Committees

The NYSDSC currently has eight ad hoc committees:

  • Access Technologies - Cyrus Hamilton, Chair
  • Awards - Nancy Carr and Linda Weinberg, Co-Chairs
  • Conference Planning - Current President-Elect, Paula Perez, Co-Chair Portia Altman
  • Financial - Michele Fish, Chair
  • Government Relations - Paula Perez and Merrill Parra , Co-Chairs
  • Policy - Craig Levins, Chair
  • Professional Development - Kathy Hoffman, Chair
  • Social - Starr Knapp, Chair
  • Website - Michele Fish, Chair
Updates from each of the committees will be posted to this page as they become available.

Awards Committee

In June 2004, the first annual awards on behalf of the SUNY DSC were presented. When the SUNY DSC became the NYSDSC statewide organization, awards were temporarily suspended. Now that the broader membership of the NYSDSC has become established, awards will resume in 2011. The awards committee solicits nominations from the membership. From the nominations, committee members select the recipients. Awards are announced at the Spring meeting in June.

It is important for us to recognize the achievements of those making an exemplary effort in disability services. A call for nominations with nomination forms will be sent out via the listserv early each year with nominations due in late April.

Award Recipients:
SUNY DSC 2004-2007; NYSDSC 2011-

Year Outstanding Achievement in Disabilities Award (Non-DSC Member) NYSDSC Service Award Campus Access Award
2004
Victor Margolis, Professor Emeritus, Nassau CC
Kathy Hoffman, Erie Community College
SUNY Fredonia Custodial Services Crew
2005
Joseph Frey, NYSED
Khaki Wunderlich, TC3
None awarded
2006
Ken Grisham, Premier Literacy
Helene Stapleton, Cayuga Community College
English Professor at SUNY Morrisville
2007
None awarded
Michele Fish, Cornell University
William Jojo, Hudson Valley Community College
2011
Deborah Reeves-Duncan, Marist College
Bruce Pomoroy, formerly of Broome Community College

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