Opportunities! 

for National Park Community College Students with Disabilities

March 2006

Dear Student,

You are receiving this correspondence from the National Park Community College Office of disAbility Services and the Career Services office in partnership with the DO-IT (Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking, and Technology) program. The purpose is to inform you about many opportunities available to you. 
We invite you to review these and participate in activities that interest you.
There is information about adaptive technology, how to participate in networking opportunities and on campus career events. On page three, there is information about national Internships and Networking Opportunities. Page four contains information about DO-IT, AccessComputing and AccessSTEM.

The Office of disAbility Services, Career Services, and DO-IT staff sincerely wish you a successful and enjoyable college experience. 
Sincerely,

Audrey Smelser, CRC 
Counselor/Disability Specialist 
Office of disAbility Services 
National Park Community College  
101 College Drive 
Hot Springs, AR 71901 

Mary Kay Wurm 
Director of Career Services
National Park Community College 
101 College Drive 
Hot Springs, AR 71913 

Sheryl Burgstahler
Director
DO-IT
3737 Brooklyn Ave NE
Seattle, WA 98105





To request this newsletter in an alternate format, contact Audrey Smelser at 501-760-4227 (voice and relay number) or asmelser@npcc.edu.

Meet the Disability 
Support Staff
Audrey Smelser, CRC
Counselor/Disability Specialist
Office of disAbilities Services
501-760-4227
asmelser@npcc.edu

Student Support Services
John Tucker, Director
Phone: 501-760-4229

...and the Career and 
Professional Planning Staff
Career Center
Fisher Campus Center, Rm 252
http://www.npcc.edu/Students/career_services.htm
Phone: 501-760-4246
Email:
Mary Kay Wurm
Director 
mkwurm@npcc.edu
Margaret Hutchins
Coordinator 
mhutchins@npcc.edu


Adaptive Technology
Services for students with disabilities are provided through the Counseling Center. The adaptive equipment for Braille printing, textbook reading and voice dictation software, and JAWS usage are located in Counseling Center (CC 243). Students may schedule tutoring time by registering for Intro to Adaptive Equipment (a one-hour class) or by contacting the Student Services Office.

For information on the location of computer labs with AT on the NPCC campus, please contact: 
Student Services 
Office of disAbility Services
101 College Drive
Hot Springs, AR 71913
501-760-4227 Voice and Relay number
501-760-4127 Fax

Visit the Student Lounge 
Find out about accommodation strategies, legal issues, and resources for students with disabilities at the online resource called the Student Lounge at: http:/www.washington.edu/doit/Resources/postsec.html. At this site there are also resources for faculty (The Faculty Room), student services organizations (The Conference Room), and administrators (The Board Room). 

On-Campus Career Events
Consult http://www.npcc.edu/Students/career_services.htm for more upcoming events.
Job Fair
NPCC Campus Center
April 4-5, 2006 
10:00 AM-2:00 PM
The 2006 Job Fair will be an opportunity for employers to meet and interview prospective employees. Persons interested in job opportunities, including present students and alumni from NPCC and other educational institutions, along with members of our community will be invited to attend. Tuesday will be open to Health Science fields and Wednesday to all fields. 

Opportunities!

Barrier Awareness Week
April 17-21, 2006 
"It's a Deaf, Deaf World" will be a fun/learning experience with door prizes to be awarded. Display table including disAbilities Services information and Project-DO-IT information. The campus community is invited to attend. The ABA Student organization will be hosting this event.

Project SERVE
Students Encounter Real Vocation Experiences 
A service learning project based on a partnership with Jessieville School District in which students with disabilities will be placed in positions to assist at risk students through tutoring and after school programs. For more information, contact Audrey Smelser at 501-760-4227.

Internships, Scholarships for Students with Disabilities 
The Washington Center Scholarship Program for College Students with Disabilities
The Washington Center for Internships and Academic Seminars offers 50 scholarships to college students with disabilities interested in working in the executive, judicial, or legislative branches of the federal government. Applications are available at http://www.twc.edu/disability_about.shtml. Scholarships are available for Spring and Fall semesters only. The deadline for Fall is May 2, 2006. For more information please contact Jennifer Taransky at 202-457-0046 or email: jennyt@twc.edu.

Financial Assistance for Women with Physical Disabilities
The Ethel Louise Armstrong Foundation, Inc., (ELA) provides scholarships to women with physical disabilities who are enrolled in college. Awards are based on merit. Scholarships range from $500-$2000 per year. The application deadline is June 1, 2006. For more information, visit http://www.ela.org/. Scholarships are awarded in August.

