Event Title
Discussion on Providing Accommodations in Difficult or Novel Higher Education Settings
Start Date
22-3-2019 2:00 PM
End Date
22-3-2019 3:00 PM
Description
Discussion On Providing Accommodations In Difficult Or Novel Higher Education Settings
Seth will discuss current accommodation issues that SUNY’s Office of General Counsel has been working on with regularity. Topics will include providing accommodations during student conduct proceedings, international and applied learning programs, digital and web accessibility and accommodating mental health in the classroom.
Biography
Seth F. Gilbertson is an Associate Counsel for the State University of New York's Office of University Counsel. In addition to his general responsibilities as labor and student affairs counsel for SUNY’s six Western New York campuses (“Westcam”), Mr. Gilbertson specializes in records management, applied learning, and international programs issues for SUNY on a system-wide basis. Before joining SUNY, Mr. Gilbertson clerked for the New York State Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Third Judicial Department. In a previous life, he was the Mountain Manager of Apple Mountain Resort in Freeland, Michigan. He earned his B.A., cum laude, from Saginaw Valley State University and his J.D., cum laude, from Albany Law School, where he served as Editor-in-Chief of the Albany Law Review. He is active in both the New York State Bar Association and the National Association of College and University Attorneys.
Discussion on Providing Accommodations in Difficult or Novel Higher Education Settings
Discussion On Providing Accommodations In Difficult Or Novel Higher Education Settings
Seth will discuss current accommodation issues that SUNY’s Office of General Counsel has been working on with regularity. Topics will include providing accommodations during student conduct proceedings, international and applied learning programs, digital and web accessibility and accommodating mental health in the classroom.
Biography
Seth F. Gilbertson is an Associate Counsel for the State University of New York's Office of University Counsel. In addition to his general responsibilities as labor and student affairs counsel for SUNY’s six Western New York campuses (“Westcam”), Mr. Gilbertson specializes in records management, applied learning, and international programs issues for SUNY on a system-wide basis. Before joining SUNY, Mr. Gilbertson clerked for the New York State Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Third Judicial Department. In a previous life, he was the Mountain Manager of Apple Mountain Resort in Freeland, Michigan. He earned his B.A., cum laude, from Saginaw Valley State University and his J.D., cum laude, from Albany Law School, where he served as Editor-in-Chief of the Albany Law Review. He is active in both the New York State Bar Association and the National Association of College and University Attorneys.
