Blazing a Trail With Help From Residence Life: Meet Dawud Hamdan

December 14, 2017

Dawud Hamdan, a senior majoring in public health, suffers from transverse myelitis, a neurological condition that causes inflammation along a segment of the spinal cord. Read his story and watch the video to find out how he worked with Residence Life staff on special accommodations to allow him to comfortably live on campus.

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