Ward Newmeyer is the Director of Student Accessibility Services. He advises students with disabilities, authorizes and arranges services and accommodations, and oversees overall SAS operations. He consults for faculty, administration, and student groups about disability-related issues and advocates for equal opportunities and routine, full inclusion of persons with disabilities in the Dartmouth community. Ward’s thirty-year career in higher education and disability has been primarily at the University of California’s Davis and Berkeley campuses. After sixteen years in their service programs for students with disabilities, he was the ADA/504 Compliance Officer at U.C. Berkeley. He was President of the Association on Higher Education and Disability (AHEAD) and is currently on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability. Ward may be reached at (603) 646-9900 or via e-mail at ward.newmeyer@dartmouth.edu.
Larry Cusick, BS, is the Student Accessibility Services Assistant. He is responsible for arranging the delivery of quality remote captioning services in a classroom setting for Deaf and Hard of Hearing students. He also coordinates the document conversion process which includes provision of audio materials, converting material for text-to-speech software, and training students on the appropriate technologies, arranging for Braille transcription and researching emerging assistive technologies. In addition, he is responsible for researching, training and managing the delivery of other adaptive technology including voice recognition software, white screen technology and video captioning. He received his Bachelors of Science degree in Environmental Science from Purchase College in New York State. Questions and comments related to captioning, document conversion and adaptive technology support currently provided by Student Accessibility Services may be directed to Larry at (603) 646-8648 or via e-mail at lawrence.c.cusick@dartmouth.edu.
Holly Potter is the Student Accessibility Services Office Manager. She oversees the day-to-day operations of the SAS office, and splits her time between Student Accessibility Services and the Academic Skills Center. Holly graduated from Katherine Gibbs College in Boston, Massachusetts after completing their two-year liberal arts/business program. You may reach Holly at (603) 646-2014 or by blitz at holly.a.t.potter@dartmouth.edu.
