Events
Join us in celebrating and promoting accessibility at UTRGV.
2020 Events
For Students
For Faculty and Staff
5th Annual UTRGV Accessibility Achievement Award Ceremony
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The 5th Annual Accessibility Achievement Award ceremony
The Accessibility Achievement Award is an annual celebration of individuals who support and contribute to access for students with disabilities at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. Student Accessibility Services alone does not make the university accessible to students. We rely on every member of the multi-campus community.
Award ceremony will be pre-recorded and posted on October 30. 2020, at 1:00 pm.
“In Our Shoes” Student Interviews
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“In Our Shoes” Student Interviews
Students with disabilities describe their academic life and provide faculty with valuable insight on working with SAS and themselves. Follow the links below:
Facebook of UTRGV
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Facebook of UTRGV (Humans of UTRGV)
Students with disabilities describe their academic life and provide faculty with valuable insight on working with SAS and themselves. Follow the links below:
Accessibility, Inclusion and Diversity Showcase, Housing and Residence Life
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UTRGV Staff promote accessibility
Living on campus is a significant part of the UTRGV Vaquero experience. The residential program is designed to support student success. The Department of Housing and Residence Life focuses on academic success, civic and community engagement, social and recreational involvement, healthy relationships, inclusive communities and personal wellness. Additionally, the residential community offers a variety of options for leadership, peer relationships and employment. Whether you are beginning your collegiate experience or continuing your education, the Department of Housing and Residence Life encourages you to consider the many benefits of campus living and invites you to join our residence life community.
Accessibility, Inclusion and Diversity Showcase, Athletics
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UTRGV Staff promote accessibility
The UTRGV Athletics program elevates the standard of Division I Athletics and proudly represents the University in competition, in the classroom, and in the community. Inspired by the growth of our community, and our innovative University, we have a strong vision for the future: to provide student-athletes with fulfilling, dynamic experiences and educational opportunities that will shape them into leaders and successful professionals.
Accessibility, Inclusion and Diversity Showcase, Writing Center
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UTRGV Staff promote accessibility
The Writing Center is dedicated to assisting UTRGV students of all classifications and disciplines in all stages of the writing process with the ultimate goal of making our students more efficient communicators, critical thinkers, and independent learners. Our CRLA-trained peer tutors of various academic backgrounds actively engage students to achieve the following goals:
- To generate ideas at all stages of the writing process
- To gain a better understanding of content and structure
- To effectively research topics by using reliable resources and correctly formatting citations
- To provide convenient access to writing tutoring (face-to-face, Skype, or online)
- To implement revision strategies for independent learning
- To raise confidence in student writing
Accessibility, Inclusion and Diversity Showcase, Career Center
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UTRGV Staff promote accessibility
WELCOME TO THE UTRGV CAREER CENTER
We offer essential services to help undergraduates, graduate students and alumni with formulating and implementing career plans. Whether finding a major, exploring a career, critiquing résumés, or preparing for an interview, we are here every step of the way.
Accessibility, Inclusion and Diversity Showcase, Counseling Center
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UTRGV Staff promote accessibility
The Counseling Center is a place that provides free and confidential counseling services to address mental health concerns and to promote personal growth for currently enrolled UTRGV students.
Counseling is a process that enables a person to grow in a way that s/he chooses. Students may want to change their behavior, thoughts, or lifestyle to increase self-awareness or to remedy a problem. The counselor’s responsibility is to assist the student as s/he works toward achieving those goals for personal growth and development.
Accessibility, Inclusion and Diversity Showcase, Veterans Upward Bound
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UTRGV Staff promote accessibility
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley has been funded with a federal grant to help prepare Cameron County veterans who are pursuing a program of higher education. With your support this program will continue beyond our presently approved five-year grant.
The program will:
- Provide intensive basic skills development in those academic subjects required for a successful completion of a high school equivalency program and for admission to postsecondary programs
- Assist veterans in securing support services from other local resources, such as Veterans Affairs, state veterans services, veterans association, and other state and local agencies that serve veterans.
Everything this program offers is free as long as you are enrolled in the Veterans Upward Bound Program.
Built in Accessible Functions Portable Devices
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Apple Accessibility Taking a family portrait. Catching up over FaceTime. Raising the blinds to let in the morning light. We want everyone to enjoy the everyday moments that technology helps make possible, so we work to make every Apple product accessible from the very start. Because the true value of a device isn’t measured by how powerful it is, but by how much it empowers you.
Windows Accessibility There are no limits to what people can achieve when technology reflects the diversity of everyone. Our products and services are designed for people of all abilities.
Android Accessibility From the start, we build with accessibility in mind. We work together to learn how we use devices, what obstacles we might face and what our days look like when we have disabilities. The end result isn’t just a new app or device. It’s a more inclusive way for everyone to experience the world.
Built in Accessible Functions Personal Computer
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Apple Accessibility Taking a family portrait. Catching up over FaceTime. Raising the blinds to let in the morning light. We want everyone to enjoy the everyday moments that technology helps make possible, so we work to make every Apple product accessible from the very start. Because the true value of a device isn’t measured by how powerful it is, but by how much it empowers you.
Windows Accessibility There are no limits to what people can achieve when technology reflects the diversity of everyone. Our products and services are designed for people of all abilities.
Accessible Textbooks
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Bookshare.org makes reading easier. People with dyslexia, blindness, cerebral palsy, and other reading barriers can customize their experience to suit their learning style and find virtually any book they need for school, work, or the joy of reading.
Learningally.org Learning Ally is a leading nonprofit education solutions organization that transforms the lives of struggling learners by delivering proven solutions that help students reach their potential.
Vitalsource.com is a platform for purchasing online textbooks from many major publishers. Their reading platform, Bookshelf, is available for Windows, Mac, iOS, and Android.
XODO PDF Reader and Annotator
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With Xodo, you can edit, annotate, sign, and share PDFs on desktop, mobile, and web, whenever and wherever you want. Xodo’s seamless, intuitive design allows you to focus on the content, while our diverse tools let you get things done and excel. Whether you’re highlighting class notes, revising and signing a contract, showing clients a mock-up, or just reading a good book, we’re designing Xodo to help you do it better.
Microsoft OneNote
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OneNote is a digital note-taking app that provides a single place for keeping all of your notes, research, plans, and information — everything you need to remember and manage in your life at home, at work, or at school. In OneNote, notebooks never run out of paper. Notes are easy to organize, print, and share, and you can search and find important information quickly, even if you forget where you've originally captured it. Best of all, your notebooks are stored online so you can easily get to them on any of your mobile devices. Using link above videos can be viewed at any time.
Microsoft Office Lens
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Office Lens trims, enhances, and makes pictures of whiteboards and docs readable. You can use Office Lens to convert images to PDF, Word and PowerPoint files, and you can even save images to OneNote or OneDrive. Using link above videos can be viewed at any time.
Text to Speech Read Aloud Software Microsoft Immersive Reader
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The Microsoft Immersive Reader is a free tool, built into Word, OneNote, Outlook, Office Lens, Microsoft Teams, Forms, Flipgrid, Minecraft Education Edition and the Edge browser, that implement proven techniques to improve reading and writing for people regardless of their age or ability. Using link above videos can be viewed at any time.