Posted 2:08 p.m. Friday, Feb. 21, 2014
Students Advocating Potential Ability present the Most Accessible awards at 4 p.m. Monday, Feb. 24, in the Cameron Hall of Nations in Centennial Hall. The event is open to all.
UW-L students with disabilities will honor faculty, staff and a department for making the campus accessible. Students Advocating Potential Ability present the Most Accessible awards at 4 p.m. Monday, Feb. 24, in the Cameron Hall of Nations in Centennial Hall. The event is open to all.
Those being honored for their willingness to make campus include:
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Nicholas Bakken received the Most Accessible Faculty/Academic Staff Award.[/caption]
Nicholas Bakken, Sociology
Most Accessible Faculty/Academic Staff Award
Bakken is known for his patience and willingness to help students.
One student who nominated him referred to his compassion. “He has gone above and beyond any teacher I have ever had my entire life to make sure that I am understanding the material,” the student noted. “I am a slow learner and I used to look at this at a bad thing. With the extra help that Dr, Bakken has taken out of his busy schedule, I do not believe this anymore.”
Another student noted Bakken’s desire to help. “He has gone above and beyond an average professor to make sure that I was learning and understanding things at the level that I learn things.”
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Murphy Library, winner the Most Accessible Department Award, has displayed the Most Accessible Gingerbread Houses for the past two years.[/caption]
Murphy Library
Most Accessible Department Award
Murphy Library is being recognized for its outstanding support toward the Students Advocating Potential Ability organization.
Library staff members have supported SAPA extensively during the past two years by displaying the Most Accessible Gingerbread Houses, putting up display cases to recognize the importance of accessibility, along with attending and participating in the event.
Staff members continue to hold panel discussions and have been involved in making the library more accessible.
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MJ Hughes won the Most Accessible Non-Instructional Academic Staff, Classified Staff, and Administration Award.[/caption]
MJ Hughes, Textbook Rental
Most Accessible Non-Instructional Academic Staff, Classified Staff, and Administration Award
M.J. Hughes, manager of Textbook Rental, is nearly hidden in the basement of Cartwright Center in a small office surrounded by stacks of books and flocks of pink flamingos.
Hughes exemplifies what it means to be accessible and accommodating to students with disabilities, says a student nominator.
“As a student in a wheelchair without the possibility of personally pulling my books, or even snaking my way through the hallways of book rental, I have been able to completely rely on MJ to access my books and get them to Disability Resource Services to be scanned and electronically available for me at the start of each semester,” the student explains. “She has always gone above and beyond the services of her job. When put into last-minute situations when my book needs have changed, MJ takes care of business without a worry and with the most pleasant of attitudes.”
Nicholas Bakken received the Most Accessible Faculty/Academic Staff Award.[/caption]
Nicholas Bakken, Sociology
Most Accessible Faculty/Academic Staff Award
Bakken is known for his patience and willingness to help students.
One student who nominated him referred to his compassion. “He has gone above and beyond any teacher I have ever had my entire life to make sure that I am understanding the material,” the student noted. “I am a slow learner and I used to look at this at a bad thing. With the extra help that Dr, Bakken has taken out of his busy schedule, I do not believe this anymore.”
Another student noted Bakken’s desire to help. “He has gone above and beyond an average professor to make sure that I was learning and understanding things at the level that I learn things.”
[caption id="attachment_31062" align="alignright" width="215"] Murphy Library, winner the Most Accessible Department Award, has displayed the Most Accessible Gingerbread Houses for the past two years.[/caption]
Murphy Library
Most Accessible Department Award
Murphy Library is being recognized for its outstanding support toward the Students Advocating Potential Ability organization.
Library staff members have supported SAPA extensively during the past two years by displaying the Most Accessible Gingerbread Houses, putting up display cases to recognize the importance of accessibility, along with attending and participating in the event.
Staff members continue to hold panel discussions and have been involved in making the library more accessible.
[caption id="attachment_31061" align="alignleft" width="215"] MJ Hughes won the Most Accessible Non-Instructional Academic Staff, Classified Staff, and Administration Award.[/caption]
MJ Hughes, Textbook Rental
Most Accessible Non-Instructional Academic Staff, Classified Staff, and Administration Award
M.J. Hughes, manager of Textbook Rental, is nearly hidden in the basement of Cartwright Center in a small office surrounded by stacks of books and flocks of pink flamingos.
Hughes exemplifies what it means to be accessible and accommodating to students with disabilities, says a student nominator.
“As a student in a wheelchair without the possibility of personally pulling my books, or even snaking my way through the hallways of book rental, I have been able to completely rely on MJ to access my books and get them to Disability Resource Services to be scanned and electronically available for me at the start of each semester,” the student explains. “She has always gone above and beyond the services of her job. When put into last-minute situations when my book needs have changed, MJ takes care of business without a worry and with the most pleasant of attitudes.”