Join us for a collaborative event featuring Peta Long!
Thursday, March 1, 12-1pm
101 Muller Faculty Center
Student Accessibility Services, in conjunction with the Center for Academic Advancement, Career Services, and the Center for Faculty Excellence, is pleased to welcome Peta Long. Peta Long will share her personal story involving dyslexia as she pursued a post-graduate degree. Peta will reveal her experiences with dyslexia and explain differences in learning to better understand how one learns and how to use that information to approach ones work. Having had the opportunity to be both a teacher and a student, she will provide insight into how her difficulties challenge and motivate her through the academic journey.
This will be an interactive session open to students, faculty and staff. Students exploring their own learning styles are encouraged to attend. This will also serve as a learning and professional development opportunity for faculty and staff.
Peta is completing her PhD in Mass Communication and Media Studies at Syracuse’s Newhouse School. Peta will be on campus as part of the Park School of Communications ALANA scholars-in-residence program and will be doing a series of presentations on topics related to the communications field as well. In addition to her personal experiences, she will reference information during this session from The Dyslexic Advantage: Unlocking the Hidden Potential of the Dyslexic Brain coauthored by Dr. Brock Eide and Dr. Fernette Eide.
Individuals with disabilities requiring accommodations contact Judith Ross-Bernstein at jrossbernstein@ithaca.edu or (607) 274-3734
