Disability Compliance Advisory Team

The Office for Equal Opportunity and Equity has reorganized its disability compliance functions into one unit. Effective October 1, 2005, the office formerly known as Disability Services for Students (DSS) became the Disability Services Office (DSO). With its expanded focus, the Disability Services Office still provides disability services for students but now also facilitates effective reasonable accommodations for faculty and staff; educates the campus community; and promotes equal access and opportunity. Since both the ADA Advisory Committee and the Disability Services for Students Advisory Team had accessibility at the core of their mission, the DSO has now combined the two and meet as one group known as the Disability Compliance Advisory Team (DCAT). As currently outlined, this team will meet once a semester.

The Disability Compliance Advisory Team (DCAT) is composed of representatives from the NC State community as well as distinguished citizens outside the university who are qualified on the basis of achievement and experience.The DCAT does not have any legal authority since the office operates under specific federal laws but serves in an advisory capacity to the office with the following as possible responsibilities:

Program creation and planning, as well as review of existing programs
Planning and implementing public relations
Funding leadership
Subcommittee servitude based on specific endeavors

The DSO is committed to a process where new understandings and learnings will develop and support for creative and effective practices will evolve. The specific tasks to be undertaken by the DCAT will unfold as the members meet once each semester and work to define the new responsibilities beyond the numerous ones in which the staff is now engaged.

Adobe PDF Meeting Summary - May 2, 2008
Meeting Summary - March 13, 2009
Meeting Summary - October 16, 2009
Meeting Summary - February 26, 2010
Meeting Summary - September 17, 2010
Meeting Summary - February 11, 2011

The 2010-11 DCAT members are:

Cheryl Branker, Director - DSO, NC State
Melissa Ashwell, Associate Professor - Dept. of Animal Science, NC State
Leslie Bowman, Career Counselor, Career Center, NC State
Beverly Williams, Office for Equal Opportunity, NC State
Sheila Brown, Education Research and Evaluation Consultant - Urban Affairs and Community Services, NC State
Debbie Carraway, Assistant Director, Microcomputer Systems - ITD, NC State
Daniel DeJoy, Associate Professor - Dept. of Communication, NC State
Lisa Fiedor, DELTA - NC State
Susan Grant, Associate Director - University Housing-Residence Operations, NC State
Tim Hatcher, Associate Professor - Educational Leadership & Policy Studies, NC State
Richard Hayes, Director - NC State Bookstore
Heather Holland, Human Resources-Employment and Compensation, NC State
Louis Hunt, University Registrar, NC State
Candi Jacobs, Student, NC State
Christine Klein, Information & Communication Specialist - Transportation, NC State
March Krotee, Professor - Physical Education, NC State
Sarah Lannom, Associate General Counsel, Office of Legal Affairs, NC State
Chase Luker, Program Director - 4-H Youth Development & Family & Consumer Sciences, NC State
Ina Lunney, Administrative Support Associate, Dept. of Physics, NC State
Thomas Martin, Assistant Director and Coordinator of Testing Accommodations, DSO, NC State
Tina Nelson, Program Manager - Environmental Health & Safety, NC State
Mark Newmiller, Assistant Director - DSO, NC State
Darby Orcutt, NCSU Libraries - NC State
Mohan Ramaswamy, Director of Organizational Strategy, NCSU Libraries, NC State
Randy Reggi, Construction & Renovation Design Technician II - Facilities Planning & Design, NC State
Evelyn Reiman, Associate Vice Chancellor, Student Affairs, NC State
Tom Roberts, Professor/Dept. Head - Physical Education, NC State
Rebecca Sitton, Coordinator of AT - DSO, NC State
Brice Smith, Student, NC State
Lori Thompson, Business and Technology Applications Analyst-Enterprise Application Services, NC State
Sabina Vermeulen, Associate Director - DSO, NC State
Shannon Yates, Assistant Athletics Director, NC State
Tom Younce, Director, Campus Police, NC State