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Community calls for inclusive education while navigating accommodations

Rae Barry May 10, 2024

In the midst of classes, exams and preparing for the transition to college, Delaney Walsh received her diagnosis of Stargardt’s disease during her junior year of high school.  Stargardt’s is a...

Students work overtime for accommodations

Students work overtime for accommodations

Linh Tran and Molly Sweeney May 10, 2024

In 2019, Augustana College welcomed its first Director of Disability Services, Kam Williams. Since then, Augustana has worked to offer academic accommodations, a person to advocate for students with disabilities...

The Office of Disability Services provides students with accommodations a brand new testing office to take tests by themselves in the learning commons in Olin 320.

Academic accommodations leave students hoping for more

Molly Sweeney May 10, 2024

A new testing accommodations office opened up this academic year, available for students who have accommodations to use for tests. At this time, quiz accommodations are still not available for students,...

Dimitrios Jason Stalides, Director of the Office of Disability Services, works in his office inside the Learning Commons in Olin 320 at Augustana College.

Accessibility awareness around campus

Allie Rial May 10, 2024

When thinking about Augustana, every student knows the effort it takes to face the classloads and surplus of stairs and hills. But, despite the daily challenges everyone has in common, not every student...

Sharing is not always caring

Hailey Glasnovich May 13, 2023

At Augustana, students can live in a single dorm by choice or accommodation. Regardless of the reason, students must pay more for these rooms financially and socially, as single rooms are more expensive...

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