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Collaborating with Campus and Community Partners Nicolette Campos, UNCP DSS Dr. Karen Pruett, UNCP Career Services Delores McGirt, Transition, Public Schools of Robeson County Donna Hardee, Vocational Rehabilitation Anika Ray, Vocational Rehabilitation. VSA.

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VSA

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  1. Collaborating with Campus and Community PartnersNicolette Campos, UNCP DSS Dr. Karen Pruett, UNCP Career Services Delores McGirt, Transition, Public Schools of Robeson County Donna Hardee, Vocational RehabilitationAnika Ray, Vocational Rehabilitation

  2. VSA VSA, the international organization on arts and disability, was founded in 1974 by Ambassador Jean Kennedy Smith to provide arts and education opportunities for people with disabilities and to increase access to the arts for all. 2011, VSA merged with the Kennedy Center's Office on Accessibility to become the Department of VSA and Accessibility at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. http://www.kennedy-center.org/education/vsa/

  3. VSA at UNCP • October 10th, 2012 will be UNCP’s 9th annual VSA Festival • Committee: Chair: Mary Helen Walker, DSS UNCP representatives PSRC representatives Community: All Heart Tornadoes

  4. Volunteers • Public Schools of Robeson County (PSRC): • Principals and Assistant Principals • Art teachers • Major Brewington and ROTC students • Purnell Swett High School cheer leading squad • PSRC Band (teachers) • Community Involvement: • All Heart Tornadoes wheelchair basketball team • D.A.R.E Band

  5. Volunteers Continued • UNCP: • Disability Support Services • Delta Sigma Omicron (DSO) members • School of Education • Freshman Seminar instructors and students • Sociology Professor • Director of Greek Organizations • Office for Community and Civic Engagement • Campus Police and Public Safety • Givens Performing Arts Center staff • Art student designed volunteer T-shirt this year

  6. Event Overview • Principals Breakfast: Provost, SOE, DSO • Arts tables: sand art, solar art, bracelets • Music: Band, instruments • Movement: parachute game, dance, steps

  7. Shows: • Dancing Wheels (2003) • Sean Stephenson (2004) • Kyle Maynard (2005) • Fiona Page & Jaehn Clare (2006) • Light in Motion (2007) • All Heart Tornadoes (2008 & 2009) • The Spencers (2010) • Theatre of the Deaf (2011) • Roving artists (2012)

  8. Career Exploration • Program Purpose: to aid transition from high school to college 100 PSRC students with disabilities are given information on: • the Admissions process • Differences between high school and college (IDEA/ADAAA) • Assistive technology options • Choosing a career • Vocational rehabilitation services.

  9. Career Exploration Program Overview • Admissions overview • Split into concurrent sessions: Each group has a leader from Delta Sigma Omicron • Disability Support Services • Assistive technology • Career Services • Vocational Rehabilitation overview • Survey

  10. Workforce Recruitment Program (WRP) • Co-sponsored by the US Dept. of Labor’s Office of Disability Employment Policy and the US Dept. of Defense • Coordinated on campus by Career Services and DSS • Recruiters for Federal and private agencies come to campus to interview students with disabilities for summer and permanent positions

  11. WRP Continued • Participating campuses must guarantee a minimum of 8 students • Students upload resumé and application packet prior to interview • Placement may be anywhere in the US

  12. WRP Continued • Once interviewed, all data uploaded to database • Employers contact students directly • WRP does not track offers

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