The National Business & Disability Council National Resume Database (NBDC)
The NBDC will enter your resume into their National Resume Database! This is a free service for college students with disabilities who are approaching graduation. To register, visit http://www.business-disability.com/ and click on "job seekers" and "post resume," or fax resume to 1-877-634-7068.

The Youth to Work Coalition
The Youth to Work Coalition (YWC) was established to assist businesses in creating or enhancing internships and mentoring programs available for youth with disabilities. For more information on the YWC, please contact Joe Timmons at 612-624-5659 or timm0119@umn.edu or visit http://www.ncset.org/youthtowork/default.html.

MIUSA's List of Internships with International Exchange Organizations 
Mobility International USA, an organization devoted to empowering people with disabilities around the world to achieve their human rights through international exchange and international development, provides a web page which lists over 20 internship opportunities and list servs in international development and exchange. For more information, visit http://www.miusa.org/ncde.

Scholarships List at California State University Sacramento (CSUS)
CSUS web resources include a comprehensive list of disability-related Scholarships. The site is at http://www.csus.edu/sswd/services/scholarshipsdisabilityrelated.htm.

Entry Point! 2006 (AAAS)
Entry Point! is a program of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) offering Outstanding Internship Opportunities for Students with Disabilities in Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Computer Science, and some fields of Business. AAAS has developed unique partnerships with IBM, NASA, Merck, NOAA, Google and university science laboratories to meet their human resource needs. For more information visit http://ehrweb.aaas.org/entrypoint/.

Career Opportunities for Students with Disabilities (COSD)
COSD is a unique consortium composed of large and small universities, national employers and US Government agencies focusd on the career employment of college graduates with disabilities. COSD is funded through a grant provided by tthe US Department of Labor's Office of Disability Employment Policy. For more information, visit http://www.cosdonline.org/index.shtml.

National Business Leadership Network (BLN)
The purpose of the BLN is to help employers understand the value of hiring and promoting people with disabilities. There is a national organization and a chapter in Washington State. For more information about networking through BLN, visit http://www.usbln.com/network/wa.html.

About DO-IT(Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking, Technology)
DO-IT serves to increase the participation of individuals with disabilities in challenging academic programs and careers. It promotes the use of computing and networking technologies to increase independence, productivity, and participation in education and employment. Based at the UW Seattle campus, DO-IT works with students preparing for college, in addition to those students currently attending a two- or four-year colleges or universities.
DO-IT, University of Washington
Sheryl Burgstahler, Director
Michael Richardson, Program Manager
Tami Tidwell, Project Coordinator 
Scott Bellman, Project Coordinator
3737 Brooklyn Avenue NE, Suite 12
Seattle, WA 98105
For more information about DO-IT, contact 
206-685-DOIT (voice/TTY)
doit@u.washington.edu
http://www.washington.edu/doit/

Seeking Students with Disabilities for AccessComputing and AccessSTEM

The Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Washington and DO-IT sponsor the AccessComputing Alliance for the purpose of increasing the participation of people with disabilities in computing careers nationwide. This Alliance provides a nationwide resource to help students with disabilities pursue computing fields and computing educators and employers, professional organizations, and other stakeholders develop more inclusive programs and share effective practices. Read more about AccessComputing online at http://www.washington.edu/accesscomputing/. Join the AccessComputing team in order to learn about interships, activities, and information resources.

DO-IT's Northwest Alliance for Access to Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (AccessSTEM) provides opportunities for students with disabilities in Washington, Idaho, Oregon and Alaska to locate internships and other work experiences, participate in career preparation events, develop disability disclosure and accommodation strategies, and network with mentors and business professionals. To access the online application, go to http://www.washington.edu/doit/Stem/team_app.html.
If you are interested in arranging an internship in the fields of science, technology/computing, engineering or math, please contact Tami Tidwell at 206-616-7850 or tamitha@u.washington.edu.

About this Publication
This publication is a joint venture between DO-IT (Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking, and Technology) and the offices that serve students with disabilities at National Park Community College. Its purpose is to inform NPCC students with disabilities about some of the many opportunities available to them. It is printed periodically. Submit content suggestions to Tami Tidwell at 206-685-3648 (voice/TTY) or tamitha@u.washington.edu.
This publication was developed with funding from the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) grant #P333A50064 and continues with funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) coopertive agreement #CN50540615. The contents do not necessarily represent the policy of the DOE or NSF, and you should not assume their endorsement.
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