Tina Kissell, assistant director of Disabilities Services, has been elected to serve on the Board of NC AHEAD (Association on Higher Education and Disability) as member-at-large for private college institutions in the state of North Carolina.
NC AHEAD is the state-level professional association that is committed to full participation of persons with disabilities in postsecondary education. Kissell’s role is to facilitate conversation among peer-group private institutions across the state and serve as their voice on the NC AHEAD Board.
She presented a session entitled “Our Greatest Assets are our Students as Mentors, Trainers, and Interns” with Karen Franklin from Queen’s University and Katie Montie from UNC Charlotte at the Spring NC AHEAD Conference held Monday, March 7, 2016.
Kissell also facilitated the private college round-table session during the conference.