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Wednesday, December 16, 2015
12:00-1:30 pm, University Union, Havasupai C
MeetMe line: (928) 523-6991
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Call to Order – 12:04 p.m.
a.
Roll Call and introductions
b. Approval of minutes from November
i. Kathy moved to approve, Jody seconded, all in favor, 0 opposed, 0
abstentions
Update on New Directions in Diversity Symposium Series
a.
Chris and Lauren met with LGBTQIA, CSW, Christine Lemley, and the folks at
Faculty Development. We have set a tentative date range for the spring
symposium for February 23-25. A guest speaker from Oregon State, Brenda
McComb, will be on campus during that time and would be a nice discussant
for the proposed topic “Troubling the Body Politic.” We are tentatively
planning to have her conclude our session.
Update on NAU “Visioning” (draft document was provided to all commissioners)
a.
Accessibility statement in new 2025 visioning is really big
i. It provides an opportunity for us to push the UD piece
1. Although accessibility and UD aren’t exactly the same
ii. This is a great jumping off point
b.
New buildings showcase physical UD
i. These buildings show our initiatives at work but also how we support
other groups and initiatives – all gender restrooms, lactation rooms, etc.
ii. The new SAS and Aquatic Center
1. Main entrances gently sloping sidewalk off of main route of travel,
for example
iii. Can we get a “features display” placed inside each of the buildings?
1. Screens are in the SAS, maybe we can put slides on these about
the features.
2. Maybe we can work with the museum studies program to create
a display
iv. In the SAS custom graphics have been designed to display an algorithm in
a number of different symbolic representations including Braille
1. Jamie talked to them about having actual Braille plaques so nonvisual users can participate.
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v. Perhaps the best way to have a display is to pick six ways that UD is used
in the building and talk about those
1. Matt Minister and Jamie Axelrod volunteered to work on the six
items – perhaps have an article in NAU News
Other/New Business
a.
Construction update
i. The sidewalk north of the Geology Annex will be part of the concrete plan
for this summer
ii. The pedway beginning just north of the Union to DuPont will be redone
this summer
iii. ADA Fund update
1. Facility Services has requested use of part of the holding account
to create an all gender restroom in SBS West. We’d like to see
how the Cline Library restroom plays out first because that is our
priority for our pledged portion of the funding. If it is funded
through other means then we can discuss the SBS West restroom.
b. ESE 599: Inclusive Practices through Universal Design
i. This is an online, full semester course beginning this spring. There are
currently three registered
c.
NAU 4 All
i. They are regrouping and plan to be back on track for the spring semester.
Possibly working with Kelly Davis and Kathleen Viskocil from Facility
Services to create the spring scavenger hunt.
d. Spring events
i. Jody is facilitating an IMS Reel Talk on February 23rd
1. The film is called Hole in the Head, more info to come
ii. Possible screening of ESPN videos
1. Kaitlyn Verfuerth knows someone at Sports Illustrated and will
talk to them about possibly coming to campus as a panel to
discuss representation of disability in sports
iii. Jody suggested a presentation by Nagel
e. Reminder about co-chair election and Leadership Award
i. Lauren’s term is up in February, we will hold elections in January
1. Robert LeMoyne has expressed interest, nominations (self or
other) are being accepted now
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A new Campus Climate Survey is currently being created to be distributed at the
beginning of the spring semester. This survey will include questions about disability.
Please encourage your students to participate.
Meeting adjourned 1:32 p.m.
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