Sam Graves Archives - News and Media /news/tag/sam-graves/ Augsburg University Tue, 03 May 2016 21:25:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.5 Sam Graves ’16 quoted in Star Tribune article on technology and education /news/2016/05/03/sam-graves-16-quoted-in-star-tribune-article-on-technology-and-education/ Tue, 03 May 2016 21:25:32 +0000 http://www.augsburg.edu/news/?p=7071 The Minneapolis Star Tribune recently included a statement by Sam Graves ’16 in an article covering a large donation to the PACER Center, which specializes in creating technology designed for children and young adults with special needs. The $1 million donation was given by the Otto Bremer Trust. Graves, a recent Augsburg College graduate who ...

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]]> Minneapolis Star Tribune - logoThe Minneapolis Star Tribune recently included a statement by Sam Graves ’16 in an article covering a large donation to the PACER Center, which specializes in creating technology designed for children and young adults with special needs. The $1 million donation was given by the Otto Bremer Trust.

Graves, a recent Augsburg College graduate who lives with cerebral palsy, credits the Center’s library of software and adaptive devices as part of his educational success. “Without technology, I wouldn’t be able to be independent,” he said.

Graves graduated with honors April 30 and was awarded the first-ever Youth Leadership Award by the Otto Bremer Trust later that evening.

Read on the Star Tribune site.

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