uodsp: FW: Excellence in Universal Design Award- please nominate a colleague!

Fri Apr 25 13:55:56 PDT 2025

Dear UODSP List Members, Have a favorite faculty member whose course is so accessible you want everyone to know about them?  Here's your chance!  Read on for nomination details.

Thank you, Norma for sharing!!!

From: Norma Kehdi <nkehdi at uoregon.edu>
Sent: Friday, April 25, 2025 1:29 PM
To: Heidi von Ravensberg <hvr at uoregon.edu>; Kimberly Murphy <kamurphy at uoregon.edu>; Chris Murray <cjmurray at uoregon.edu>; Elizabeth Wheeler <ewheeler at uoregon.edu>; Brian Trapp <trapp at uoregon.edu>
Subject: Excellence in Universal Design Award- please nominate a colleague!

Hi all- It would be much appreciated if you can share information about the Excellence in Universal design award with your networks, and please nominate anyone who may be on your radar who you think should be recognized for using UDL in their courses. Please let me know if you have any questions about the information below! Thank you in advance.

Best,
Norma
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Dear UO Faculty and Instructors,

The Accessible Education Center invites nominations for the eighth annual University of Oregon Faculty Excellence in Universal Design award, and we request your help!

Students, instructors, advisers, and other professional staff are encouraged to nominate faculty members and graduate employees who exemplify accessibility in the design and implementation of their courses during the 2024-2025 academic year. Please spread the word widely! Attached is a flyer: please consider printing and posting.

More about the award:
Excellence in universal design involves the development and implementation of flexible curriculum and instruction towards increasing access for all learners. Universal design in learning means creating equitable access to education through curriculum that "reflects an awareness of the unique nature of each learner and the need to address differences," according to the Center for Applied Special Technology. A universal design curriculum offers multiple ways for learners to engage<https://www.cast.org/impact/universal-design-for-learning-udl> with information, multiple means of information representation<https://udlguidelines.cast.org/representation>, and multiple options for expressing<https://udlguidelines.cast.org/action-expression> and communicating knowledge.
You can submit your nomination through a Forms survey by either:
1.                  Entering your responses to questions directly into our Forms nomination survey (if prompted, sign in with your UO account)<https://forms.office.com/r/rWKPdcj4AG>, or
2.                  Downloading the PDF nomination form,<https://aec.uoregon.edu/sites/default/files/2023-04/udl-nomination-form-2023.pdf> saving it, and uploading it into our Forms nomination survey.<https://forms.office.com/r/rWKPdcj4AG>

Nominations will be accepted through May 23rd, 2025.

Thank you for spreading the word!

Kindly,
AEC

Norma Kehdi, PsyD | Senior Director
Accessible Education Center | University of Oregon
541-346-1063| nkehdi at uoregon.edu<mailto:nkehdi at uoregon.edu>
371 Oregon Hall | aec.uoregon.edu
Pronouns: she, her, hers

Know an outstanding instructor whose course design embraces individual learning differences? Nominate them for AEC's Faculty Excellence in Universal Design Award<https://aec.uoregon.edu/faculty-excellence-universal-design-award> by May 23rd by using this: link<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/forms.office.com/r/rWKPdcj4AG__;!!C5qS4YX3!DKDH81wogXKuTx-072zxHAjq_maIk-o2878P91VutN_Z4cRUC0Syu_vEk5bG7G71kmdCiS1yvpIcV_Ga$>.

DREAMERS: As a DREAMER ally, I support all students regardless of immigration status or country of origin. Remember, when interacting with faculty, staff, and offices around campus you are never required to reveal your status. For more information and resources please visit the UO Dreamers<https://www.uoregon.edu/uo-dreamers> website at: https://www.uoregon.edu/uo-dreamers

I am a Designated Reporter. which means that I am required to report all incidents of prohibited discrimination and harassment including sexual harassment and violence that I learn about to the UO Office of Investigations and Civil Rights Compliance (OICRC). An OICRC team member will follow up with you to offer information, resources, and any available options for addressing what was reported. You can receive support without participating in a formal university process and without sharing additional information. Student agency is important to me and to the OICRC team.

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