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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">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.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Thank you, Norma for sharing!!!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Norma Kehdi <nkehdi@uoregon.edu>
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<b>Sent:</b> Friday, April 25, 2025 1:29 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Heidi von Ravensberg <hvr@uoregon.edu>; Kimberly Murphy <kamurphy@uoregon.edu>; Chris Murray <cjmurray@uoregon.edu>; Elizabeth Wheeler <ewheeler@uoregon.edu>; Brian Trapp <trapp@uoregon.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Excellence in Universal Design Award- please nominate a colleague!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">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.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Best,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Norma<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">De<span style="color:black">ar</span> UO<span style="color:black">
</span>Faculty and Instructors<span style="color:black">, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">The Accessible Education Center invites nominations for the eighth annual
<b>University of Oregon Faculty Excellence in Universal Design award</b>, and we request your help! <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">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. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">More about the award:</span></b><span style="color:black"> <br>
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<b>
</b>Center for Applied Special Technology. A universal design curriculum offers multiple ways for learners to
</span><u><span style="color:blue"><a href="https://www.cast.org/impact/universal-design-for-learning-udl" target="_blank">engage</a></span></u><span style="color:black"> with information, multiple means of information
</span><u><span style="color:blue"><a href="https://udlguidelines.cast.org/representation" target="_blank">representation</a></span></u><span style="color:black">, and multiple options for
</span><u><span style="color:blue"><a href="https://udlguidelines.cast.org/action-expression" target="_blank">expressing</a></span></u><span style="color:black"> and communicating knowledge. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">You can submit your nomination through a Forms survey by either:</span></b><span style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:black">Entering your responses to questions directly into our
</span><u><span style="color:blue"><a href="https://forms.office.com/r/rWKPdcj4AG" target="_blank">Forms nomination survey (if prompted, sign in with your UO account)</a></span></u><span style="color:black">, or <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="color:black"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">2.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:black">Downloading the </span><u><span style="color:blue"><a href="https://aec.uoregon.edu/sites/default/files/2023-04/udl-nomination-form-2023.pdf" target="_blank">PDF nomination form,</a></span></u><span style="color:black">
saving it, and uploading it into our </span><u><span style="color:blue"><a href="https://forms.office.com/r/rWKPdcj4AG" target="_blank">Forms nomination survey.</a></span></u><b><span style="color:black"> </span></b><span style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">Nominations will be accepted through May 23rd, 2025.</span></b><span style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Thank you for spreading the word! <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#385623">Norma Kehdi, PsyD | Senior Director</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#595959">Accessible Education Center | University of Oregon</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">Know an outstanding instructor whose course design embraces individual learning differences? Nominate them for AEC's
</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:blue;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual"><a href="https://aec.uoregon.edu/faculty-excellence-universal-design-award" title="https://aec.uoregon.edu/faculty-excellence-universal-design-award">Faculty
Excellence in Universal Design Award</a></span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual"> by May 23</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">rd</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual"> by
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