PEN-International

This article is about the hearing impairment group. For the writers' association, see PEN International.

The Postsecondary Education Network International, known as PEN-International, is an international partnership of colleges and universities serving the higher education of students with hearing impairment.

PEN-International was founded with support from the Nippon Foundation in 2001 by two schools which have since been joined by three additional schools.

Lead schools

• United States: Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID), in Rochester, New York.
• Japan: Tsukuba University of Technology (TUT), formerly Tsukuba College of Technology (TCT), Division for the Hearing Impaired, in Tsukuba.

Partner schools

• China: Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin Technical College for the Deaf, in Tianjin.
• Russia: Bauman Moscow State Technical University, Center on Deafness, in Moscow.
• Philippines: De La Salle–College of Saint Benilde, School of Deaf Education and Applied Studies, in Malate, Manila.

References

• A history of PEN-International by the Nippon Foundation.
• The founding of PEN-International, RIT University News Services, February 22, 2001.
• History of the Tsukuba University of Technology Division for the Hearing Impaired from 1976.
• February 2004 Artist in residence Taiko Drumming program at NTID in Rochester, sponsored by PEN-International with support from the San Francisco Taiko Dojo and Project Insight.

External links

• PEN-International Home Page