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DRC (Disability Resource Center) Electronic Advising Update
March 2008
Welcome! The DRC Electronic Advising Update is designed to keep you informed of important deadlines and to alert you to programs and resources that may be of interest to you. We will try to keep these publications as brief as possible. We hope that you will find it to be a useful tool to keep your quarter running smoothly.
IN THIS ISSUE:
Final Exams
Flash Drives
Email
Tutoring Needs for Spring Quarter
Scholarship Program Information
I.D.S.M Annual Conference
Americorps Info
Final Exams: March 18-21
For those of you who plan on receiving test accommodations for any or all of your final exams make sure you know the location and time arranged for each final. Contact your instructor or designee for details if you have not been informed at least a week before the test date. If you have any other concerns contact your DRC Coordinator before your scheduled final.
If you require adaptive equipment for an exam please contact the DRC as soon as possible to reserve the equipment. Call 459-2089 Monday through Friday 8-5. Good luck and enjoy your spring break!
Equipment Check-Out
As many of you know, when checking out a laptop from the DRC for exam use, there have been "jump drives" or "flash drives" available to borrow along with the computer. Because most of these drives have never been returned, the DRC can no longer make them available for checkout. In the future, please remember to bring a CD for storing your exam file and then submit the CD to your instructor. CDs will be available for purchase at the DRC in the event that you need one quickly. Typed instructions on how to burn a CD are now in each computer case. However, if you would prefer a demonstration on how to do this, please call the office, 459-2089, and request a quick training session with one of our computer assistants.
Thank you in advance for your understanding and cooperation.
Forward your email
It is very important that you are checking your UCSC email account regularly. It is the official university form of communication. The academic departments notify you of their exam accommodation arrangements via your UCSC email address. It is simple to have your UCSC email sent to your preferred email address. Just click on this link to set it up https://www2.ucsc.edu/its/cgi-bin/chpobox
Tutoring Needs for Spring Quarter
In order for Learning Support Serivces (LSS) to better meet your tutoring needs they are requesting your input as to what courses tutors will need to be provided for next quarter. If you anticipate using tutoring services for Spring quarter please reply to vsteward@ucsc.edu or drc@ucsc.edu with a list of your classes for which you'd like to have tutors. Please list the department and the course number so that we are able to compile the information more efficiently. Thank you for your input!
Scholarship Program Information
Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program
Fall 2008/Academic Year 2008-2009 Application Open - Deadline: April 15,
2008
The Gilman International Scholarship Program provides awards of up to
$5,000 for U.S. undergraduate students to study abroad for up to one
academic year. The program aims to diversify the kinds of student who
study abroad and the countries and regions where they go. The program
serves students who have been under-represented in study abroad which
includes but is not limited to: students with high financial need,
community college students, students in under-represented fields such as
the sciences and engineering, students from diverse ethnic backgrounds,
students attending minority-serving institutions, and students with
disabilities. The Gilman Program seeks to assist students from a diverse
range and type of two-year and four-year public and private institutions
from all 50 states.
The Gilman Program is pleased to announce an increase in the amount of
awards to be given this academic year. Additionally, an increased
number of $3000 Critical Need Language Supplements are available for
students studying a critical need language for a total possible award of
$8000. A list of eligible languages can be found on the Gilman website
at http://www.iie.org/gilman. There has never been a better time to
apply for a Gilman Scholarship!
Eligibility: Students must be receiving a Federal Pell Grant at the time
of application and cannot be studying abroad in a country currently
under a U.S. Department of State Travel Warning or in Cuba.
The Gilman International Scholarship Program is sponsored by the U.S.
Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and
administered by the Institute of International Education.
For more information, full eligibility criteria and the online
application visit: http://www.iie.org/gilman
Gilman International Scholarship Program
Institute of International Education
520 Post Oak Blvd., Ste. 740
Houston, TX 77027
Inspiring Diversity in Science and Medicine Annual Conference
Date: March 8, 2008 - Location: College 9/10 Multipurpose Room
Inspiring Diversity in Science and Medicine
I.D.S.M
Interested in a career in....
Medicine, Nursing, Dentistry, Public Health, or Engineering?
Come Experience:
* Medical, Nursing and Graduate Student Panel
* Workshops
* Motivational Keynote Speaker
* Free Brunch and Lunch
* Drawing of Kaplan Scholarship
Space is LIMITED, first come first serve!
The planning committee would like to make this event accessible for people with disabilities, if you need accommodations, please call SOAR at 459-2934
Then Join Chicanos/Latinos in Health Education,
Black Science Network, and National Society of Black Engineers
for our 3rd Annual Conference
3rd Annual Conference Registration Begins: 9:45 am - Conference Begins: 10:30am
Must Pre-Register at idsm2008@gmail.com
Please include: Name, Major, Year
AmeriCorps Programs & Applicants w/ Disabilities
Below is a communication that the DRC received regarding the AmeriCorps program concerning applicants with disabilities. If you have an interest in applying for AmeriCorps you may want to read this before applying.
Hello,
We are working with AmeriCorps programs as they ramp up to recruit AmeriCorps members for start-up in August, 2008, to make their selection process a bit more flexible if an applicant with a disability is being considered. Because many people with disabilities may not have the pre-requisite experience some AmeriCorps programs are looking for, their applications may never make it to interview. We are finding it difficult to track and assist clients you are referring to AmeriCorps programs in your area as, by law, there is no information on whether the applicant has a disability in the AmeriCorps application.
Although we are encouraging AmeriCorps programs to bring applicants with disabilities in for an interview, if the applicant does not self-disclose in the application, there is no way for AmeriCorps to know which applications they should use the accommodated process with.
If you have a client who wants to consider AmeriCorps, please refer them to_ DisabilityServes@chla.usc.edu_, rather than to the AmeriCorps program directly. That will allow us to give potential applicants more information about AmeriCorps, determine which type of AmeriCorps program is the best match for the applicant, and then do an initial screening to see if they have the basic requirements. We can then discuss a strategy for completing the application. We will also ask permission from the applicant to allow us to notify AmeriCorps programs to look for their applications so they can consider using the modified screening and interview process.
We would appreciate your thoughts and/or concerns about this new procedure.
Thanks for working with us on this important project.
Barbara Wheeler, Ph.D.
Associate Director, USC UCEDD
Disability Consultant, California Volunteers
Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, USC Keck School of Medicine
Direct: 323.361.3829
Fax: 323.361.3835
Secretary: 323.361.6097
Mailing Address: USC UCEDD, MS53
Childrens Hospital Los Angeles
4650 Sunset Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90027
