Campus Accessibility Initiative and Groups

SUNY Oswego is committed to creating an inclusive, accessible and welcoming environment for all stakeholders in the campus. In pursuit of these goals, this committee will oversee implementation of Information Technology Accessibility efforts on campus. The group is intended to be a driving force in creating a culture of inclusivity and accessibility consistent with Oswego’s mission.

Responsibilities: 

Develop and oversee projects that ensure Oswego moves forward in creating an IT environment that is inclusive and accessible. This includes:

• Set direction and goals
• Develop policy and process
• Create and assign budgets
• Approve and oversee projects to completion

Responsibilities of the Workgroup focus on promoting a campus culture of accessibility by sharing contemporary accessibility tools and techniques through workshops, training, and publications. The team of campus accessibility experts works together to anticipate, troubleshoot, support, and resolve the practical needs of our campus community.

Goals:

• Support our diverse campus population by focusing on proactive practices that result in the creation of accessible content in order to reduce the need for individuals to request accommodations or disclose disabilities.
• Empower the campus community to overcome unique barriers to access by offering a regular forum to discuss and develop solutions. 
• Teach the campus community how to design and create accessible digital communications and materials.
• Facilitate the creation of accessible media by providing tutorials and other on-demand resources on our website.
• Ease the transition to accessible materials by creating and distributing templates for documents and presentations.
• Coordinate advocacy, educational and professional development initiatives identified by the campus IT Accessibility Steering Committee.

Committee Members:

• Carrie Mocyk, Instructional Designer (co-chair)
• Casey Raymond, Associate Professor, Chemistry (co-chair)
• Rick Buck, Director of Digital Services
• Anna Croyle, HCI graduate student
• Nicole Decker, Associate Director of CTS
• Kate DeForest, Web/Digital Content Coordinator
• Patrick Devendorf, Assistant Coordinator of Accessibility Resources
• Katharine Dutton, Learning Management Support
• Theresa Gilliard-Cook, Senior Instructional Designer
• Laura Harris, Web Services and Distance Learning Librarian
• Dan Laird, Media and Design Specialist
• Anneke McEvoy, Assistant Director of the Institute for Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Transformative Practice
• Sean Moriarty, Chief Technology Officer, and EIT Officer
• Rebecca Mushtare, Associate Dean of Graduate Studies, and Associate Professor of Art
• Michele Thornton, Associate Professor of School of Business

Accessibility is the inclusive practice of removing barriers to learning, especially for students with disabilities. Disabilities can be permanent (such as being blind, having only one arm, or living with ADHD), temporary (having a broken arm or cataracts), or situational (driving a car, holding a baby, or sharing the internet with multiple family members). All users have equal access to information and functionality when websites and other digital media are properly designed, developed, edited and maintained. SUNY Oswego is committed to improving accessibility of web content and all related digital media, including audio and video.

Goals:

• Ensure the structure and infrastructure projects of the Web team
• Support the diverse campus population by focusing on proactive practices that result in the creation of accessible content in order to reduce the need for individuals to request accommodations or disclose disabilities.
• Empower the campus community to overcome unique barriers to access by offering a regular forum to discuss and develop solutions. 
• Teach the campus community how to design and create accessible digital communications and materials.
• Facilitate the creation of accessible media by providing tutorials and other on-demand resources on our website.
• Ease the transition to accessible materials by creating and distributing templates for documents and presentations.
• Coordinate advocacy, educational and professional development initiatives identified by the campus IT Accessibility Steering Committee.

Committee Members:

• Rick Buck, Director of Digital Services (chair)
• Leigh Wilson, Chair, English and Creative Writing, Director of IPAC
• Sean Moriarty, Chief Technology Officer and EIT Officer
• Kristi Eck, Chief of Staff

Read about our Faculty Accessibility Fellow Program, and how we are working to include accessibility in our teaching methods.

Program Members

School of Business

• Steve Abraham
• Tom Ingram
• Michele Thornton
• Yiru Wang

School of Education

• Sandra Bargainnier
• Marcia Burrell
• Susan DiBlasi
• Jean Hallagan
• Carol Willard

School of Communication, Media and the Arts

• Todd Graber
• Donna Greene
• Krystal Kennel
• Amy Shore
• Serenity Sutherland

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

• Eve Clark Benavides
• Kathleen Blake
• Emily Bovier
• Michael Chaness
• Fiona Coll
• Poongodi Geetha-Loganathan
• Catalina Iannone
• Ashlee Moore
• Allison Rank
• Casey Raymond
• Elizabeth Wilcox
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