01-31-94 Students for Disability Awareness to host forum

STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES WILL SHARE CONCERNS WITH PRESIDENT GEE

     COLUMBUS -- The organization Students for Disability
Awareness (SDA) will host a public forum with E. Gordon Gee,
president of The Ohio State University, on Friday, Feb. 4, from 6
to 7:30 p.m. in the Rathskeller of Pomerene Hall, 1760 Neil Ave.

     Maurice Madry, president of SDA, says that the forum will be
an opportunity for all students with disabilities to talk with
President Gee about their campus concerns.

     An American Sign Language interpreter will be provided for
the forum, and refreshments will be served at the conclusion.

     SDA was founded last spring to address the interests of
students with disabilities.

     "We want to be involved in the decision-making processes
that affect students with disabilities and to initiate a positive
awareness of both our successes and the challenges we face," says
Madry, a junior majoring in business.  "We want the university to
look at our organization as a resource."

     For more information on the forum, contact the Students for
Disability Awareness office located in the university's Office
for Disability Services at 292-3307 (voice/TTY).
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Contact: Reporters can reach a SDA representative at 292-3307
(voice/TTY) or Maurice Madry at his home at 297-0779.


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