Western Oregon University wins 2008 Sorenson VRS Interpreter Education Program Award of Excellence</tile> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <meta http-equiv="description" content="Western Oregon University wins 2008 Sorenson VRS Interpreter Education Program Award of Excellence"> <meta http-equiv="keywords" content="Western,Oregon,University,wins,2008,Sorenson,VRS,Interpreter,Education,Program,Award,of,Excellence"> </head> <body> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="10" height="39"> </td> <td width="99%" height="39"> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="16%"><a href="http://inttranews.inttra.net"><img src="http://inttranews.inttra.net/images/inttranews_grey_2.jpg" width="192" height="37" border="0"></a></td> <td width="50%" valign="middle"> <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><b><font color="#CCCCCC" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">KNOW.<br> HOW.</font></b></font> </p> </td> <td width="34%" align="right" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1" color="#666666">24-10-2008</font></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="10"> </td> <td width="99%" > </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="10"> </td> <td width="99%" > <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> <b>Western Oregon University wins 2008 Sorenson VRS Interpreter Education Program Award of Excellence</b></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> <img src="http://inttranews.inttra.net/img_news/img_COJaYSxXWShE2Qt2uJmw_0.jpg" align="left" vspace="5" hspace="5" ><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">San Juan, Puerto Rico (Business Wire): Sorenson Communications(R), the nation's leading provider of Video Relay Services (VRS) for deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals who use American Sign Language (ASL) to communicate, has named Western Oregon University's (WOU) ASL/English Interpreting Program the recipient of the Sorenson VRS(R) (SVRS) Interpreter Education Program (IEP) Award of Excellence. The award, to be presented annually, was announced last night at the Conference of Interpreter Trainers (CIT) 2008 Conference. The honor recognizes WOU's effort to respond to the broadening communication needs of the deaf community by strengthening programs and incorporating VRS tracks into its curriculum. <br> <br>For more information, please visit: <br><a href="http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/Western-Oregon-University-Wins-2008/story.aspx?guid={35B7B82A-261D-4889-BC14-E30E600DDCEA} " target="blank">www.marketwatch.com/news/story/Western-Oregon-University-Wins-2008/story.aspx?guid={35B7B82A-261D-4889-BC14-E30E600DDCEA} </a> <br></font></td> </tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <script type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="<http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show