Northeastern’s American Sign Language program has received $4.5 million in federal funding to improve the quality of ASL-English interpreters, interpreter education programs and resources available to deaf and deaf-blind people.

The Department of Education awarded a five-year, $3 million grant to Northeastern’s National Interpreter Education Center, and a five-year, $1.5 million grant to its Regional Interpreter Education Center.

Cathy Cogen, director of the National Interpreter Education Center, said the National Interpreter Education Center will address a nationwide shortage of interpreters, in part by creating a marketing campaign, called “Discover Interpreting,” to draw people from diverse backgrounds into the field.

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