The KU Program on Visual Impairment is one of the oldest of approximately 40 programs in visual impairment in the United States

KU is the only program to offer an undergraduate and graduate program at a state university in Pennsylvania.

KU professors are actively involved in state and national issues. Dr. Ross serves on state and national committees in visual impairment and deafblindness. He is Past-President of the CEC-Division on Visual Impairment (DVI), served as a consultant to a 20th Century FOX scriptwriter, author of numerous journal articles, presentations, and publications.

KU students have the opportunity to attend and participate in state and national conferences.

KU students have presented juried research studies since 1993 at state and national conferences in cities such as Indianapolis, Orlando, Salt Lake City, Minneapolis, Charlotte, Vancouver, Kansas City, New York City, Seattle ...

Students may submit their studies for publication; recently an undergraduate student was published in The Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness.

KU students continue to be elected as Student Representative on the National Board of Directors in CEC-DVI (11 of the past 14 years).

KU has a rich history of successful graduates: Outstanding teachers, supervisors, and educational directors National CEC Teacher of the Year for all of special education National CEC/DVI Virginia Sowell Student of the Year Numerous KU graduates have become professors in programs on visual impairment Many graduates are published (some are authors of materials we use)