CUNY Unlimited FIG No. 3 Spring 2021 minutes May 12th 2021
Sue Carpenter welcomed members to the last FIG of the semester. Those who attended included: 5 faculty, 3 staff, 2 Melissa Riggio staff, I MRHEP student and one alumnus, and 3 members of the Students Unlimited advocacy group.
1)The meeting began with brief reports back from Jason Lau re. how some MRHEP students had liked and done well learning on line. Michael Lettman however current MRHEP student expressed his frustration at not being on campus and taking classes on line.
Sue expressed again how Michael enriched her EDC3000 class by his honesty and engagement in the class. Michael also contributes to the Sheiling College UK on line music outreach.
2) Sue spoke of her long-time mentor Dr. John Diamond’s passing in April and showed a video of him speaking about altruism, and the benefits of music outreach. Sue’s first experience of including students with ID was through his work in Canberra Australia in 2003.
3) Jeremy introduced Students Unlimited members who spoke about their group and showed a colorful power point which included many photographs of their members including with President Schrader The CU FIG would like to form an ongoing partnership with the student group- a natural fit.
4) Lisa Esposito gave a presentation on UDL following her attendance at training. She explained it clearly and in a UDL friendly way through an excellent power point. Members have encouraged her to share this in the Brown Bag session in the EDC program.
5) Carol Carielli shared her Storyboard for a film to advertise the MRHEP to faculty and encourage them to included students in their courses. An excellent story line was shared! Discussion around funding made for a meeting that went over time but was much appreciated by all. Mention was also made of the of the recent Ovations feature. Thoughts and requests for next semester’s meetings were briefly mentioned by Jeremy in concluding the meeting.
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