Category: Grad Ctr News

Hello guide dog community, We are pleased to invite you to our upcoming rideshare virtual town hall on Wednesday, November 13, 2024, at 7 PM Eastern. This will be a solution-oriented discussion around our challenges with rideshare denials, covering some important milestones and possible solutions moving forward. We will have some questions for our panelists,… Continue reading Rideshare Virtual Town Hall

Greetings Grads! Our next Guiding Eyes Graduate Council Quarterly Call is scheduled for Sunday, October 27, 2024, at 7PM eastern. The session is titled, “Update on the Puppy Raiser Program: A Discussion about the Key Role Raisers Play in Our GEB Family.” All GEB grads and puppy raisers are welcome to attend. We have put… Continue reading October 27 Quarterly Call with Raisers (10/2024)

Hello Graduates, We are getting ready to send out Annual Health Surveys. As you know, our guide dogs’ health is of utmost importance to us. We appreciate your participation and willingness to provide pertinent information about your guide dog through this process. Here is what to expect: If we need to update your email address… Continue reading Annual Health Surveys (10/2024)

Hello Graduates, Guiding Eyes continues to assist in resolving guide dog discrimination issues and advocating for greater accessibility and inclusion for our community. Each day, we see the toll of repeated denials of access on our guide dog teams, especially in the rideshare space. Rideshare denials disrupt the daily lives of guide dog handlers now… Continue reading Addressing Rideshare Denials (10/2024)

Hello Graduates, We hope this communication finds you well! With the change of season, we wanted to provide a few updates and reminders… Student Training Update We are excited to share that Guiding Eyes has recently moved to increasing on-campus class sizes to six students, which is a welcome change from our previous class size… Continue reading Admissions and Client Experience Update (10/2024)

Dear Guiding Eyes Graduate Family, This is Ashley Townsend and guide dog Lolly from the Grad Council. As mentioned in Nikki Wentz’s graduate communication last week, I’m reaching out to inform you that we will be hosting two graduate support groups in the coming weeks on 8/27 and 9/10. The Bereavement Group will be for… Continue reading Upcoming Grad Council Calls (8/2024)

As the new Admissions Manager, I wanted to reach out and formally introduce myself to those that don’t already know me. This fall will mark 13 years at Guiding Eyes during which time I have worked as a Guide Dog Mobility Instructor, both in residential and home training settings, and most recently as a Regional… Continue reading Update from Admissions and Client Experience Team (8/2024) 

Tackling Conventions with Your Guide Dog July is fast approaching, and with it, the time of year many of us like to call “convention season.” Whether you plan to attend either the national NFB or ACB conventions, or another conference of your choosing in the future, we would like to provide you with several important… Continue reading Tackling Conventions with your Guide Dog (7/2024)

We hope you and your pup are well! Summer is just around the corner, and with it, two of the most widely attended conferences of the year for those who are blind or visually impaired. We are thrilled to let our graduates know that Guiding Eyes representatives will be traveling to Florida for both the… Continue reading Join Guiding Eyes at the NFB and ACB National Conventions (6/2024)

We are pleased to share that in response to a request from the graduate council, Guiding Eyes will increase the overall amount of the Graduate Assistance Fund by $100 per year to help cover the costs of veterinary care. Effective immediately, you can submit invoices for up to $600 total per calendar year. To submit an invoice… Continue reading Graduate Assistance Fund Increase (4/2024)