Gallaudet University will honor Helena P. Schmitt among other receipients of awards during their 29th annual Charter Day Banquet and Awards Program on March 14, 1998. This event, which celebrates the signing of Gallaudet’s charter in 1864, is co-hosted by Gallaudet University Alumni Association (GUAA) and Laurent Clerc Cultural Fund (LCCF) and will take place at the Gallaudet Kellogg’s Center. Schmitt will be honored with the GUAA Pauline “Polly” Peikoff ‘Service to Others’ Award. Schmitt, a resident of Silver Spring, Maryland, graduated from Gallaudet in 1971 and is very actively involved with several organizations. In observance of tenth anniversary of Deaf President Now, the annual Charter Day Banquet and Awards Program was moved to March instead of April in order to combine with the University’s plans for some DPN-related commemorative events and activities being scheduled during that time. Phil Bravin, ’66 of New York, who serves as member of the Gallaudet University Board of Trustees, will be Master of Ceremonies.