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Spring 2007 UCLA
NEW HORIZONS
UCLA Office for Students with Disabilities
INSIDE THIS ISSUE
- A Word from the Director: Kathy's Korner by Kathy Molini
- Speaking of Graduation
- Attention Returning Students with Priority Enrollment
- Congratulations to Our Graduates
- Annual Student Evaluation of Services
- AD/HD from a Cross-Cultural Perspective
Lecture and Film Presentation
by
Robert Lemelson, Ph.D. - Have You Moved?
- Alternative Formats Available
- Searching for Scholarships
- Contacting OSD
A WORD FROM THE DIRECTOR
Kathy's Korner
The close of academic year 2006-07 is just around the corner. I hope it has been a successful one for all of you. I imagine many of you are beginning to make your plans for the summer. Some of you will most likely travel and others may seek employment. If you travel, please consider writing a brief article about your adventures for our Fall 2007 newsletter. We’d love to hear about your experiences. If you are planning to work and have questions regarding the disclosure of your disability, we would like to point out that the article entitled Disclosing Your Disability in the Employment Process, by Cynthia Thomas at UCLA’s Career Center is on our web site.
Congratulations to all of our graduates. We are very happy for you and hope that you keep in touch with us to let us know about your next step.
Have a great summer!
Kathy
...Speaking of Graduation...
Congratulations! If you, as a student, will need any accommodations to participate in Commencement Exercises please notify the OSD at least one week prior to your celebration.
Please call (310) 825-1501.
Attention Returning Students with Priority Enrollment:
Priority Enrollment Appointments through URSA for Fall 2007 classes will be randomly assigned for Monday, June 25; Tuesday, June 26; and, Wednesday June 27. The Fall 2007 Schedule of Classes will be available on Monday, June 11, 2007.
Congratulations to Our Graduates
The OSD currently has 568 registered students that are seniors or graduate students. The following students gave permission to be recognized:
Nancy Beygian –
Hi. Recently I presented my paper, "Electronic Government: Iran Reaching Out to the World" in a Web cast to the University of Tehran. It was a twenty-seven year milestone because the University of Tehran and UCLA had not had any communication for 27 years. I have also submitted the above-mentioned paper to a journal for publication. It is still under review, so I don't know if it will be published or not. I submitted a book review, which is under review currently, called Behind the Veil: An American Woman's Memoir of the 1979 Iran Hostage Crisis. My goal is to work in an academic library.
Daniel Tyler –
I will graduate cum-laude with honors in my major field of study, World Arts & Cultures, as well as my minor in Political Science. For the past year, I have engaged in producing an ethnographic documentary with the support of a grant from the Wassermann Foundation. My film, titled "Flaggers" is an examination of a subsection of urban gay culture eponymously dubbed flaggers, who use brightly colored silk flags and Oriental fans in an interpretive dance form to achieve a trance state. Ultimately, I want to share my findings with not just other academics, who may not be familiar with this type of performance art, nor simply other gay people, who might have a vague notion about flagging (if not its origins,) but I also fervently hope to introduce a new generation of students to this magnificent style of dance.
Other graduates include Amy Moore, Psychology.
We wish you the best in your future endeavors.
Annual Student Evaluation of Services
We encourage all of you to take a few minutes to complete an evaluation of services for 2006-07. You should have received your copy in the mail earlier this month. Please contact us at (310) 825-1501 if you didn’t.
AD/HD from a Cross-Cultural Perspective Lecture and Film Presentation
by Robert Lemelson, Ph.D.
