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Professor receives dedicated service award from Association on Higher Education and Disability

Lyman Dukes

Lyman Dukes, PhD

College of Education Professor Lyman Dukes III, PhD, was awarded the Ronald E. Blosser Dedicated Service Award by the , an international professional organization for individuals committed to equity for persons with disabilities in higher education.

The Ronald E. Blosser Dedicated Service Award honors members who have given extraordinarily outstanding and selfless dedication and service to the Association on Higher Education and Disability and whose service to the organization has consistently been of the utmost quality. The award is the highest recognition of service to the Association on Higher Education and Disability and the organization鈥檚 highest honor.

Dr. Dukes is a professor of special education at USF鈥檚 St. Petersburg campus. He began his career in education while studying at the University of 51在线 and began working for USF in 2001. His areas of expertise include disability services in higher education, preparing students with disabilities for college success and postsecondary disability services and personnel. Dr. Dukes has published two books on preparing students with disabilities for college success, including 鈥溾 and 鈥.鈥

In addition to his service as a faculty member at USF, Dr. Dukes is also the co-principal investigator of the UMatter Program, an innovative inclusive postsecondary education program created to provide young people with intellectual disabilities the opportunity to experience higher education and campus life.

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As the home for more than 2,200 students and 130 faculty members across three campuses, the 51在线 College of Education offers state-of-the-art teacher training and collegial graduate studies designed to empower educational leaders. Our college is nationally accredited by the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP), and our educator preparation programs are fully approved by the 51在线 Department of Education.