WILKES UNIVERSITY

Students With Disabilities
Contact: Katie Betnar, Learning Specialist
To meet the needs of our students with disabilities and to comply with Section 504 of
the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Act, Title II, 1992,
Wilkes University maintains reasonable accommodations within classrooms and
residence halls for students with physical and learning disabilities. Such
accommodations are made, whenever reasonably possible, to allow students with
disabilities to undertake tasks essential to their programs of instruction.
Services for students with disabilities are coordinated by the Office of Student Affairs
and University College in cooperation with Health Services, the University Learning
Center, Food Services, Registrar’s Office, and Office of Campus Counseling. Students
who have a specific permanent disability or a temporary disability are encouraged to
seek the assistance of personnel in these offices.
A number of campus buildings are architecturally accessible for students with
disabilities. Chase Hall, which houses the Admissions Office, is serviced by a ramp to
facilitate entrance to the building. Residence hall accommodations for disabled students
are available in Roth and Evans Hall.
The Student Center is accessible from both main entrances and has elevator access to all
floors. Conyngham Hall, which houses the University Learning Center, is equipped with
a ramp and an elevator that services all four floors. Stark Learning Center and Breiseth
Hall, the main classroom buildings of the campus, have automatic doors and are
elevator-equipped. Darte Hall, which houses some classrooms and the music practice
rooms, is disability accessible from the rear doors of the building.
The Dorothy Dickson Darte Center for the Performing Arts is accessible from the West
River Street entrance and the rear entrance of Darte Hall, which adjoins the Center for
the Performing Arts. The Marts Center, housing the Henry Gymnasium, meeting and
conference rooms, the weight room and activities rooms, is equipped with an elevator
that services all floors of the facility.
The Registrar’s Office, the Financial Aid Office, and the Financial Management Office,
located at the University Center on Main St, is a facility accessible for students with
disabilities and is serviced by an elevator. Students with physical disabilities should call
the Director of the Farley Library, at 408-4264, to make arrangements to utilize the
elevator that gives accessibility to that building. The Library elevator gives access to all
floors of the building. Students who have a permanent or temporary disability can
expect that the University will make the necessary accommodations to meet their needs
in terms of relocating classes to classrooms that are accessible to them. Students have
the obligation of notifying the Registrar or the Deans of Student Affairs and University
College should such accommodations need to be made. Similarly, employees of the
University faculty and staff will meet with any student if the office from which they
conduct business is not accessible to the student. The student can make the necessary
arrangements by contacting the staff person by phone from the lobby of the Student
Center. A personnel directory is available at the information desk. Students with a
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