{"id":8692,"date":"2026-04-05T22:19:22","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T02:19:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/deanofstudents\/?p=8692"},"modified":"2026-04-09T11:41:49","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T15:41:49","slug":"dai-staff-asst-dean-is-2026-inclusive-excellence-award-winner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/deanofstudents\/dai-staff-asst-dean-is-2026-inclusive-excellence-award-winner\/","title":{"rendered":"DAI staff &amp; Asst Dean is 2026 Inclusive Excellence Award winner"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cl-wrapper cl-boxout-wrapper\"><div class=\"cl-boxout right  \"><h1>Paige Ramsdell<\/h1>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/deanofstudents\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1484\/Dr.-Paige-Ramsdell-headshot.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8694\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/deanofstudents\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1484\/Dr.-Paige-Ramsdell-headshot.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/deanofstudents\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1484\/Dr.-Paige-Ramsdell-headshot-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/deanofstudents\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1484\/Dr.-Paige-Ramsdell-headshot-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/deanofstudents\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1484\/Dr.-Paige-Ramsdell-headshot-364x364.jpeg 364w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<a class=\"cl-button  block-level prominent\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2026\/04\/inclusive-excellence-award-winners-honored-at-uri\/\" title=\"\">2026 Inclusive ExcellenCe Award winners<\/a>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"type-width\">Dr. Paige Ramsdell is a respected leader in disability and inclusion whose work has made the University of Rhode Island a more equitable and welcoming place for students to learn and thrive.&nbsp; As Director of the Disability Access and Inclusion office, she has championed disability as a vital dimension of diversity, led transformative policy advancements, and ensured students with complex access needs can fully thrive. Known for her empathy, and collaborative leadership, Dr. Ramsdell has built a professional culture rooted in innovation, affirmation, and student\u2011centered excellence. Her impact extends beyond the university through statewide advocacy that strengthens educational equity across the state of Rhode Island. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:5%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/deanofstudents\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1484\/PER-2026-Inclusive-Excellence-Awards-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8704\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/deanofstudents\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1484\/PER-2026-Inclusive-Excellence-Awards-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/deanofstudents\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1484\/PER-2026-Inclusive-Excellence-Awards-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/deanofstudents\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1484\/PER-2026-Inclusive-Excellence-Awards-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/deanofstudents\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1484\/PER-2026-Inclusive-Excellence-Awards-364x273.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/deanofstudents\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1484\/PER-2026-Inclusive-Excellence-Awards-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/deanofstudents\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1484\/PER-2026-Inclusive-Excellence-Awards-1000x750.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/deanofstudents\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1484\/PER-2026-Inclusive-Excellence-Awards.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:5%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Paige Ramsdell is a respected leader in disability and inclusion whose work has made the University of Rhode Island a more equitable and welcoming place for students to learn and thrive.&nbsp; As Director of the Disability Access and Inclusion office, she has championed disability as a vital dimension of diversity, led transformative policy advancements, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3495,"featured_media":7200,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8692","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-kudos"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/deanofstudents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8692","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/deanofstudents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/deanofstudents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/deanofstudents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3495"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/deanofstudents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8692"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/deanofstudents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8692\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8707,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/deanofstudents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8692\/revisions\/8707"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/deanofstudents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/deanofstudents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8692"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/deanofstudents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8692"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/deanofstudents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}