DSU President's Colleagues Meeting

Dixie State University will host its sixth President’s Colleagues of DSU meeting of the 2012-13 academic year on Monday, March 4th, featuring a discussion on meeting the needs of children and adults with disabilities by Colleagues member Dr. Patrick J. Teicher.

Dr. Teicher’s presentation, entitled “Services for Children and Adults with Disabilities: Perspectives from the Trenches,” will focus on the experiences many families have had in providing for a child or relative who has a disability. Teicher will also discuss the services, resources and the improved educational opportunities that are available for children and adults with disabilities.

Teicher is a teacher, administrator and professor with 40 years of experience in working with and for disabled children and their families, both in his home state of Wisconsin and in Texas. He received his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and he also completed graduate work at the University of Michigan.

The President’s Colleagues of Dixie State University, founded nearly 20 years ago by former DSU President Dr. Douglas Alder, is a group of retired professors and other professionals who live mostly in the St. George and Washington County area. Dr. Alder, who also started an Honors Program at DSU, organized the Colleagues as a way to increase academic activities on campus.

The Colleagues meet together once a month during the academic year to hear presentations from each other and/or invited guests. The next Colleagues meeting is scheduled for Monday, April 1st, 2013, featuring a presentation on water resources in Washington County by Colleague Richard Kohler.