Cultivating Inclusive Spaces for Students with Disabilities
UW School of Education Building 1000 Bascom Mall, Madison, Wisconsin 53706
press release: Join WISCAPE for an enriching conversation on how colleges and universities can enhance inclusivity for college students with disabilities. Among the topics to be highlighted are services offered, pedagogical practices, social outlets, and overall campus culture.
Panelists will include:
- Kirsten Brown, doctoral research faculty, Edgewood College, and researcher/author
- Brett Ranon Nachman, doctoral student and researcher, UW-Madison
- Leslie Stilson, accommodation specialist, McBurney Disability Resource Center, UW-Madison
- Elise Witmer, student and transition coordinator, McBurney Disability Resource Center, UW-Madison
- Sara Vogt, senior associate director, Center for Students with Disabilities, UW-Whitewater
- Sami Schalk, assistant professor of Gender & Women's Studies, UW-Madison (moderator)
Following the panel, there will be an opportunity for Q&A.
This event is free and open to the public and is cosponsored by the McBurney Disability Resource Center at UW-Madison. Light refreshments will be served.
ASL Interpreting and CART captioning will be provided for this event. If other accommodations are needed, please contact Brett Nachman at bnachman@wisc.edu by end of Friday, February 23, 2018.