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President's Advisory Committee on
Disability Issues

Description of Committee

The UW System Policy on Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability (RPD 14-10) states that the committee shall "provide information and recommendations (to the President) relating to individuals with disabilities."  The committee is charged with providing recommendations in three major areas:

  • Policy and guideline implementation;
  • Procedures for periodic reporting of  data regarding disabilities; and
  • Disability related issues raised by UW System Administration, institutions, or units.

The committee has been involved in promoting many issues to provide a supportive environment for students with disabilities, but over the past two years, it has promoted access to Assistive Technology and the implementation of a Universal Design in Higher Education grant from the Department of Education. The goal of this project is that all UW institutions will advocate to: 1) develop policies and procedures that support universal design, 2) plan on all levels to consider universal design principles, and 3) identify and support architectural, informational, and curricular experts on each campus to serve as resources in these areas.

The committee has ten members appointed by the President of the University of Wisconsin System, two of which are students selected by the United Council of Students.  Tim O’Connor, tnoconno@facstaff.wisc.edu, Director of the Testing and Evaluation Service at UW-Madison, chairs the committee; Sal Carranza, scarranza@uwsa.edu, Senior Institutional Planner in the UW System Office of Academic Affairs, serves as staff.

Meetings

Meetings occur in the fall and the spring.  Both meetings are usually face to face, in Madison, but, on occasion, they are held in conjunction with Disability Issues conferences held in the state. 

Roster

Tim O'Connor (Committee Chair)
Senior Student Services Coordinator
UW-Madison
373 Educational Sciences
1025 W. Johnson Street
Madison, WI 53706
Phone: 608-262-9151
Fax: 608-263-4291
tnoconno@wisc.edu
Term Expires: August 2007

Alfred Thompson
Asst. to the Chancellor
Affirmative Action & Diversity
UW-La Crosse
235 Graff Main Hall
1725 State Street
La Crosse, WI 54601
Phone: 608-785-8541
Fax: 608-785-6907
thompson.alfr@uwlax.edu
Term Expires: August 2006

Roger O. Smith, Director
Center for Rehabilitation Sciences & Technology, and
Associate Professor of Occupational Therapy
UW-Milwaukee
Enderis Hall 975
PO Box 413
Milwaukee, WI 53201
Phone: 414-229-5625
Fax: 414-229-5100
smithro@uwm.edu
Term Expires: August 2006

Rebecca Peters, Coordinator
Disability Services
UW-Platteville
116 Warner
1 University Plaza
Platteville, WI 53818
Phone: 608-342-1818
Fax: 608-342-1918
petersre@uwplatt.edu
Term Expires: August 2006

Donna Weber
Asst. to the Chancellor for Affirmative Action
UW-Stout
PO Box 790
Menomonie, WI 54751-0790
Phone: 715-232-2570
Fax: 715-232-1306
weberd@uwstout.edu
Term Expires: August 2007

Brian Schultz, Coordinator
Services for Students with Disabilities
UW Colleges
780 Regent Street
P.O. Box 8680
Madison, WI 53708-8680
608-262-2001
Fax: 608-262-7872
bschultz@uwc.edu
Term Expires: August 2006

Christine Curley
ADA Coordinator
Equal Opportunity & Diversity Programs
UW Extension
Room 501-C
432 N. Lake Street
Madison, WI 53706
608-265-2406
Fax: 608-262-8404
christine.curley@uwex.edu
Term Expires: August 2006

Jon Groves
Student Association
UW-Milwaukee
3238 North Oakland Ave
Milwaukee, WI 53211
Phone: 414-431-6586 (Home: 414-324-8018 -cell phone)
Fax: 414-229-3958
jagroves@uwm.edu
Term Expires: August 2006

Sara Kroenke
Student Association
UW-Milwaukee
Milwaukee, WI
skroenke@uwm.edu
Term Expires: August 2006

UW System Administration Staff

Salvador (Sal) Carranza
Senior Institutional Planner
Office of Academic & Student Services
1630 Van Hise Hall
1220 Linden Drive
Madison, WI 53706
Phone: 608-265-9177
Fax: 608-263-2046
scarranza@uwsa.edu