Committees and Councils

Purpose or Function: The Disability Advisory Council shall serve in an advisory role to the office of Disability Services. The Council will identify and make recommendations on how to increase disability awareness, accessibility to campus, and collaborative efforts within the university to better serve the needs of students with disabilities. Council members may address a variety of issues including safety concerns on campus; adaptive technology needs; awareness trainings for faculty, staff and administration; physical modifications on campus to improve accessibility; universal design and other ways to increase information technology and classroom accessibility; accessibility to student services; policy and program needs; funding initiatives; and identification of the systemic, physical and attitudinal barriers which our students with disabilities may encounter on campus. 

Membership: Membership will include the ADA Compliance officer and representatives from Disability Services (ex-officio), Division of Student Affairs (2 representatives), Faculty (2 representatives), the student body (2 representatives), Division of Academic Affairs (2 representatives), Division of Finance and Administration (2 representatives) and a local community agency serving those with disabilities. 

Chair: The Chair will be elected by the voting members of the Advisory Council membership.

Council Reports to:  Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs; Vice President for Student Affairs

Name	Reason for Membership	Term, if applicable
Berkich, Carla         Chair	Division of Student Affairs representative
Coons, Roy	Division of Finance and Administration representative
Cox, Rachel	Director, Disability Services (ex-officio)
Etheridge, Charles	Faculty Senate representative
Fischbach, Laurence	Division of Finance and Administration representative
Garcia, Diana	Student with (self-identified) disability appointed by Disability Services
Gonzales, Gonzalo	Community Representative from Division for Blind Services, Department of Assistive Rehabilitative Services (DARS)
Guardiola, Jose	Faculty Senate representative
Haaker, Randy	Division of Finance and Administration representative
Howe, Terri	Division of Student Affairs representative
McFarland, Ralph	Assistant Director, Disability Services (ex-officio)
Murphy, Susan Wolff	Division of Academic Affairs
Ramirez, Sam	ADA Compliance Officer
Villarreal, Leticia	Division of Academic Affairs
	Student appointed by Student Affairs