By Christine Ball
Buffalo State College’s Project Success held its first
Dialogs for Disabilities meeting Feb. 7 on the recognition
of reading and writing difficulties of college students.
The Project Success program conducts meetings regarding
disabilities of college students the first Friday of every
month.
Guest speakers included Mark Fulk, assistant professor of
English and director of the Writing Center and Alfred Tatum,
professor of elementary education and reading and director
of the Reading Clinic.
This discussion informed faculty and administration on how
to assist college students with their reading and writing
skills. The Dialog for Disabilities discussions aim towards
teaching faculty and administration, however anyone can
attend.
The Project Success program focuses on educating administration
and faculty here and at other surrounding schools of the
best ways to help students with disabilities succeed. The
program aims at trying to improve the outcome of disabled
students in two- and four- year colleges.
Project Success started in 1999 after given a federal funded
grant.
“Buffalo State College is one of 28 schools across
the country given this grant and is the only school in Western
New York that offers the program,” stated Project
Success coordinator Peggy Bristol.
There are 11 surrounding campuses that participate in Project
Success through Buffalo State College, including Fredonia
State College and Erie Community College.
The passing of the American with Disabilities Act of 1990
and IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act) sparked
more students with disabilities to apply for college after
graduating from high school. According to Lynn Weldon, keyboard
specialist for the Services for Students with Disabilities
office there are 407 students attending Buffalo State College
this semester with some kind of disability.
For more information about Project Success, contact Bristol
in Ketchum Hall, Room 206, phone number, 878-3515. Another
service offered to students at Buffalo State is the Services
for Disabilities Office located in Twin Rise, South Wing,
Room 120. This service deals more directly with students.
Related Links:
www.buffalostate.edu/~equity/projsuccess.html
www.eeoc.gov/laws/ada.html
www.scn.org/~bk269/94-142.html
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