Disability Support Services
Honors Day Awards are given to students based on the sponsor's criteria on the individual awards. Disability Support Services is proud to recognize the recipients of the following awards.
The Paul J. Campisi Award is awarded for academic excellence. The award was established in honor of Paul J. Campisi, who was a professor of Sociology at SIUE. He died in 1995 and it was the wish of the family that this award be established to recognize two outstanding senior students with a disability. James K. Goltz, who is an English major, and Patricia Trautmann, who is undeclared and considers herself a pre-pharmacy student, are the award recipients for the 2008 Paul J. Campisi Award.
The Ruby Bratten Lions Club Award, which is based on academic excellence, will also be presented at that time. The Edwardsville Lions Club, in honor of Ruby Bratten, sponsors this award. This award is given to recognize students with a disability who are seniors at SIUE. The award recipients for 2008 are Matthew Brigman, Charles T. Montgomery and Eric J. Wesselmann. Matt is a Speech Language & Pathology major, Charles is a Computer Science major and Eric is majoring in Geography.
One of the awards being presented is that of the Noble R. Thompson III Student Disabilities Award. Nobel R. Thompson III was a professor in the Geography Department at SIUE for many years and died in 2001. During his tenure at the university, Noble was an advocate for students with disabilities, particularly students with visual impairments. The student who receives this award must be visually impaired and have the highest grade point average of the students with a visual impairment. Joshua Wade, an SIUE Computer Science major, is the 2008 recipient of the Noble R. Thompson III Award.
The John B. Eiserle Memorial Award Fund was established in 2005 to commemorate John Eiserle's life and dedication to education. The recipient must be a currently enrolled SIUE student who uses a wheelchair and maintains a "B" average. The recipient of the John B. Eiserle Memorial Award Fund for 2008 is Joseph F. Avellone who is majoring in Political Science.
The names of all award recipients will be added to the plaques of honor which are in the Disability Support Services Office. Congratulations to all of our deserving award recipients.
 | The 7th Annual Wheelchair Basketball Game was held on April 16, 2008, at 6:00 PM in the Vadalabene Center on SIUE’s campus. This event, which was free to the public also provided free food and drinks. At the game, audience members had the opportunity to watch as well as play wheelchair basketball and participate in wheelchair races. The Confluence Center Coast Wheelchair Basketball team, led by Jim Dugan, once again defeated the SIUE Men's and Women's Basketball Team with a final score of 41-14 giving Confluence a record of 7 to 0 against the SIUE Teams. A Nintendo Wii was given away in a special drawing for those who attended the event with James Daniel, an SIUE student, as the big winner of the Wii. In addition, some of the other attendance prizes awarded were an Ipod Shuffle, MP3 Player, Six Flags tickets, free admission vouchers to The Magic House, free admission vouchers to Edwardsville Children’s Museum, ticket vouchers to Wehrenberg Theatres, a gift basket to Robert Clark Salon & Spa, free Oil Changes, and many more!! The emcee for the event was from the Gateway Grizzlies who was joined by Izzy, the Gateway Grizzly mascot as well as the SIUE Cougar. The SIUE Dance Team and the SIUE Cheerleaders provided the entertainment for this family friendly event and a good time was had by all in attendance! The members of the Speech Communication 415 Class, consisting of Danielle Lyons, Amy Zentgraf, Karie Dorr, Lori Roberts, and Jennifer Shacklady elected to assist in the planning and implementation of the 7th Annual Wheelchair Basketball Game as their Public Relations Senior Project. Their combined efforts and hard work helped make this one of our most successful and well attended events. A sincere "thank you" to all of our donors to this event. A complete listing of these donations may be found here. |
| The Jane Floyd-Hendey Seventh Annual 5K Roll/Run/Walk Celebrating Abilities Race was held on Sunday, April 20, 2008. Everyone, whether they rolled, ran or walked, seemed to enjoy the great weather and each other's company. Total registrants for the 2008 race was 348 participants. Kelsie Kellen was the overall female wheelchair racer with a time of 20:24.15 while David Grassi had the top time for the male wheelchair racers of 17:06.02. Brent Burks was the overall male winner with a time of 17:58.0 and Diana Kamadulski taking the title for the overall female winner with a time of 21:16.8. Way to go, Kelsie, David and Brent and Diana! First, second and third place medals in thirteen different age divisions were also presented. You must have Adobe Acrobat to get the 2008 5K Race Results. A special thank you to all participants as well as all of the great volunteers who helped us "celebrate abilities." |  |