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Career Development Workshop for Students with Disabilities
Worried your disability may hurt your chances of getting a job?
Wonder whether you should disclose your disability?
Need work experience that will make a difference?
IT’S TIME FOR SOMETHING POSITIVE – REGISTER TODAY
Learn about opportunities in Michigan’s AmeriCorps and Michigan corporations
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Thursday, March 26, 2009 at 4:00 - 7:00pm
Oakland Community College – Royal Oak Campus
739 Washington, Royal Oak, MI 48067
Register: Ms. Marcia Kosovec; (248) 246-2480; mmkosove@oaklandcc.edu
Thursday, April 2, 2009 at 3:00 – 6:00pm
Wayne State University – Faculty Administration Building, Room 1339
656 W. Kirby (Reuther Mall), Detroit, MI 48202
Ms. Randie Kruman; (313) 577-2570; rskruman@wayne.edu
Tuesday, April 14 Time: 8:30 - 10:30am
HFCC / UM-Dearborn ASCC Building (South entrance) Rosenau Rooms A-B-C
5101 Evergreen, Dearborn, MI 48126
Register: Ms. Brenda Buchanan (313) 845-9617 bbuchanan1@hfcc.edu
Cathy McAdam, Consultant, DiverseAbility LLC
John Lapetz, Retired Manager, Ford Motor Company
DiverseAbility congratulates Antoinette Adkins, Downriver CARES AmeriCorps at the Guidance Center in Southgate, Michigan, and The Dow Chemical Company for national recognitions they received on October 24, 2007.
Cathy McAdam and Sabrena Jacobs (Department of Labor and Economic Growth-Michigan Rehabilitation Services) will be giving a talk, "Innovation Program Reveals Significant Impact of Culture on Employment Issues" at the National Association for Multicultural Rehabilitation Concerns (NAMRC) conference, to be held July 19-24 in Detroit. http://www.rcepv.siu.edu/namrc/namrcfront.htm
When and How to Disclose - RSA Region V CRP-RCEP Teleconference http://www.ed.uiuc.edu/illinoisrcep/activities/teleconf.htm - Presentation and transcript will be available online after session (see Tuesday, September 28, 2004 presentation at link)
Fall career development workshops were given for University of Michigan-Dearborn, Henry Ford Community College, University of Illinois-Champaign-Urbana, Michigan State University, University of Detroit Mercy, Wayne State University, and at the Michigan Rehabilitation Conference
2004 Disability Mentoring Day at Ford Motor Company and Leading Michigan Companies
Kathy McCreedy, President, DiverseAbility, to speak October 1st at The University of Michigan Business School, as part of the Michigan Business Women's (MBW) 12th Annual Women in Leadership Conference. She will participate in a panel discussion, "Fork in the Road: Steering Your Career in a Different Direction." http://umich.edu/~wlc/
Dearborn Honored with Livability Award July 21, 2004 http://pressandguide.com/stories/072104/loc_20040721011.shtml
DiverseAbility Presents Disclosure Workshop May 18, 2004 for Rehabilitation Professionals – sponsored by MARO website today (www.maro.org)
Dow Chemical Sponsors Career Workshop April 2, 2004 for Students at Saginaw Valley State University and Delta College
Ford Motor Company Sponsors Career Workshops for College Students with Disabilities
DiverseAbility presents "Challenging the Fear of Disclosure" at Michigan Rehabilitation Conference, in November, 2003
DiverseAbility presents "A College Degree and Still No Job" at Michigan Rehabilitation Conference in November, 2002
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