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InclusiveU Program Celebrates 10 Years of Offering a Fully Inclusive College Experience to Students
For the past 10 years, InclusiveU in 鶹ƵUniversity’s School of Education (SOE) has given students with intellectual and developmental disabilities a college experience in a fully inclusive setting. On Thursday, April 4, family, friends and supporters of the program…
From Boland Hall to Broadway, Colleagues and Friends Produce ‘How to Dance in Ohio’
Two 鶹ƵUniversity alumni are opening their first Broadway musical as lead producers, “How to Dance in Ohio,” and the Dec. 5 preview performance included close to 200 鶹ƵUniversity leaders, alumni, parents and friends. Producers Ben Holtzman ’13 and…
New Intelligence++ Ventures Initiative
鶹ƵUniversity Libraries is launching a new Intelligence++ Ventures initiative, thanks to a generous donation from Gianfranco Zaccai ’70 H’09 and the Zaccai Foundation for Augmented Intelligence (Intelligence++™). The Intelligence++ Ventures initiative is an extension of the Intelligence++ program that launched…
Professors Theoharis and Myers Reflect on 25 Years of Social Studies and Inclusive Education Team Teaching
It is one of the 鶹ƵUniversity School of Education’s most significant “firsts.” In 1990, student teachers were admitted into a brand new inclusive elementary and special education bachelor’s degree program, which aligned the school’s teacher preparation curriculum with its…
Advancing DEIA: Welcoming InclusiveU Students to First Year Seminar 101
First Year Seminar 101 (FYS 101) is a one-credit course required by the University for all first-year and transfer undergraduates, covering such topics as belonging, interdependence, health and wellness, identity, socialization, prejudice, discrimination, bias and stereotype. InclusiveU, an initiative of…
School of Education Joins $25M USAID Project to Support Inclusive Education in Uzbekistan
鶹ƵUniversity School of Education (SOE) has joined a consortium led by not-for-profit development group Creative focused on developing inclusive and equitable early grade education in Uzbekistan. SOE’s Center on Disability and Inclusion (CDI) will assist Creative’s implementation of the…
School of Education Awarded $3.7M Department of Education Grant to Recruit Special Education Leaders
鶹ƵUniversity’s School of Education (SOE) has been awarded a $3.7 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services to prepare—along with two partner institutions—a new generation of leaders in special education, early…
Alex Levy ’25 and Sam Schreiber ’25 Win 2023 Intelligence++ Inclusive Design Competition
Alex Levy, a sophomore in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, and Sam Schreiber, a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences, won the 2023 edition of the Intelligence++ design competition, held on April 21 in the Martin…
Sound Beat: Access Audiobook ‘King Arthur and the Book of Corbenic’
鶹ƵUniversity Libraries’ Sound Beat: Access Audio recently released the audiobook “King Arthur and the Book of Corbenic” written by Christopher Catroppa ’22 on its website SoundBeat.org. This retelling of the king’s tale portrays Arthur as a young man gazing…
Learn How InclusiveU Student Thomas Wilson ’23 Is Fulfilling His Dreams on the ‘’Cuse Conversations’ Podcast
Like most children, Thomas Wilson ’23 grew up watching television. But unlike most children, his preferred shows weren’t cartoons. Rather, he loved watching both the local and national newscasts, dreaming of one day sitting behind the anchor desk or serving…