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April 16, 2008
By Michael Omenazu
Staff Writer
At about 9:15 on Monday, Curt Meyer, an English teacher limited to his wheelchair, was in his office when a fire alarm went off in University Hall Building.
Unaware of the fire drill, Meyer, ... Read More
April 2, 2008
By David Amerson
Staff Writer
The UIS campus was visited recently by a team from the Disability Resources and Educational Services division of UIUC for the purpose of talking to students and performing what DRES director Brad Hedrick referred to as a “site audit.” The reason for the impromptu visit does not seem to be as clear. Read More
March 26, 2008
Campus rapes, O.D.S. visits, dropping enrollment, parking “tension,” and budget cuts… oh my!
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March 5, 2008
By Greta Myers
Staff Writer
Brad Hedrick, Director of the Office of Disability Services at University of Illinois at Champaign, will be on campus to go over findings gleamed from surveys to UIS’ students, faculty and staff sent earlier in the spring semester. The survey, which was distributed through a campus-wide email, received some 300 responses. Read More
January 23, 2008
By Joy Wolfe
Collumnist
Last semester, the Office of Disability Services came under fire. There had been many reported complaints requests from students had not been answered by the ODS. So far this semester, according to Dr. Judy Shipp, there have been no complaints. Read More
December 7, 2007
By Journal Staff Writers
UIS is under fire from students who feel that the administration is not responding adequately to the concerns of the disabled community.
Last week, a piece on WUIS public radio highlighted the problems that students Katelyn Murray, Larry Porter and Rebecca Romberger were experiencing with disability services on campus. Read More
December 7, 2007
I am writing in regard to the report on WUIS radio on Tuesday, November 27, in which some people expressed concern about the services provided to UIS students with disabilities.
The report included some serious allegations. Read More
December 7, 2007
This is a response to the letter Chancellor Ringeisen sent to the campus community regarding services to UIS students with disabilities.
On behalf of students with disabilities on campus as well as other marginalized groups, we would like to point out the factual misrepresentations in the Chancellor’s letter. Read More
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