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Deaf Student Beats The Odds

Durban University of TechnologyRef: https://www.dut.ac.za/Deaf_Student_Beats_The_Odds/

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This is a news article on the Durban University of Technology (DUT) website titled “Deaf Student Beats The Odds” (dated Aug 28, 2013). It profiles DUT IT student Talisa Talthapersad, who is profoundly deaf, and states she will receive a Special Achievement Award from the IT Department upon graduating with a National Diploma. The article describes her schooling and therapy history, mentorship by DUT’s Deaf Programme Co-ordinator, and notes she is on a one-year learnership at Bytes Technology starting in December (year not fully specified in the text).

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Special Achievement Award from the IT Department

The IT Department at Durban University of Technology will award Talisa Talthapersad a Special Achievement Award upon her graduation with a National Diploma in IT.

Who it is for: graduating IT students at DUT
How to act on it: Graduate with a National Diploma in IT from DUT's Steve Biko Campus.

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she will receive a Special Achievement Award from the IT Department upon graduating with a National Diploma.

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eThekwini, KwaZulu-Natal, City of Cape Town, Western Cape

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https://www.dut.ac.za/Deaf_Student_Beats_The_Odds/

Key Takeaways

Document title: Deaf Student Beats The Odds
Publisher/website: Durban University of Technology (DUT) News
Article date: Aug 28, 2013
Student: Talisa Talthapersad (age 22 at time of article)
Origin: Kharwastan in Chatsworth
Award: Special Achievement Award from DUT IT Department
Graduation: National Diploma at Steve Biko Campus in Durban
Graduation date mentioned: Wednesday next week (18 April 2012)
Mentor: Nayantra Kanaye, Deaf Programme Co-ordinator at DUT
Learnership: lasts one year at Bytes Technology, Westville; started in December last year
Durban University of Technology (DUT)
IT Department (DUT)
Talisa Talthapersad
Sagree Talthapersad
Mrs Lalthapersad
Profoundly deaf / audiologist (unnamed)
Durban School for the Hearing Impaired (DSHI)
Carel Du Toit Centre (Cape Town)
Mrs. T. Naidoo (high school principal)
Nayantra Kanaye (Deaf Programme Co-ordinator, DUT)
Bytes Technology
Steve Biko Campus (Durban)
Kharwastan (Chatsworth)
Amanzimtoti
Westville
Sinegugu Ndlovu (author/sign-off)