Ohio University's Graduate Student Senate voted last night to add more senators and create a committee to address campus accessibility.
The first resolution, which was sponsored by Adrienne Isgrigg, graduate senator for the College of Arts and Sciences, calls for the convening of the President's Advisory Committee on Disabilities for the 2010-11 academic year.
The reason why this resolution was formed was to make sure that there was someone being held accountable for the number of students that are disabled on campus and have no access to what they need on campus
Isgrigg said.
Graduate Student Senate President Tracy Kelly said she recently spoke with Brice Bible, OU's chief information officer, who said he would be comfortable working with the (disabilities) committee once it reconvenes.
It looks like what appears to be support from multi-constituent groups for this resolution she added.
The committee formed will address issues such as physical inaccessibility in certain buildings as well as computer accessibility for students with learning disabilities.
Students with disabilities cannot even see their disabilities advisors because they are on the second floor of (Crewson House) which has no elevator
only stairs
Isgrigg said. So there are some serious
almost offensively problematic things that people need to know about.
The second resolution called for the appointment of eight additional senators. This is in addition to the 34 previous senators who have already been appointed, according to a previous Post article.
We've had a little more presence in the graduate community than we have in the past
Kelly said in a previous Post article. Second-year grad students were familiar with that work
so it has increased their likelihood of applying for positions.
Both resolutions passed with no opposition.
In addition to the resolutions, the meeting also featured a presentation from University Medical Associates.
Campus Care is a new concept that we are pushing forward here at Ohio University
said Steve Davies, CEO of UMA. We switched the division of health from the Office of Student Affairs to the College of Osteopathic Medicine ...we (now) put health care in the hands of people who know health care.
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