ICI in the News
- ICI in the News Media
- ICI in Staff Newsletter (fyi)
The following are lead articles that have appeared in the Institute's monthly staff newsletter, fyi, during the past six months, profiling Institute projects, partners, and activities. Older stories may be found in the fyi Archive of Past Issues.
ICI’s NCRRC Continues Serving Region with New 5-Year, $6.5 Million Grant
(November 2009)
The North Central Regional Resource Center (NCRRC) at the Institute on Community Integration has received renewed funding for 5 more years of operation as one of six Regional Resource Centers (RRCs) funded by the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP), U.S. Department of Education. The NCRRC assists State education agencies and lead agencies in the systemic improvement of education programs, practices, and policies that affect infants, toddlers, children and youth with disabilities in the states of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, and Wisconsin. ...
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“Accessing the World” is Theme of ICI Kickoff on November 17
(October 2009)
“Accessing the World” is the theme of the 2009 Institute on Community Integration (ICI) Community Kickoff on Tuesday, November 17. This year’s Kickoff will be held in the Johnson Great Room at the University’s McNamara Alumni Center from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and will focus on disability work in other countries. ...
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ICI Staff Travel to Zambia to Continue Work with Partners
(September 2009)
This summer, ICI staff members Matthew Bogenschutz, Derek Nord, and Kristin Hamre traveled to Zambia to continue the work of the Twin Cities-Zambia Disability Connection. For nearly three weeks, from August 14 until September 2, they traveled around the country delivering training and conversing with various stakeholders interested in improving the status of people with disabilities. ...
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ICI Co-Hosts Arts & Disability Symposium at Weisman Art Museum, October 30
(August 2009)
An engaging symposium focusing on strengthening opportunities for children, youth and adults with disabilities to participate in the arts will be held at the University’s Weisman Art Museum on October 30. “Changing Landscapes: Symposium on the Arts & Disability” is being sponsored by a coalition of University and community organizations to bring together artists with disabilities, disability service providers, arts instructors, arts advocates, University faculty/staff/students, and others from around the state to share ideas for supporting and increasing involvement of individuals with disabilities in the arts. ...
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Pediatrics, ICI Partner on New Neurodevelopmental Disabilities LEND
(July 2009)
On July 1 the University of Minnesota became home to the state’s first-ever federally-funded LEND program (Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Other Related Disabilities), coordinated by the Department of Pediatrics and the Institute on Community Integration (ICI). Funded by a two-year, $900,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Maternal and Child Health Bureau, to the Department of Pediatrics, the Minnesota LEND is an interdisciplinary training program preparing future leaders who will serve children with Autism Spectrum Disorders, other neurodevelopmental and related disabilities, and their families in health care, education, human services, and policy settings. ...
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ICI’s “Clean and Green” Marks One Year of Transformation
(June 2009)
The Clean and Green initiative is celebrating its one-year anniversary! In May 2008, with the support of the Institute Council, a volunteer group of ICI employees came together to address the following issues:
- Establishing a “greener” work environment.
- Cleaning up common, as well as individual, work space in Pattee Hall.
- Storing confidential research documents.
- Recycling of old paperwork, manuscripts, journals, and basic paper waste. ...
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