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Wednesday, April 20, 2016
12:00-1:30 pm, University Union, Havasupai C
MeetMe line: (928) 523-6629 (Yes, this is correct!)
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Call to Order
a. Roll Call and introductions
b. In attendance:
i. Trevor Luttinen, Matt Minister, Ray Chaira, Lauren Copeland-Glenn,
Dorianne Pollack, Jamie Axelrod, James Ingram, Matthew Wangeman,
Kelly, John McDermott, Kathy Mahosky
March Minutes approved unanimously; Jamie moved, Matt M. second
Diversity Awards Banquet
a. Wednesday, April 27, 5:30 – 7:00, High Country Conference Center
b. Honoring:
i. Juliana Moseley
ii. Kathy Mahosky
iii. Teresa Haven
iv. Agnes Drogi
c. Special “All Commissions” Award
i. David Camacho
d. Dorianne will try to find contact information for Juliana’s family
Legal News (Lauren)
a. DOJ Settlement with Greyhound
i. Jamie suggested posting a link to settlement information on CDAD site
ii. Lauren could send link to Arturo
Student Loan Forgiveness
a. New plan by federal administration may allow for student loan forgiveness for
students with disabilities
b. Suggestion to contact Financial Aid and Alumni Association to spread the word;
no plan for doing so identified
c. Matthew noted that loans that have been forgiven may count as income for tax
purposes
New Directions Letter
a. Authors of letter very responsive to feedback from all commissions
b. Emphasis of letter primarily on faculty issues; staff issues addressed minimally
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c. Reference made to New Directions event hosted by CDAD, “Diversity, Access,
and Inclusion at NAU”
d. One of best attended Faculty Development events this year
e. Panel included Jamie Axelrod, Deb Harris, Darold Joseph, Daisy Purdy, and
Yoleidy Rosario; moderated by Arianne Burford and T. mark Montoya
AVON Video Database (Jamie?)
a. Identified by Cline as good resource for disability-related videos
b. No information on whether these videos are captioned
c. Several members interested to explore content of videos
Commencement
a. Lauren recruiting students to help push wheelchairs, including student
organizations and fraternities
Other Business
a. Project highlighting UD in new buildings (Matt M.)
i. ATC, SAS, and Science and Health
ii. Proposed total of 12 characteristics for maybe each?
iii. Lists of characteristics from Jamie and others
iv. Ready to do photos through Marketing
v. Plan to Share on monitors
vi. Using UD icons developed by Beth Tauke at the IDEA Center (University
of Buffalo)
b. Disability Heritage Month montage
i. John McDermott and team filmed
ii. Still in production; working especially with audio quality
c. Scavenger Hunt
i. Event was good, with good participation; photos were taken in each
group and shared during follow-up discussion
ii. Kathleen Viskocil shared event findings at Project Managers’ meeting
iii. CDAD should determine system for identifying most important issues
raised during Scavenger Hunt
iv. Help Facility Services to prioritize projects
d. Future of NAU for all
i. Matthew reported challenges with attendance and participation this year
ii. Only three active members
iii. Perennial issue of recruitment
iv. Suggestions to promote with specific major programs (SLP and Social
Work mentioned)
v. Additional support from Student Life (e.g., Kristine Kohler)?
vi. Additional suggestions to promote through new student orientation or
connect with Student Caucus of Society for Disability Studies (SDS)
e. Diversity and Leadership conference (4/23-24)
i. Kathy, Matthew, and John presenting, 11:00 and 2;00
ii. Session titled “Claiming Disability”
f. Beth Haller
i. Scholar in the areas of Disability and media
ii. Possibly working with Matthew to visit NAU
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iii. Can support efforts of IHD in developing modules on disability, media,
and journalism
iv. Could partner wish School of Communication?
v. NAU 4 All could apply for STAC funding, depending on event
vi. Suggestion to connect with CAL film series; Jamie will check with Paul
Donnelly on possibility
vii. Journalism department should be teaching appropriate ways to talk
about disability
g. Chief Information Officer search
i. Jamie and Priscilla were invited to have 30 minute sessions with each
candidate; share feedback with search committee
ii. Some candidates understood accessibility, as we see it, and some did not
h. IHD 50th anniversary and New director search
i. 8 candidates
ii. Ideas for how to celebrate anniversary?
iii. Maybe wait until new director comes on board
i. CCC and ASL
i. CCC has robust ASL program; many students from NAU participating
ii. Report insufficient opportunities for students to practice skills
iii. How can we provide such opportunities when an identified need is NOT
present?
iv. Invite students to interpret at events, such as student convocations
j. CDO Search
i. Three finalists coming to campus
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