we should (try to) answer? Thoughts after reading the survey results?

april-2022-survey-response-summaryDownload Above is the PDF produced by USU of the April Survey results. There’s going to be a follow-up with a little more information of how things are going…

05/06/2022

Deadline to give input is May 13!!

If you have been thinking about this and haven't responded yet, now is the time!

https://cehs.usu.edu/comdde-program-survey

04/21/2022

Big announcement!!!

Watch the video. Discuss here. Fill out the survey when you feel ready.

It might help to discuss this together first. What do you all think about this?

The department of Communicative Disorders and Deaf Education and Utah State University seeks feedback on a new undergraduate program offering.

03/10/2022

This is a mother's story of the long-fought struggle for a bilingual/bicultural approach. It is no small thing that the Bi-Bi program has been suspended. Read this story to understand why...

The O’Hara Family 1992 It was June 1987. The Deaf President Now movement on the Gallaudet campus had not yet happened (March 1, 1988), the Reauthorization of the Deaf Act was underway (1988-1…

03/04/2022

The survey results are now available! 100 responses were counted. Thank you so much for everyone who responded! Along with the results is a Q/A. If you have additional questions, add them in the comments and we'll search out the answers.

Thank you for everyone who participated in and shared the USU Bi-Bi Program priorities survey! Dr. Karen Munoz complied the data and presents the information in the following PDF. stakeholder-surve…

02/26/2022

New posts!

February 26, 2022February 26, 2022 Emily O'Hara Bergeson Rebuttal to Program Closure by Dr. Freeman King February 25, 2022 To All Who Might Be Interested, I am disheartened and disilliusioned that the outstanding Bilingual-Bicultural Program in Deaf Education at Utah State University has been closed...

02/26/2022

LAST DAY!! Tag people you know who should fill out this survey!

At Utah State University we are commencing a strategic planning process to see what kind of programming would be valuable and feasible moving forward with Bilingual-Bicultural teacher training.

02/18/2022

An introduction to the survey created by Dr. Karen Munoz.

*** Updates have been made to the survey. You are allowed to select more than one group that you represent (student, deaf, interpreter, etc). Also, the additional field on the second page should be fixed. Let me know if there are any more issues/suggestions. ****

Dr Karen Munoz has a survey for us to answer to help guide the strategic planning process for the recreation of the Bi-Bi Program.