Heading Into the Home Stretch! With one week left in the semester, we know it’s a busy time of year! SSD Staff Changes SSD Testing Coordinator Meg Kareithi accepted another position and is no longer working at SSD. Please be patient with us as we head into finals and stay… read more
SSD Insider November 2018
Important November 1st Deadlines! Two very important deadlines are TODAY! Please read below and plan accordingly if you need to do a course load reduction or schedule a test with SSD. Course Load Reduction/Q-Drop Undergraduate students who need to drop a class for disability-related reasons must turn in their completed… read more
November 13th: Virtual Career Coaching with EY
SSD is excited to partners with EY, a global professional services firm that is investing in their diversity and inclusion initiatives, which includes specific outreach to students with disabilities (http://www.ey.com/us/en/about-us/our-people-and-culture/diversity-and-inclusiveness/.) EY will have Sean Baker, of their Diversity and Inclusion Recruiting team, available to provide virtual career coaching sessions specifically… read more
November 1st: Course Load Reduction and Test Reservation Deadline
Important November 1st Deadlines! Two very important deadlines are coming up on November 1st. Please read below and plan accordingly if you need to do a course load reduction or schedule a test with SSD. Course Load Reduction/Q-Drop Undergraduate students who need to drop a class for disability-related reasons… read more
Collecting the Past: Aspiring Museum Archivist Pursues Her Passion at the Smithsonian
At the young age of seven, Sarah Rung fell in love with history the moment she set foot in the Smithsonian National Museum of American History. It was a family vacation to Washington, D.C. she would never forget. “I loved everything the museum stood for,” Rung recalls. “I was mesmerized… read more
October is Disability Advocacy and Inclusion Month
October is Texas Persons with Disabilities History and Awareness Month and National Disabilities Employment Awareness Month. Here at UT, we host a number of events in October to engage our campus and community in learning about disability. But we don’t want people to just be aware of disability; we want… read more
SSD Insider October 2018
October is Disability Advocacy and Inclusion Month! We have a lot of exciting events happening in October! Please attend and help spread the word about ways to make campus more accessible, inclusive and welcoming to people with disabilities. Be sure to check out the important dates and deadlines and mark… read more