KSU ASL Club

Our March event is here! Join us on March 27th in the student center for some hand painting! You pick your favorite sign, and paint your hands to look like that sign. For example, if you choose the sign 'butterfly,' you would paint your hands in a way that when you signed 'butterfly,' it looked like a butterfly. on Instagram did this same event and have amazing examples posted!

If you are part of the club, meaning you have paid dues, it's free for you! And if you wanna bring a friend, it's only $2 for them to join in. We hope to see many of you there!

[ID]: Red and orange paint streaks in the upper left and bottom right corners. On the top half of the page, there is brown text stating, "ASL handpainting. Thursday, March 27th. 6:00-7:30pm @ student center 306C. Choose your favorite ASL sign and paint your hands to match!" On the bottom half of the page, there is a small easel with two paint scribbles on it. There is a yellow mug with four paint brushes in it.

Coventry Branch Library is offering FREE ASL classes, at both the basic and intermediate level. They are on Saturdays starting March 15 through April 19, with the basic level class at 1:00-2:00pm and the intermediate level class following directly after at 2:30-3:30pm.

Registration is now open!

Basic Introduction ASL Class: https://events.heightslibrary.org/event/13490624

Intermediate ASL Class: https://events.heightslibrary.org/event/13483297

For any questions, please contact Coventry Library. The contact information is at the bottom of each slide.

Here are the dates for the rest of our coffee chats, as every other week, they will be for our more advanced signers! They are on Saturdays at 10 at Tree City in downtown Kent. Hope to see you there 🤟

[ID]: Beige-brown colored background, with notebook paper scraps on the corners. A coffee cup in the middle of the page. Black text at the top stating, "Coffee Chats @ Tree City, Kent OH. 10-11am." The text below the coffee cup states, "Welcome to All: February 15, March 1, March 29, April 12, April 26. Advanced*: February 22, March 22, April 5, April 19, May 3. *Levels 3 or 4 and above/if you can hold a conversation well :)"

NEW MERCH IS HERE ❗❗ DM or email us at [email protected] for any questions! The link for the form is in our linktree in our as Instagram bio! Payment (either cash or venmo ) is needed in order to place the order. Order closes February 21st.

[ID]: FIRST SLIDE: "New merch available now! 12 dollars per shirt. 10 dollars with discount code. Sizes: XS-5XL. Color choices: black, white, dark green, navy blue. Designed by .macink._ "
SECOND SLIDE: "Discount code at next meeting!" Picture of the front design on shirt: ASL Club in the center, Kent State University surrounding. Picture of the back design on shirt: KSU letters with the hand shapes of the letters in front. Four pictures of the four shirts: black, white, dark green, navy blue.

Our special February event is here!! Join us February 13th in the student center for a movie night! As Valentine's Day is coming closer, we will be watching Barbie with an interpreter on screen. We will have popcorn, cookies, and bottles of water.

[ID]: Light pink background with small red hearts scattered around. A darker pink open envelope in the middle of the picture with a letter poking out, with red text stating, "Barbie Interpreted Movie Night!!! When? February 13th. Where? Student Center Room 317. Time? 6:00pm-8:30pm. Snacks will be provided!!"

ASL CLUB IS BACK! Since the beginning of the fall semester, we have been having monthly meetings and holding fun events and parties for a non-classroom, hands-up environment. If you don't already, give our Instagram (.aslclub) a follow, as we are more active on there and post all events and will answer any questions! You can also drop any questions down below and we will be sure to get back to you!

Frequently asked questions:
What do I need to do to be a part of the club?
Pay dues, which are $6 for the semester, and hazing training (this is something you have to complete if you are a part of any organization on campus. It takes only 20-30 minutes to complete and if you have previously done it, then you're all set!)

What do my dues go towards?
Our special events and parties. You paying dues allows for us to have more fun events where we can have snacks, decorations, and things like that!

Do you guys have merch?
YES! We recently got a new design for the club and our t-shirt orders are open now! For more information, go here to our Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/DFQVVkBRKb0/?igsh=MWdiZ3JzN3FubmFwdg==

Are you open to all levels and all majors?
YES! We are simply a space where you can learn more about ASL, the Deaf community, and converse outside of the classroom. For those with a lower level of signing, we do teach some signs in our monthly meetings but we also don't expect our advanced signers to hold back. We usually split by level when conversing, so it's less intimidating and everyone has the chance to get better.

What events do you do?
We have two monthly meetings: one on the first Monday of the month and one on the third Tuesday. These meetings are identical to allow for more people to show up if they can't make Monday or Tuesday nights work. This semester, we have a special event planned for each month. This month, we are doing a Barbie movie night with an interpreter on February 13th, with popcorn, cookies, and cute little valentines. We also do something called coffee chats, where we meet at Tree City in downtown Kent on Saturdays 10-11am. Every other week, these coffee chats will be dedicated to advanced signers to converse.

