Welcome to the Center for Students with Disabilities
CSD Job Position Descriptions
Notetaker
Notetaking assistance is provided as an accommodation for students whose documented disabilities interfere with their abilities to take notes. Please visit our Notetaking Assistance page to learn more about this position. For specific questions regarding notetaking positions, please contact Elisabeth Werling, Program Coordinator at Elisabeth.Werling@uconn.edu.
Personal Assistant
A personal assistant provides a person with a disability the kind of lifestyle which would otherwise be unattainable. As a personal assistant, you would provide support necessary for the person to carry out an active life. Please visit our Personal Assistant page for more details. To learn more about the CSD’s Personal Assistant Referral Program, please contact Christine Wenzel, Assistant Director at Christine.Wenzel@uconn.edu.
Reader
Readers provide an essential service to students who have difficulty accessing printed materials. If course materials are needed in an audio format and they are not already available, the CSD will hire students to read the material onto tape. The CSD provides the reader with a schedule outlining when materials must be completed. Readers must be able to read clearly and follow the schedule outlined by the CSD. If you are interested, please contact Wade Gibbs at wade.gibbs@uconn.edu or 860-486-2020, or visit our office in the Wilbur Cross Building, Room 204.
Tutor
Qualified peer tutors for the Tutoring PLUS Program provide content tutoring which is integrated with strategy instruction. Peer tutors are required to complete an online tutoring module for working with students with disabilities. Tutors provide content clarification as well as demonstrate ways to master and retain content knowledge. Students learn tips and techniques for understanding course assignments, interpreting class notes, comprehending required readings, and preparing for quizzes and exams. For more information including an application, please visit Tutoring Plus. For specific questions regarding tutoring positions, please contact Elisabeth Werling, Program Coordinator at elisabeth.werling@uconn.edu.
Other Job Opportunities
Connect-Ability
Learn about Connect-Ability - an initiative for people with disabilities seeking employment for the first time or who want a new challenge, and employers seeking valuable, qualified workers. For more information visit http://www.connect-ability.com/.
Emerging Leaders
Are you looking for a paid summer internship? Are you a college or graduate student with a disability?
“Emerging Leaders is a highly competitive program that places undergraduate and graduate students with disabilities in fulfilling summer internships and provides them with leadership development opportunities. Emerging Leaders partners with businesses to help them find outstanding new talent while also considering diversity and inclusion in their hiring practices."
For more information on program requirements and applying, please visit http://www.emerging-leaders.com/students.htm.
FULL ACCESS Student Summits
Career Opportunities for Students with Disabilities - FULL ACCESS Student Summits
WHAT IS FULL ACCESS?
This exclusive event brings together up to sixty college students or recent alumni with disabilities and ten select national and regional employers for a networking and education summit. FULL ACCESS is not a career fair. It is not an opportunity to interview one-on-one with individual students and there should be NO expectation to extend a job offer at the Summit. FULL ACCESS is a golden opportunity for employers to meet up to 60 prospective employees with disabilities.
For more information on FULL ACCESS Summit New Jersey (November 4-5, 2011), please visit http://www.cosdonline.org/full-access-summit-new-jersey.
Lime Connect Fellowship Program
Lime Connect (Lime) and its corporate partners Bank of America Merrill Lynch, PepsiCo, Google, Target, Goldman Sachs and Bloomberg LP are pleased to announce The 2012 Lime Connect Fellowship Program for Students with Disabilities. Lime Connect represents a "fresh approach" in the disability talent space, and our premier Fellowship Program attracts highly accomplished students with disabilities, prepares them for the recruitment process and connects them with the world's leading corporations for potential summer internships. This yearlong program includes educational workshops, leadership/skill building, interview preparation, industry overviews, multiple opportunities to connect with partner companies via The Leadership & Development Symposium and more. Fellows also receive a $1,000 award. Applications are due March 18th.
Requirements:
- A current sophomore/rising junior at a four-year university in the United States
- Continuing studies as a full-time student for the 2012-2013 academic year
- Eligible to work in the United States
- A person with a (visible or invisible) disability.
- If selected, candidates will attend the following all-expense paid events in New York City:
- May 20 or 21, 2012 - Lime Connect Fellows Selection "Super Day" (all finalists)
- August 1 - 5, 2012 - Lime Connect Fellows Leadership & Development Symposium
More information and applications may be found here: www.limeconnect.com.
National Business & Disability Council's National Resume Database
The National Business & Disability Council's National Resume Database(®), which was developed with the goal of bringing together top talent with disabilities and America's top employers in both the private and public sector. This service is provided free of charge to job seekers with disabilities and is open to applicants who have earned or are expected to earn a two or four year degree within the next six months or have completed equivalent technical training. Log onto www.nbdc.com and click onto "Job Seekers". For more information, contact me at 516-465-1519 or Lana Smart, Vice President of Corporate Services at 516-465-1510.
VetJobs Virtual Career Fair Accepting Resumes!
The VetJobs Virtual Career Fair is now live for transitioning military, National Guard, Reserve, veterans and their family members to pre-register and to post their resumes prior to the official launch date of Thursday, May 1, 2012! This is a great opportunity to get in front of employers who are specifically participating in this unique two week Virtual Career Fair event with the sole purpose of recruiting and hiring transitioning military, National Guard, Reserve, veterans and their family members. Employers will be reviewing resumes between May 1st and May 15th. Be sure to get your resume in early!
To pre-register or find out more information, visit: www.workplacediversity.com/veteransconnect.