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The next Etna Project series will again be at Blue Mountain Retreat Center in Western Maryland.

In-person Etna Project

Details and Registration Here!

April through November, 2023

First session - 4/20/23 - 4/23/23

Second session - 7/6/23 - 7/9/23

Third session - 8/24/23 - 8/27/23

Fourth session - 11/9/23 - 11/12/23

Etna Project MD 2023

Greetings Colleagues and Friends -

We hope this finds you keeping safe for yourself and others with the lingering ramifications of Covid 19. After a break during pandemic, the Etna Project met again in person in 2022. This presented the first time that Etna Project invited Deaf Interpreters to join us in an ASL environment. That will be the case again in 2023.

As any of you who have participated in an Etna series knows, there are many ways to describe what Etna is. It is certainly an experience built on Foundations Framework A & B (formerly Foundations I and II) and the Integrated Model of Interpreting. The pedagogy, based on a learner-centric approach rooted in the work of Lev Vygotsky, allows for learning at all levels of professional experience. Participants work with text analyses and discuss topical issues in our field and in the Deaf world. Structured dialogues---Process Mediation---provide real-time practice in reflection and discovery. The content is rich and varied, flexibly created to engage and flex our cognitive processes.

Vitally important is the retreat context: the four-day immersion experience over four long weekends that allows for down time, social time, sharing meals and chores. Long walks, raucous game sessions, and late-night conversations are all opportunities where connections are made while the learning continues and deepens. There is no way to have an equivalent experience through Zoom.

For the safety of all participants, we do require proof of vaccination to attend this in-person retreat while Covid continues to impact the lives of so many.

Etna Project MD 2010

Gathering interpreters from both the NH and MD Etna Projects.

2014 Etna Project NH

These happy-faced Etna Alumni pose for a group photo.

Etna Project NH 2012

Photo op for alumni at Pierce's Inn in Etna, NH.

Etna Project MD 2015

This intimate group gathers for their photo on their last evening together.

Etna Project NH 2006-2007

Aren't group photos fun!

Etna Project MD 2011

This close-knit group know a feast follows this group photo session!

Etna Project NH 2018

The final chapter of meeting for Etna in Etna, NH.

Etna Project NH 2002_03

The very first Etna gathering!

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The ETNA PROJECT fosters introspection, dialogue, and respect. Positive stimulation for open, hungry minds.

The Etna Project has grown into a community of interpreters who engage in reflective practice. We gather several times throughout the year for a long weekend of dialogue, sharing, and learning. We share a common vocabulary based on the Integrated Model of Interpreting (IMI) when discussing various aspects of the interpreting process. We make it a practice to employ Process Mediation (PM) when discussing decisions that take place in our minds after reception of the source language and before the production of the target language. As individual practitioners, we are then able to deepen and refine our understanding of our own interpreting processes.

This opportunity is open to anyone who has satisfied the prerequisite of attending the Foundations of Interpreting Processes Framework A and B Seminars. We hope you'll consider learning with us in this environment.

Who are Etna Project Alumni?

Since 2002, the Etna Project has generated an alumni of reflective practitioners eager to be engaged in their own learning and that of others. We gather several times throughout the year for a long weekend of dialogue, sharing, and learning through structured activity. In this retreat format, meeting for substantial amounts of time over the course of several months in a shared space, we learn on our own and together.

We share a common vocabulary based on the Integrated Model of Interpreting (IMI) as we explore various aspects of the interpreting process. We make it a practice to employ Process Mediation (PM) when discussing decisions that take place in our minds after reception of the source language and before the production of the target language. As individual practitioners, we are then able to deepen and refine our understanding of our own interpreting processes. There is ample time to socialize, play, exercise, and engage in dialogue about work and what you’re learning in this format. The retreat series offers an opportunity to reflect on our learning over the course of several months, to engage with a community of like-minded colleagues in a shared learning environment.

IMI Forum and the Etna Project

This networking segment of the BMC website features a 'living' yearbook of interpreters who have attended the Etna Project Seminar Series in either NH or MD (or both). Etna has provided us additional tools beyond the Foundations of Interpreting Seminar Series designed to deepen our understanding of our own interpreting processes. This is so valuable to our interpreting that we commit to continually look for ways to share with others as we work in the field. Whether with colleagues or students, we invite the opportunity to talk about any aspect of the interpreting process. We encourage those of you who have attended the Foundations of Interpreting Seminar Series to talk with us, with each other, about your experience and the tools that are presented for reflecting on the process of interpreting for use by us professionals as we work in communities everywhere.

If you have interest in IMI, PM, Vygotsky, and lifelong learning about our work as interpreters, start a conversation in the IMI Forum. We can discover much together through dialogue.

