The American Sign Language (ASL) Community is a Living Learning Community for Deaf students and students committed to improving and/or maintaining their ASL conversational skills. The community is open to students in the Deaf Studies major, students who use ASL in their everyday lives, and students who affiliate with the Deaf community. Through participation in the ASL Community, students will improve their understanding of the Deaf community through immersion in a Deaf and ASL friendly environment with ASL-only common areas, events, and activities. Community events could include guest speakers from the Deaf Community, interactive activities in the ASL lab, community meals, ASL storytelling, and field trips to events highlighting Deaf lifestyle and traditions. This community is a partnership between the Deaf Studies Program and Housing and Residence Life.
The ASL LLC is located in Barton House. Please note that Barton House is a premium housing rate building. Students placed in the LLC will be placed in premium housing. Barton House offers rooms with private bathrooms. Rooms are traditionally for 2 students.
The LLC is open to all students with an interest in ASL and/or Deaf Studies.
The ASL LLC does not have a linked course.
This LLC does not have an orientation that requires an early move-in.
JB Begue, Deaf Studies Program Coordinator
“ The LLC significantly enhanced my sense of community within the Towson University campus. It brings together a diverse group of ASL users, including students from both within and outside the Deaf Studies Program, as well as community members. I am incredibly grateful that the LLC provided me with the opportunity to encounter such a vibrant and inclusive ASL community within a beyond Towson University. ”