Here's a scholarship opportunity for legally blind students. If anyone knows of any other such scholarships, let me know and I'll post them too. I was an NFB scholarship winner back in 1992/1993. I'll never forget that convention. I was so sick!!! I remember sitting in a session trying very hard not to just pass out then and there. My GI symptoms were very bad, and I didn't know I had Crohn's, much less HPS. I haven't been to a national NFB convention in many years, but when I did go, they were a blast and a great opportunity.
NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND2008 SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
Each year at its national convention in July, the NFB gives a broad array of thirty scholarships to recognize achievement by blind scholars. All applicants for these scholarships:
must be legally blind, and
must be pursuing or planning to pursue a full-time, postsecondary course of study in a degree program at a United States' institution in the 2008 scholastic year, except that one scholarship may be given to a person employed full-time while attending school part-time, and
must participate in the entire NFB national convention and in all scheduled scholarship program activities.
In addition to a scholarship, each winner will be brought to the 2008 National Federation of the Blind Annual Convention in July at Federation expense, providing an excellent opportunity for high level networking with active blind persons in many, many different professions and occupations.
The scholarship application deadline is March 31, 2008, 5:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time.
What kind of student wins an NFB scholarship? Read about past NFB National Scholarship recipients in the August-September issues of the Braille Monitor.
· Braille Monitor August-September 2007
· Braille Monitor August-September 2006
· Braille Monitor August-September 2005
The 2008 Scholarship Application Form is made available online, by mail, and in the upcoming December 2007 issue of the Braille Monitor (available in large print, Braille, cassette, and online).
To apply for a scholarship online, please begin here:
· About the NFB Scholarship Program
· Submissions Checklist
· Applicant Instructions
· 2008 Scholarship Application Form (online)
· 2008 List of Scholarships
· NFB Divisions, Groups, and Committees
To print a 2008 Scholarship Application Form, download the Word document:
· 2008 Scholarship Application Form (Word document)
NFB Scholarship CommitteeAnil Lewis, Chairman (Atlanta, Georgia)Office: (404) 371-1000 E-mail: scholarships@nfb.org
NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND2008 SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
Each year at its national convention in July, the NFB gives a broad array of thirty scholarships to recognize achievement by blind scholars. All applicants for these scholarships:
must be legally blind, and
must be pursuing or planning to pursue a full-time, postsecondary course of study in a degree program at a United States' institution in the 2008 scholastic year, except that one scholarship may be given to a person employed full-time while attending school part-time, and
must participate in the entire NFB national convention and in all scheduled scholarship program activities.
In addition to a scholarship, each winner will be brought to the 2008 National Federation of the Blind Annual Convention in July at Federation expense, providing an excellent opportunity for high level networking with active blind persons in many, many different professions and occupations.
The scholarship application deadline is March 31, 2008, 5:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time.
What kind of student wins an NFB scholarship? Read about past NFB National Scholarship recipients in the August-September issues of the Braille Monitor.
· Braille Monitor August-September 2007
· Braille Monitor August-September 2006
· Braille Monitor August-September 2005
The 2008 Scholarship Application Form is made available online, by mail, and in the upcoming December 2007 issue of the Braille Monitor (available in large print, Braille, cassette, and online).
To apply for a scholarship online, please begin here:
· About the NFB Scholarship Program
· Submissions Checklist
· Applicant Instructions
· 2008 Scholarship Application Form (online)
· 2008 List of Scholarships
· NFB Divisions, Groups, and Committees
To print a 2008 Scholarship Application Form, download the Word document:
· 2008 Scholarship Application Form (Word document)
NFB Scholarship CommitteeAnil Lewis, Chairman (Atlanta, Georgia)Office: (404) 371-1000 E-mail: scholarships@nfb.org
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