Next and Best Practices in Achieving Employment for College Students with Disabilities Webinar

This FREE webinar is brought to you by the US Business Leadership Network's Going for the Gold Program, and the Chairs of the Career Special Interest Group of the Association on Higher Education and Disability(AHEAD).  We invite you to this webinar to learn innovative techniques and best practices to improve your students' odds of becoming employed after graduation. You will hear from Career and Disability Student Services' representatives who have successfully collaborated to assist students with disabilities to find internships, mentoring opportunities, co-ops and employment; learn about a unique course created at the University of California at Berkeley, and replicated at several universities, designed to help college students with disabilities transition from college to careers; and hear from an employer who has successfully collaborated with a university's disability services office that has resulted in new connections, new hires, and ongoing targeted events to feed their student talent pipeline. 

Presenters:

• Dr. Ronnie Porter, Associate Professor and Coordinator of Cooperative Education, Northeastern University
• Tracey Forman, Assistant Director, Disability Services, Texas A&M University
• Renee Kirby, Associate Director, WRP Campus Coordinator, Disability Resources and Services, Temple University
• Jeanine Linkenhoker, Career Technology and Data Coordinator, College of Arts and Sciences Career Services, Ohio State University
• Paul Hippolitus, Past Director, Disabled Students' Program, University of California, Berkeley
• Sarah Tanham, Talent Acquisition Consultant, University Relations, Grainger 

Please note: the webinar access instructions will be emailed to registrants 2 days prior to the event; the day of the event registrants will receive the presentation handout. 

For more information, or if you have questions, please contact Emily Malsch, USBLN GFG Sourcing and Community Outreach Consultant, at [email protected].