We are all sad that this is what it has come to but our officers are under a lot of stress and we aren’t getting the feedback we need from our community to keep going. The room we hold our meetings in is still reserved for the ASL Club meeting times but there will not be any planned topics, people can go and use the space to sign with friends but we ask you to please be respectful since it is still affiliated with our club that is still a Kent State Organization. We would love to pick back up where we left off next fall but we will see how life goes! We will miss all of you dearly but we are still here as a resource if needed!

ID 1: ‘I love you’ hands as the background in ASL Club colors on top of that is a cream-colored box with black text in a big font at the top ‘ASL CLUB UPDATE’ underneath says ‘The officers of the ASL Club have come together and decided to take a break from the club. This saddens all of us very much as we all have put in so much time, work, and effort into this club. Many factors went into this decision. As officers, we have had a lot of other responsibilities come up. We have also not seen as many students interested in participating in the club making it a little discouraging to put on meetings and events. The meeting room will still be reserved for the rest of the semester. This being said anyone is welcome to stop in and use that space and time to practice signing, relax, and hang out with friends. One day we hope ASL Club will start again but in the meantime…’

ID 2: Same ‘I love you’ hand background and cream box on top. In black text it says ‘Here are some resources’ Then there are 5 categories that will be listed in the comments.

Here are our meeting times for the upcoming semester! Meetings will be on Mondays and Thursdays from 6-8 in Bowman Hall room 204. A reminder that we do have membership fees. These fees help us fund future events to host for your guy's enjoyment. Fees are $5 a semester, if you paid last semester for the whole year you are all good to go! We hope to see all of you guys there.

ID: The background is a corkboard, there are 4 Post-it notes pinned on the board with the meeting information on them. The first Post-it is light blue with black writing stacked on top of each other that says Monday, January 22nd, 2024 with a line beneath Thursday, January 25th, 2024, Bowman Hall RM 204, 6-8 pm. The second Post-it is pink with black writing stacked on top of each other that says Monday, February 12th, 2024 with a line beneath Thursday, February 15th, 2024, Bowman Hall RM 204, 6-8 pm. The third Post-it is green with black writing stacked on top of each other that says Monday, March 11th, 2024 with a line beneath Thursday, March 14th, 2024, Bowman Hall RM 204, 6-8 pm. The fourth Post-it is yellow with black writing stacked on top of each other that says Monday, April 15th, 2024 with a line beneath Thursday, April 18th, 2024, Bowman Hall RM 204, 6-8 pm.

We have a bunch of merchandise for sale right now!
As always we have our signature KSU ASL Club shirts and stickers available. The shirts come in 5 colors; black, heather navy, white, sapphire, and blackberry. These shirts are $25! The classic KSU ASL Club stickers come in two sizes, the bigger sticker is $3 and the smaller size is $1. We recently added a fingerspelled KSU sticker for $3 as well!

We also have some older and misprinted merchandise for sale! The Kent State shirts with a fingerspelled ‘K’ and ‘S’ is a shirt the club had made a while ago before the COVID pandemic. These shirts are $10 and we have a limited supply! Lastly, we have a few of our misprinted t-shirts left. These shirts are just like our signature shirts except there was a printing miss-hap … there is no pink on the logo! We are selling these for 40% off the original price, making them $15. For these two shirts message us for the details on what sizes and colors we have left!

[ID Page 1]: Black lettering at the top that says “Always Available Merch” with a emphasize mark next to it. The words are also underlined. Underneath is 5 t-shirts that all have the KSU ASL Club logo on them, they are also labeled with the color and an arrow pointing to the shirt of the corresponding color; black, heather navy, white, sapphire, and blackberry. On the side, it says “$25” in yellow print. Underneath in black writing is ‘Kent State ASL Club Stickers’ with a black emphasize mark. Underneath are two round oval stickers with the KSU ASL Club logo on them. The larger Oval sticker has a ‘$3’ in yellow beside it, and the smaller oval sticker has a yellow ‘$1’ beside it. On the right of that are hands that spell out KSU the hands are yellow and outlined in navy blue, besides that is a yellow ‘$3’.
[ID Page 2]: Black lettering at the top that says “Kent State Shirts” with a black emphasize mark on the side. Underneath is a navy blue shirt with white hands and lettering on it. The hands are in the shape of a ‘K’ and ‘S’ and beside the hands, it finishes the words Kent State. Besides the picture of the shirt it says in yellow ‘$10’. Underneath in the middle in black writing, it says “Misprinted Shirts’ with a black emphasize mark on the side. Underneath are 4 shirts in black, heather navy, sapphire, and blackberry that have the KSU ASL Club logo on them. The pink in the logo is missing. On the side of that in yellow is ‘$15’.