Asst. Research Anthropologist
Center for Culture and Health
Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior
Thursday, May 31, 2007
11:00AM-12:30PM
Murphy Hall 2325
Contact Dr. Sharon Teruya at the Office for Students with Disabilities for more information (825-1501)
Robert Lemelson is an anthropologist who received his master's degree from the University of Chicago and his doctoral degree from the University of California-Los Angeles. Currently he is a lecturer in the departments of psychology and anthropology at UCLA. He was a Fulbright scholar in Indonesia in 1996-97, has worked for the World Health Organization, and is additionally trained as a clinical psychologist. His areas of specialty are Southeast-Asian studies, psychological anthropology, and transcultural psychiatry. Dr. Lemelson has just released a documentary film "Movements and Madness" to festivals, which is based on his research in Bali. It will be in general release later this year. He has two other films in post-production, all filmed in Indonesia. He has recently published his research on Indonesia in the journals Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry, Medical Anthropology Quarterly, and Transcultural Psychiatry, among others. His edited volume Understanding Trauma: Biological, Clinical and Cultural Perspectives will be published in early 2007 by Cambridge University Press. He is also the president of the Foundation for Psychocultural Research (The FPR), which funds interdisciplinary research in neuroscience, psychiatry, and anthropology. Dr. Lemelson also serves as a director of The Lemelson Foundation, a family foundation whose mission is to promote innovation and invention in American society and the developing world.
Returning Students…
HAVE YOU MOVED?
Please remember to let the OSD know each time you change your address in order to continue to receive important mailings regarding priority enrollment, proctoring, van transportation, etc.
Changing your address with the Registrar’s Office DOES NOT change your address with OSD.
You can call the office, e-mail us, or come in and fill out a “change of address” slip.
New Horizons is available in Braille, on tape cassette and on the OSD web site.
Contact the OSD to request a copy in an alternative format.
Searching For Scholarships?
Check out our website Scholarship/Internship section at:
http://www.osd.ucla.edu/Scholarships.htm
The Scholarship Resource Center is another great source for scholarships. The search for scholarships can be complicated and confusing, but the Scholarship Resource Center (SRC) is here to help guide you through the maze. The SRC maintains a scholarship database and library, and provides workshops and counseling. The SRC is located at 233 Covel Commons (206-2875).
The SRC also offers the U.S. National and British Merit Scholarships and workshops to provide UCLA students information about national scholarships such as the Rhodes, Churchill, and Truman Scholarship programs.
A great way to become familiar with the process is to sign up for one of the Free Scholarship Search Workshops. Check the SRC website for times and locations.
Contacting OSD
George Auletta
Programmer Analyst
gauletta@saonet.ucla.edu
794-5723
Chana Bell
Learning Disabilities Specialist
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825-1501
Tony Buffo
Alternative Format/ Assistant Proctor Coordinator
tbuffo@saonet.ucla.edu
825-2651
Dan Levitt
Assistant Director & Coordinator of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Student Program
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825-1501
Christian Limon
Administrative Assistant
climon@saonet.ucla.edu
794-5725
Maria Martin
Payroll Administrator
memartin@saonet.ucla.edu
794-5731
A.J. Mason
Resource Room Assistant
amason@saonet.ucla.edu
825-2860
Ed McCloskey
Mobility Assistance Program/Notetaking Services Coordinator
emcclosk@saonet.ucla.edu
267-2004
Kathy Molini
Director
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825-1501
Julie Morris
Coordinator, Learning Disabilities Program
jmorris@saonet.ucla.edu
794-5732
Deb Owen
Budget Analyst/Supervisor of Technology, Planning & Training
dowen@saonet.ucla.edu
825-1501
Linda Stolt
Assistant Director/Proctor Services Coordinator
lstolt@saonet.ucla.edu
267-2008
Sharon Teruya
Learning Disabilities Specialist
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825-1501
Powell Resource Room
825-2651
FAX
825-9656
TDD
206-6083
Van Line
825-2263
Web page
www.osd.ucla.edu
The OSD welcomes material submitted for publication which may be of interest to its readers such as brief articles, essays, or poetry. We reserve the right to edit the material as needed. Contact the OSD for deadline information.
(310) 825-1501
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Los Angeles, CA 90095-1426
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