Curtin celebrates the establishment of the Cisco Networking Academy for the Vision Impaired and the collaboration with industry partners in providing this innovative education and employment project. Curtin will hand over the Cisco Academy to the WA Association for the Blind. The Association will run the Academy, while Curtin will continue to be involved in research and development, with Cisco Systems Inc. providing ongoing sponsorship.
This event was an acknowledgement of the collaboration between Curtin, Cisco Systems Inc, the Association for the Blind and the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations as well as the internal collaboration between the School of Information Systems and the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.
Innovation in Education and Employment:
Cisco for the Vision Impaired
Liz McIlone, Carol Solosy, Shiela McHale MLA & Dr Crowley, CEO ABWA
Dr Helen Armstrong
Hon. Sheila McHale Minister for Disability Services & Curtin CBS staff
Josh Gibblet (student) behind Ian Blackburn (student), Kerry Hoath (Instructor) and Grahame Pierce (student)
Event attendees
Prof Greg Craven, Deputy Vice Chancellor Curtin University
Shiela McHale MLA
David Porter and Peter Scope, Cisco Systems
David Porter and Peter Scope, Cisco Systems
Dr Margaret Crowley, CEO Association for the Blind WA
Staff, some Students and key members of the project
Geraldine Lane (instructor) Dr Crowley, Peter Scope Shiela McHale, Iain Murray, Jacqui Rovis-Hermann of DEWR and Dr Armstrong
Iain Murray, Dr Armstrong, Dr Crowley and Peter Scope with Topaz & Cookie
Justin and Geraldine with the PR guidedogs and Topaz, Geraldines’ working guide dog (yes, Topaz attends class too)
A peck on the cheek ;-)
The Australian Innovation Festival will celebrate its sixth anniversary in 2007. The Festival was established in 2002 to support and promote the best of Australian innovation and entrepreneurship
We were interviewed on Curtin FM! The audio is available here
