MIAMI – Florida International University is creating a database of fluent Haitian Creole speakers willing to volunteer their time to help with a number of ongoing efforts to support South Florida’s Haitian community in the aftermath of the earthquake that devastated Haiti last month.
Interpreters are needed right away to assist the College of Law’s Carlos A. Costa Immigration and Human Rights Clinic as it helps Haitian immigrants apply for Temporary Protected Status (TPS). FIU also is responding to a number of requests from its community partners who need Creole interpreters.
This need became evident during the first meeting of the FIU Haiti Relief Task Force, a group of leaders from around the university brought together by FIU President Mark B. Rosenberg for the purpose of coordinating the short, mid- and long-term efforts of the university in response to the Haiti disaster.
Throughout FIU, various departments are identifying and harnessing the knowledge and skills of faculty, staff and students to address the medical, infrastructure and other relief and recovery needs for Haiti. FIU also is committed to assisting its students with ties to Haiti who are experiencing hardship as a result of the earthquake.
The task force’s chairwoman and coordinator, Senior Vice President for External Relations Sandra Gonzalez-Levy, said she was impressed with the number of efforts already under way and wants to support them by creating a centralized database of Creole speakers that can be called upon to assist on different projects over the next few weeks and months.
“We have a very generous university community that wants to help, including eager students who were quick to respond to the call for relief” Gonzalez-Levy said. “This committee will support and amplify those efforts by identifying resources, leveraging partnerships and facilitating information.”
College of Law Dean Alex Acosta explained that the TPS application process is quite detailed and it is imperative that law students and faculty who volunteer to help local Haitians fill out the paperwork have the support of fluent Creole speakers as interpreters.
“We need reliable interpretation because people’s right to obtain TPS status hangs in the balance,” Acosta said. “I’m certain that within the university community we have the people to fill this need.”
Anyone interested in volunteering may fill out the form on the FIU Hope for Haiti:Doing Our Part website. Students, faculty, staff, alumni and other members of the South Florida community are welcome.
Media Contact: Madeline Baró at 305-348-2234.
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Florida International University was founded in 1965 and is Miami’s only public research university. With a student body of more than 38,000, its 17 colleges and schools offer more than 200 bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral programs in fields such as engineering, international relations and law. More than 100,000 FIU alumni live and work in South Florida. FIU has been classified by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching as a “High Research Activity University”. In August 2009, FIU welcomed the inaugural class of the Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine. For more information about FIU, visit http://www.fiu.edu.
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No matter what type of activity you do on your computer, you will also need some sound. Whether if you watch a movie, play a video game or listen to some music, you will definitely need some computer speakers (or headphones, but today we are going to talk just about speakers). Usually any new computer comes with a default set of speakers. But these are not so powerful, and they also don’t give such a good sound quality.
So that’s why many people are choosing to buy a new set of speakers. Some are choosing to buy some new stereo speakers, while others choose to buy some more powerful speakers, for example a surround sound system, or some floor standing speakers. So let’s say you bought a computer, then you bought some new speakers for it and you used them for a few months, or even a few years.
But after some time it is possible that you have some problems with your computer. Some times you may be able to fix it, but in other cases you may need to buy a new computer. And an issue encountered by many users is when they have a problem, such as
new computer and old speakers don’t work. No matter if it’s the case of the original old speakers from the old computer, or the new speakers you bought, they might not work when you connect them to a new computer.
Here are some solutions that you can try to solve this problem out. Some of them may work for some users, but they may not work for others. But anyway it is the best to try them all, and see which one is the best for you. And if you know some other solutions please share them with us, and maybe you can help someone who is in trouble!
First of all you might check if the new computer has the appropriate sound card. Maybe you are using a surround sound audio system, and your old computer had a 5.1 sound card. But the new computer may have just a regular sound card, so that’s why your system might not work at all, or the sound quality may not be so good. In this case you can take the sound card from the old computer (if you had one), or buy a new one and place it on the new computer.
But placing a new sound card may not fix your "
new computer and old speakers don't work" problem. You must also install the appropriate drivers for the sound card or from the speaker. You may find them on a CD that came along with the sound card or with the speakers, or you can find them on the internet, by typing the exact model you have. After installing the drivers, open the software and see if all the volume levels are at maximum. Also check out if none of the channels is muted. If the “Mute” option is checked, please uncheck it.
Another problem may be if you didn’t plug the speakers into the appropriate jack. Maybe the new computer has a slightly different configuration, and you may placed the speakers in the wrong hole. So check this also, and also be sure that the speakers are turned on and working properly. Well, these were just some solutions that you can use, but of course there are many more others. And you can find them in other articles from our site. Good luck!
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