UNC Greensboro’s Interpreting, Deaf Education, and Advocacy Services (IDEAS) program looks back on 50 years of groundbreaking work. As the first program of its kind in North Carolina, it attracted dedicated individuals who emerged as leaders in Deaf education and advocacy.
Virginia Madorin ’11
Madorin works closely with schools and educators across North Carolina, ensuring they can give the best services to more than 1,500 deaf students in the state.
We constantly get questions from professionals who want to go back and redo their training to do Deaf education because they see the need for that.
Virginia Madorin
Read about Madorin’s personal experiences that inspired her mission today.
Mark Lineberger ’00
Lineberger’s was already fluent in ASL thanks to his family when he came to UNCG. He lay the groundwork for IDEAS students who enrolled after him based on the experiences he witnessed in his own family.
You need content knowledge to work in a legal setting, social services setting, religious settings and others. You have to know a little about a lot, so you can interpret not just words, but concepts for an equivalent message in ASL.
Mark Lineberger
Read more about how his ideas came to fruition.
