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UNF partners with Arc to help disabled students
The On Campus Transition Program began Aug. 6 at the University of North Florida, turning 16 students' dreams of attending college into a reality.
The University of North Florida and The Arc Jacksonville have partnered to create the OCT program, which enables students with developmental disabilities to learn occupational and social skills and experience college life.
"For many years, we've had a real challenge with folks who have developmental disabilities in finding what we call age appropriate places for them to go to school," said Dr. Kristine Wiest Webb, the director of the Disability Resource Center and a founder of the program. "For
us, it just made good sense to partner with The Arc Jacksonville in forming a neat
college experience."
OCT students attend regular UNF classes and can take part in extracurricular activities, volunteer on campus and participate in one hour of fitness a day,
Webb said.
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Student saves life at pool
A University of North Florida student pulled an unconscious man from the bottom of the Aquatic Center pool
Aug. 13.
Thomas Morton was practicing underwater breathing techniques when he blacked out and was brought to the surface by a nearby group of swimmers, according to Heather Kite, assistant director of the
Aquatic Center.
"This is certainly one of the most severe things that's happened at the Aquatic Center," Kite said. Kite said nothing similar to this incident has happened for almost nine years.
"It's really not uncommon, that in the time frame it takes a lifeguard to scan from one side of the pool to the other side, for a patron to be able to recognize something first because they're in the water and they're swimming right next to people," Kite said. "The lifeguard only has x amount of people to watch as they go back and forth."
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