[BlindMath] [nfbcs] Science division reach its 2017 STEM scholarship goal

[John G Heim]

I am unsure of what your point is here. How is this stuff relevant to a 
discussion over the value of a scholarship for STEM fields?



On 05/10/2017 04:05 PM, Donald Winiecki via BlindMath wrote:
> *Engineers' job satisfaction not based on salary (routinized work leads to
> stagnant and dropping job satisfaction)*
>
> https://www.jstor.org/stable/689758
>
>
>
> *Engineers' job satisfaction not substantially-different from Doctors,
> Lawyers or Teachers (high performance pressures, combined with routinized
> work leads to progressive decrease in job satisfaction)*
> http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF00300731
>
>
> *Differential job satisfaction by sex*
>
> https://academic.oup.com/sf/article/92/2/723/2235817/What-s-So-Special-about-STEM-A-Comparison-of-Women
>
>
> *Non-scientific tally of job-satisfaction ratings (not a representative
> sample)*
>
> http://www.myplan.com/careers/top-ten/highest-job-satisfaction.php
>
>
> *Employment rates & salary per career field, within 4-years of graduation
> (many STEM fields no better than non-STEM fields) (biggest premium for CS
> and undefined `engineering` -- note that 4-years is not a very large window
> for assessing career -- UPENN reports larger window but I can't find the
> report!)*
>
> https://nces.ed.gov/pubs2014/2014141.pdf
>
> _don
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> On Tue, May 9, 2017 at 7:05 PM, William Grussenmeyer via BlindMath <
> blindmath at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>
>> Good.  I am tired of seeing all those scholarships going to people in
>> majors like English, social work, and other humanities crap where they
>> will never find a job.
>>
>> On 5/9/17, John Miller via nfbcs <nfbcs at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> Thank you to everyone who has been a part of our successful effort to
>>> collect donations for a 2017 NFB Science, Technology Engineering, and
>>> Mathematics (STEM) Scholarship.
>>> The STEM scholarship will be awarded in the amount of $3000 to a worthy
>>> blind student at the 2017 NFB convention.
>>>
>>> We have made significant progress towards raising funds for a 2018 STEM
>>> scholarship as well.
>>> I want to let you know that we started the 2017 fundraising effort with
>> $940
>>> in the scholarship fund in July 2016.
>>> At this time we have raised $1565 towards a 2018 STEM scholarship.
>>> I feel confident that working together we can again award the STEM
>>> scholarship in 2018.
>>>
>>> We know that blind professionals and students are succeeding in biology,
>>> chemestry, and natural science.
>>> We know that blind individuals are performing at a high level in
>>> mathematics, physics, engineering, and related fields.
>>> Donations came from blind individuals working in these fields, our
>> friends,
>>> and our family.
>>> This year one corporate donation came from E.A.S.Y. LLC,
>>> www.easytactilegraphics.com<http://www.easytactilegraphics.com>, an
>>> organization committed to blind individuals creating technical drawings
>>> independently.
>>>
>>> I am so grateful to be part of an organization that has a belief in the
>>> abilities of blind people and a commitment to helping the next
>> generation of
>>> blind students.
>>> I am also so thankful to those who patiently listened to my pitch for the
>>> scholarship and then generously made it happen.
>>>
>>> Very Best,
>>> John Miller, President
>>> Science and Engineering Division
>>> of the National Federation of the Blind
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>>
>>
>> --
>> William Grussenmeyer
>> PhD Student, Computer Science
>> University of Nevada, Reno
>> NSF Fellow
>>
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