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Agenda

2026 MSU Disability Summit
The Future of Disability in Higher Education
October 2, 2026
 Agenda

Time

Union Ballroom

9:00 - 9:30 a.m.

Registration and Check-In 

9:30 - 10:00 a.m.

Welcome and Opening Remarks

Shelby Gombosi, Director, RCPD

Tyra Khan, ADA/504 Coordinator

President Kevin M. Guskiewicz, Ph.D. (video)

10:00 - 11:00 a.m.

Keynote Address - Dr. Sami Schalk

11:00 - 11:15 a.m.

Break  

11:15 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Roundtable Discussion: Experiences and Perspectives of Disabled Students, Staff, and Faculty  *Book Signing Opportunity

12:00 - 1:10 p.m.

Lunch and Networking *Book Signing Opportunity

Concurrent Breakout Sessions

Time

Union Ballroom

Lake Huron

1:10 - 2:00 p.m.

Unmasking Student Success  *Book Signing Opportunity

Values-Based Career Decision Making *Book Signing Opportunity

2:00 - 2:10 p.m.

Break *Book Signing Opportunity

Break *Book Signing Opportunity

2:10 - 3:00 p.m.

Ethics in Disability Communications

*Book Signing Opportunity

Every Voice, Every Word

Transforming the Academy

Shifting the Lens

(Three Poster/Flash Presentations)

 *Book Signing Opportunity

3:00 - 3:10 p.m.

Break

Break

3:10 - 4:00 p.m.

Exploring Disabled Futurities

Teaching Disability History: Approaches and Perspectives

4:00 - 4:10 p.m.

Break

4:10 - 4:30 p.m.

Closing Remarks and Summit Reflections

Lex Stuart, Student

 

 

The Sensory Space is located on the 3rd floor and open from 9 – 4:30.

The Lake Huron room is located on the 3rd floor.