INCLUDE COLLEGE
“Life is a journey, be prepared for the trip”: Destination Dawgs Brings Inclusive College Opportunities to University of Georgia By Hilary Vece
Six years ago, inclusive college was
Dawgs offers college options
semesters and a prerequisite
in the news thanks to a viral video
for students with intellectual
Summer Leadership Institute.
of Jordan Huffman’s acceptance
disabilities in Athens, Georgia.
During the Summer Leadership
into the first University of Georgia
Known as inclusive post secondary
Institute, students experience
(UGA) Destination Dawgs
education (IPSE), inclusive college
campus activities, eat in campus
cohort in 2016. The video depicts
like Destination Dawgs is gaining
dining halls, and ride UGA buses.
Huffman in his room playing
in popularity throughout the
They have the opportunity to meet
drums when he receives and reads
state–and the country. There are
and talk to current UGA students
aloud his acceptance letter to
now 314 IPSE programs in the U.S.
and peer mentors. Peer mentors
Destination Dawgs at UGA.
with eight (soon to be nine) in
lead participants in activities that
Georgia.
emphasize goal setting and
Housed in the Institute on Human
leadership development. Students
Development and Disability
Destination Dawgs is a two-year
completing the Summer
(IHDD) at UGA, Destination
college program with four
Leadership Institute receive
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