2008 Woodie Awards
Committee on Disability Concerns honor faculty
Alex Koldeway
Issue date: 5/7/08 Section: News
The Chancellor's Committee on Disability Concerns held a banquet at the University Center April 22 to honor five people with the Chancellor's Award.
Chris Hollar, Arey and Benson Hall director, said the award was a surprise and the banquet had phenomenal food.
"We were amazed by how much good stuff was said about us," she said. "It was a nice surprise."
Hollar said the university prides itself on being diverse and allowing students with disabilities to be able to participate in all activities.
She said the university does a good job of teaching students with disabilities to become their own best self-advocates. Recognizing their own needs and fighting to have them met is important.
"They don't become better by us holding their hand," she said. "They become better by us challenging them."
Robin Fox, assistant professor of curriculum and instruction, said the university has been given a gift with facilities, programs and faculty. She said students with disabilities are students first and disabled second, and are valued members of the community.
University Services Associate Ann Smith was recognized as part of the reason students are provided with all the necessary adaptations for their residence hall rooms.
"I match the needs up to rooms we either already have adapted or we adapt a new room for them," she said.
The needs are determined by a pre-enrollment assessment and include things such as air conditioners, electric door openers, lights and bed shakers.
Roger Shropshire, the electrician for Residence Life, is in charge of making sure all the equipment is installed and functions properly. He works along with the companies that build the adaptive equipment to make sure students' needs are met.
Shropshire said he is in charge of rewiring rooms for everything from computers with smart controls to special lights and bed shakers to wake students up in an emergency.
The fifth Chancellor's Award winner was University Library Director Joyce Huang. Huang received the Lifetime Achievement Award for her dedication to accessible education. She served on the Chancellor's Committee for Disability Concerns for several years before her recent retirement.
Hollar said there are many students with disabilities at UW-Whitewater and not all of those disabilities are visible. The Center for Students with Disabilities serves students with any type of disability.
Chris Hollar, Arey and Benson Hall director, said the award was a surprise and the banquet had phenomenal food.
"We were amazed by how much good stuff was said about us," she said. "It was a nice surprise."
Hollar said the university prides itself on being diverse and allowing students with disabilities to be able to participate in all activities.
She said the university does a good job of teaching students with disabilities to become their own best self-advocates. Recognizing their own needs and fighting to have them met is important.
"They don't become better by us holding their hand," she said. "They become better by us challenging them."
Robin Fox, assistant professor of curriculum and instruction, said the university has been given a gift with facilities, programs and faculty. She said students with disabilities are students first and disabled second, and are valued members of the community.
University Services Associate Ann Smith was recognized as part of the reason students are provided with all the necessary adaptations for their residence hall rooms.
"I match the needs up to rooms we either already have adapted or we adapt a new room for them," she said.
The needs are determined by a pre-enrollment assessment and include things such as air conditioners, electric door openers, lights and bed shakers.
Roger Shropshire, the electrician for Residence Life, is in charge of making sure all the equipment is installed and functions properly. He works along with the companies that build the adaptive equipment to make sure students' needs are met.
Shropshire said he is in charge of rewiring rooms for everything from computers with smart controls to special lights and bed shakers to wake students up in an emergency.
The fifth Chancellor's Award winner was University Library Director Joyce Huang. Huang received the Lifetime Achievement Award for her dedication to accessible education. She served on the Chancellor's Committee for Disability Concerns for several years before her recent retirement.
Hollar said there are many students with disabilities at UW-Whitewater and not all of those disabilities are visible. The Center for Students with Disabilities serves students with any type of disability.
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