Roundtable
Member News
- Debra Ruh, president and founder of
TecAccess of Rockville, Virginia and VCU Business Roundtable member,
was names the Virginia Minority Small Business Person of the Year for
2005. Congratulations Deb! Read
Article
- Katherine McCary with SunTrust Bank,
Inc. recently produced an internal video for first line managers and
direct service staff within the bank. This short video will educate
managers and assist them to better accommodate workers with disabilities.
We hope to show it at our next Roundtable meeting.
- Representatives from the VCU Business Roundtable assisted
with the Business Day at the Sixteenth Annual APSE (Association for
People in Supported Employment) Conference held in Mobile, Alabama on
July 26th. Home Depot, Booz Allen Hamilton,
Manpower, Wachovia, Children
Hospital of Cincinnati, Rose Lee Productions, Inc.,
and SunTrust Bank were all represented and gave outstanding
presentations at the opening session panel discussion facilitated by
Neil Romano. Each representative also conducted several sessions
during the day!
Best Practices & Business Resources
American Ramp System (AM RAMP) may be a portable, low cost, and durable
solution to providing accessible entry at your organization. These ramps
can be rented or purchased. Visit www.americanramp.com
for more information.
The U.S. Business Leadership Network (BLN) National Conference is scheduled
for November 1-3, 2005 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. For more information,
go to www.usbln.com.
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RRTC
Project Updates
Project 1: Partnership Employment Project (PEP)
As we enter November we now have confirmed all of our sites for the project.
Four are operational and we will be visiting our newest sits in November,
2005 and January 2006. We are please to have sites in New York City and
Minneapolis. We are continuing to enroll participates and offer training
to all sites regarding employment of people with disabilities.
Project 2: Business Mentor Program
The VCU Business Mentoring Program currently has 15 business mentors recruited.
The selection of students with disabilities is underway. The program is
working to finalize the number of student participants prior to the October
19th Business Mentoring Day reception at SunTrust Bank. This will be the
kick-off for the program providing an opportunity for VCU students with
disabilities to interact with business representatives interested in becoming
mentors.
Project 3: Disability Management Practices & Successful Job Retention
On May 16, we completed our first site visit at Cincinnati Children's
Hospital Medical Center (CCHMC), conducting three initial interviews targeting
our contact person, an HR leader, and an operations leader.
Our next site visit to CCHMC took place on June 15-16, 2005, during which
time we conducted an additional 14 interviews, including employees and
their supervisors, a key support person, and a variety of key program
leaders. This concluded our first of three rounds of interviews at this
site. Our first site visit for our second targeted organization, University
of California at San Francisco, will take place on October 25-27, 2005.
In addition, we are currently developing a manuscript on retention as
it relates to people with disabilities, based on our ongoing literature
review.
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