Welcome to the Newman University ADA services page! Our goal is to ensure that all students have equal access to educational opportunities at Newman by determining ADA eligibility and providing reasonable accommodations.
As the student, it is your responsibility to bring your need for accommodation to our attention. This need must be due to a qualifying disability. You can request accommodation through the Student Success Center. Parents, staff, and facility cannot contact the Student Success Center for a student. Parents of students over the age of 18, must have an academic FERPA waiver on file with the Registrar’s Office for staff to discuss a student’s accommodations.
Our staff will assist students in their request for accommodations and help them obtain other necessary support services. Once we receive proper information and have an in-person meeting with you, the Student Success Center staff will notify appropriate faculty and/or staff of your agreed-upon accommodations. Students are required to submit the required forms contained in the ADA Information Packet (see link below) to begin the process of receiving accommodations. Each semester an updated request must be submitted so new faculty and/or staff can be notified of accommodations. The form for this request each semester will be sent via email to each student who has accommodations on file. Accommodation changes based on additional diagnoses will require additional documentation.
ADA Resources
To beginning setting up ADA accommodations, please download the ADA Information Packet below. We look forward to assisting you! If you have any questions, feel free to contact our offices. Contact information is listed at the bottom of the page.
Emotional Assistance Animal Information
If a student resides or will reside on campus and an Emotional Assistance Animal has been prescribed by a medical professional in support of a student's mental health or disability, the Student Success Center can help. All Emotional Assistance Animals in the residential halls must be approved by Disability Services and the Director of Residence Life. Before an Emotional Assistance Animal is considered for approval, the forms in the Emotional Assistance Animal Information Packet must be completed by a professional health care provider who is treating the student for the mental health need or disability. All roommates in assigned dorm living arrangements must agree to having an Emotional Assistance Animal in the dorm room/suite. There is a form for this in the information packet. This form must be completed and submitted prior to any animal being moved into the dorm and any time a roommate changes. The initial request for an Emotional Assistance Animal may be made using the Emotional Assistance Animal Information Packet and Forms (see link below). It is highly recommended that this entire process be completed no later than four weeks before the start of the semester to facilitate all signatures and process can be completed in a timely fashion.
The Student Success Center
Newman University Dugan
3100 McCormick St
Wichita, Kansas 67213
Contact: Lawna Kurtyka--Disability Coordinator
Phone: 316-942-4291 ext. 2319
Email: [email protected]
The two laws that govern disability accommodations in higher education are Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (Title III is specifically for non-public schools) and Section 504 of the 1973 Rehabilitation Act. Please note though, K-12 education is governed by different laws than institutions of higher education, and so academic accommodations may work differently at Newman than you may have experienced before arriving, a high school IEP does not carry over to higher level learning.