USF Student Affairs Annual Report
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STUDENTS WITH<br />
DISABILITIES SERVICES<br />
Mission Statement<br />
<strong>Student</strong>s with Disabilities Services promotes effective self-advocacy and<br />
accessible academic learning for students with disabilities. By utilizing<br />
best practices in the field, and education and outreach to the <strong>USF</strong><br />
community, SDS fosters access for students and attitudes that reflect<br />
both an awareness of disability issues and universal design principles.<br />
Accomplishments & Achievements<br />
• Administered nearly 4,000 accommodated exams – an increase of<br />
11.5% over the previous year.<br />
• Procured equipment and process to produce tactile graphs and tables<br />
(for STEM courses) for blind students.<br />
• Facilitated 60 hours per week of unpaid internship/scholarship hours<br />
for graduate and undergraduate students seeking academic credit for<br />
work.<br />
• Established internship partnership with the <strong>USF</strong> department of<br />
Rehabilitation and Mental Health Counseling and preliminary<br />
internship partnership with the School of Social Work.<br />
• Provided more than 250 hours of education/campus programming<br />
related to disability issues, including the first wheelchair basketball<br />
tournament between <strong>USF</strong> teams and the Tampa Bay Strong Dogs.<br />
Increased the number of students receiving<br />
accommodations by 13% over the previous year.<br />
[Contributes to <strong>USF</strong> Strategic Goal One]<br />
34 University of South Florida | <strong>Student</strong> <strong>Affairs</strong>
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