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Championing accessibility within disabilities studies
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No grandmothers died. No dogs ate homework. No computers corrupted term papers.
And so it was that Carolyn Shivers’ students used no such excuses when turning in assignments and she knows why. The winner of three Virginia Tech awards over the past year, Shivers credits accessibility as the key to her successes.
“I have implemented a flexible assignment submission policy,” said the assistant professor in the Department of Human Development and Family Science. “I still have deadlines, but students can ask me for an extension for any reason if they’re having a rough day, if they get sick, if they forget, if they’re overwhelmed. Since I’ve implemented that policy, my grand
Steven Poelzing, associate professor at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, led a team of cardiovascular scientists studying electrical conduction in the heart, showing increased sodium and calcium levels in the bloodstream helps keep dangerous heart rhythms at bay.
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