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May 17, 2007
Robert Greenberg Award
The Dr. Robert Greenberg Award for Innovation will be given to a person, institution, employer or program / initiative that demonstrates cutting-edge and new techniques or strategies in the area of preparing or recruiting or hiring college students with disabilities.
Dr. Robert Greenberg, the Co-Founder of COSD, recently retired after a 21-year distinguished career as the Director of Career Services at the University of Tennessee Knoxville. Bob provided the foundation for COSD, based on his vision to be more inclusive of college students with disabilities in his Career Services office. That vision has grown to a national organization that is continuing to expand and be more influential in assisting college students with disabilities in planning and executing their future careers.
If you would like to nominate someone (yourself or someone you know) who has created or expanded a great idea that assists college students with disabilities, please go to http://career.uark.edu/cosd and complete the form and click on submit.
This great idea can be found in:
- Higher education in preparation of college students with disabilities to be more competitive in the career search; or
- Employers using effective recruitment and hiring strategies focused on college graduates with disabilities.
An esteemed panel of four judges will review the nominations and the winner will be presented at the COSD 8th Annual National Conference during Lunch on July 31 at the Hyatt Regency Minneapolis. Further details about the award can be found at http://career.uark.edu/cosd. Please note that the deadline for nominations is July 1.
The University of Arkansas Career Development Center and Barbara Batson, Director, will host the Robert Greenberg Award for Innovation Nominations and for being one of the judges.
If you have any questions regarding the Robert Greenberg Award for Innovation or any aspect of the COSD 8th Annual National Conference, please e-mail Alan D. Muir, Executive Director of the Career Opportunities for Students with Disabilities (COSD) at amuir@tennessee.edu
or call him at 865-974-7148.
Posted by Nancy at May 17, 2007 01:52 PM