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Sara Bea Learning Center facilitates equal access to Notre Dame experience

Published: July 02, 2018

A formal process to provide accommodations for students with impairments began in 1995 when Scott Howland was hired to create a centralized office of disability services. The first offices were housed in Badin Hall.

3D campus map assists students with visual challenges

Published: February 19, 2018

Ellen Crowe Finan

Maddie Link As rising junior Madeline Link prepared to attend Notre Dame as a freshman, her father helped her learn the lay of the land. He built a cardboard model of campus for Madeline, who has visual challenges. Not stopping there, her dad contacted the University architect’s office about the availability of a tactile campus map to help Madeline navigate...

Nettrouer juggles job, family responsibilities to serve his country

Published: October 24, 2017

Ellen Crowe Finan

After seven years of active duty in the U.S. Air Force, Lance Nettrouer, a training and development specialist in Building Services, joined the Indiana National Guard so he could continue to serve his country.