Diversity and Inclusion

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Director for Autism Services Center Search

The Autism Services Center provides transition support for autistic/neurodiverse college students and students who identify with needing additional support. For students with documented disabilities, these services are beyond the reasonable accommodations provided by the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendment Act and WMU’s Disability Services for Students. The mission of the Autism Services Center is to improve the lives of young adults with disabilities by:

Helping to reduce the barriers that exist in higher education by supporting students, staff, and faculty through training and communication;
Providing transition services and college preparation opportunities to high school students with disabilities who are considering continuing to post-secondary education;
Supporting students with disabilities once on WMU’s campus in collaboration with the Office for Disability Services for Students (DSS); and
Helping students prepare for part-time employment during their time at WMU and for a career after attaining a degree.

Director ASC Position Summary
Directs all aspects of the Autism Services Center, including program planning and implementation, supervision of graduate employees, graduate practicum students, and student staff. Works in collaboration with several campus offices as well as community entities. Maintains weekly parent meetings to enhance both student and parent engagement.

Finalists for Director for Autism Services Center Presentations

Two finalists will be interviewing during the week of July 13 for the Director for Autism Services Center position. Each candidate will meet the search committee, Office of Diversity and Inclusion leadership staff, Disability Services for Students Staff, ASC graduate student and students, as well as give a campus wide presentation.

Presentations will take place during the following times:

Claire Dunnuck: Thursday, July 16 at 10:30 a.m., WebEx link (link will be active the day of)

Megan McDowell: Friday, July 17 at 10:30 a.m., Sangren Hall, Room 1920

If you are able to attend the presentations, we ask that you please complete a survey to provide us with feedback. The link to each candidate's survey will be active after each candidate's presentation. You may only submit one evaluation survey per finalists, and the submission period will end Friday, July 24. Please click on the appropriate candidate's name below that you would like to submit feedback for.

ASC candidate survey - Claire Dunnuck – Fill out form

ASC candidate survey - Megan McDowell – Fill out form

Please contact the Office of Diversity and Inclusion if you have any questions.

Our Ongoing Commitment to Dismantling Systemic Barriers

We are unequivocally committed to the movement to create equity for all groups on campus. We stand in solidarity with those that have been disenfranchised. Therefore, our focus as we move forward is to clarify our role and work, which is to educate and provide programming and strategies to dismantle institutional and systemic inequities at Western Michigan University.

The Vice-Presidential area of Diversity and Inclusion is working to create engaging and challenging programming with an emphasis on expanding perspectives. We invite all levels of the University to weave fair practices throughout the work that is conducted on behalf of this University. Together, we can build a better University that truly demonstrates the values that support our motto so that all may learn.

Land Acknowledgment Statement

Land acknowledgment is a process by which individuals are prompted to consider the history of the space they currently inhabit.

We would like to recognize that Western Michigan University is located on lands historically occupied by Ojibwe, Odawa, and Bodewadmi nations. Please take a moment to acknowledge and honor this ancestral land of the Three Fires Confederacy, the sacred lands of all indigenous peoples, and their continued presence.

The Western Michigan University Land Acknowledgment statement was written in colaboration with the Gun Lake Tribe, The Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi tribe, and the Pokagon Band of the Potawatomi tribe.

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