Faculty and Staff Honor Roll, Spring 2006

ODS works closely with the students registered with our office.  In turn, we work closely with many faculty and staff.  The students were asked to “nominate” those persons on campus who were exceptional in working with them.  The ODS staff also encounters faculty and staff who display extraordinary efforts and considerations for students with disabilities.

ODS would like to honor the following faculty and staff members for their outstanding commitment in accommodating students with disabilities:

Dr. Peter Anderson
Department of Human Performance and Health Promotion
“Not only is Dr. Anderson a wonderful professor,
he is a caring and compassionate person.”

Dr. Catherine Candy
Department of History

Dr. Marietta Del Favero
Department of Educational Leadership, Counseling and Foundations
“She has been very supportive…  she also asks continually if there is any more she can do to make communications better, as well as adjusting lessons to make them fit everyone’s learning style (disabled or not).”

Roberto Diaz del Valle
Director, New Student Orientation
Roberto always works closely with ODS to ensure access for students
with disabilities is included in his programming.

Kim McDonald and Anne Giovingo
Department of English
During the “Katrina semester” ODS had a visually impaired student enrolled in an on-line course in ENGL 1158.  The student needed access to the text and Kim and Anne worked with ODS and the publisher to ensure the student was able to obtain the text.

Dr. James Mokhiber
Department of History

Dr. Joke Mondada
Department of Foreign Languages

Dr. Milton Pressley
Department of Marketing

Dr. Bernard Rees
Department of Biology

Dr. Richard Shenkel
Department of Anthropology
“He has a great sense of humor; he always kept our classes interesting…He was my favorite professor.”

Dr. Leonard A. Williams
Director, Office of Career Development
Leonard has worked closely with ODS in maintaining our web site and has worked for inclusion of students with disabilities in event programming and by including disability access statements in Student Affairs publications.