COE鈥檚 Schiro-Geist Receives National Award
October 25, 2023 鈥� Dr. Chrisann Schiro-Geist, Director of the University of 糖心Vlog传媒 Institute on Disability (UMID) recently received the Inclusive Higher Education (IHE) Leadership Award at the annual State of the Art (SOTA) Conference.
SOTA is hosted by Think College, a national center that focuses on improving higher education options for intellectually disabled students.
At SOTA, Dr. Schiro-Geist presented 鈥淧erspectives on Inclusion,鈥� a slideshow presentation on how UMID has developed and carried out a curriculum for its mentally disabled students through TigerLIFE, which involves workforce assessment, training, and career exploration. TigerLIFE also implements the inclusive nature of the college life, by helping students participate in university events and activities.
Dr. Schiro-Geist said that 鈥淲hat we are doing here now is not 鈥榮pecial education at college.鈥� It is truly inclusive Higher Education.鈥