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Learning to communicate: Bi-monthly ASL Lunch-&-Learn sessions have become an important resource for deaf employees at the shipyard
March 9, 2023 — When Marlene Bell was hired as a full-time American Sign Language interpreter for Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Facility in the spring of 2019, she estimates that there were only a handful of deaf employees working for the command.Back then, there was no specialized equipment to help hard of hearing and deaf workers communicate with... MORE

NSWC Crane Equal Employment Opportunity Office expands offerings to enhance inclusion
December 9, 2019 — CRANE, Ind. – Fred Seitz, a Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane) electrical engineer, often contends with communication barriers with his hearing colleagues. Emails would fly back and forth, but calls from colleagues had to be ignored.“I think people would get frustrated because they would try to call me, but I wouldn’t be able... MORE

NSWC Crane’s EEO Office has been working hard to increase its offerings, expanding lactation areas for new mothers and implementing the Diversity Leadership.

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