Visit the IMI Forum

You've attended a Foundations of Interpreting Seminar? Or several? Or been to Etna?

You want to connect with others who have come to value the learning that takes place using the framework of the IMI (Integrated Model of Interpreting) as a way to talk about our work as interpreters?

Connect with other Foundations Seminar and Etna Project participants when you visit the IMI Forum. Within this professional media community of practice you'll find access to colleagues willing to engage on a wide variety of topics using an approach to learning that is based in Vygotskian principles of learner-centric dialogue. If you have questions about either series, want to pursue some dialogue about what you're learning at Foundations of Interpreting seminars, or want to share your experience with others, please join us.

Note: The IMI Forum requires that you have a BMC account. Login or register for an account to access the network.

Alumni of the Etna Project

C. A. McQuaid

Michelle Monahan

Michelle Monahan

M J Grant

Darcy Smith

Paola Morales

Mary Ann Morehouse

Mary Ann Morehouse

Robb Remigio

Denise Safranec

Denise Safranec

Laurie Bolster

Kelly Decker

Sirena Lemieux

Kathy Goodson

Kate Eifler

Carolyn Lomeo Kropp

Carolyn Lomeo Kropp

Kari Bahl

Karen Kane-Levy

Karen Kane-Levy

Judy Kegl

Nancy Bender

Stephanie Young-Merchant

Stephanie Young-Merchant

Nathan Fowler

Cara Schwartz

Patty Moers-Patterson

Patty Moers-Patterson

Kristi Love-Cooper

Kristi Love-Cooper

Trudy Gilbert

Jack Hoza

Heather Anderson

Heather Anderson

Elle Langevin

Aaron Malgeri

Tim Kinsella

Lori Tully

Ingrid Nevar

Todd Tourville

Jillian Schleicher

Jillian Schleicher

Joanne Weiss

Nick Dionne

Susan Wells

Tim Mumm

Michael Labadie-Mendes

Michael Labadie-Mendes

Mary Jo Schwie Loughran

Mary Jo Schwie Loughran

Anna Perna

Brenda Dencer

Ann Swope

Deb Martinez

Janice Wightman

Janice Wightman

Joan Wattman

Betty Colonomos

Betty Colonomos

Jane Hecker-Cain

Jane Hecker-Cain

Lisa Weems

Rebekka Halseth

Rebekka Halseth

Rebecca Phillips

Rebecca Phillips

Elaine Benson

Sarah Giordano

Sallie Bruno

Jennifer Stephenson

Jennifer Stephenson

Diana Markel

Denise Martinez

Denise Martinez

Alice Harrigan

Leslie Puzio

Evonne Bilotta-Burke

Evonne Bilotta-Burke

Jennifer Wagner

Jennifer Wagner

Pamela Collins

Jen Kaika

Tina Cannon

Lori Civello

Erin Harrison

Peter Filipowicz

Peter Filipowicz

Anne Braun

Caity Cross Hansen

Caity Cross Hansen

Carol Fay

Cass Kroener

Cheryl Ringel

Anthony Verdeja

Anthony Verdeja

Bethany Anderson

Bethany Anderson

Lynn Kohler

Amy Williamson

Jen Raney

Kendra Keller

Lianne Moccia

Jeffrey Hardison

Jeffrey Hardison

Angela Hauser

David N. Evans

Margaret Haberman

Margaret Haberman

Carmelle Cachero

Carmelle Cachero

Tristan Wright

Gary Thomas

Marina McIntire

Marina McIntire

Lisa Seaman

Christine Pendley

Christine Pendley

Brooke Macnamara

Brooke Macnamara

Daniel Deluca

Katie Lambe

Cindy Herbst

Elisa Maroney

Nicole Reynolds

Nicole Reynolds

David Pielick

Trisha Yachimsky

Trisha Yachimsky

Becky Stuckless

Becky Stuckless

Scholarship Fund for BIPOC Interpreters

BIPOC interpreters face challenges to be valued and recognized for their contribution to the field. BMC values these interpreters, offering scholarship funds for every seminar through donations from the interpreting community, BMC, and other supporters. We invite participation from our BIPOC colleagues.

Click here to contribute to the BIPOC Interpreter Scholarship Fund.

Scholarship Fund for Deaf Interpreters

Seminars conducted in ASL are designed to ensure that Deaf Interpreters have opportunities and choice of high quality professional development. Donations from the larger interpreting community and other supporters allow BMC to provide access to seminars for our Deaf Interpreter colleagues at lower cost.

Click here to contribute to the Deaf Interpreter Scholarship Fund.

Foundations of Interpreting

The Foundations of Interpreting Seminar Series provides insights into The Integrated Model of Interpreting and the processes we engage in while interpreting. Click here for more information on the series as well as a schedule of current seminars being offered.

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