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

Thu May 11 14:48:08 UTC 2017

Hi all,

I think we can all agree that the NFB provides incredibly generous
scholarships for students pursuing varying fields. These scholarships
are integral in helping blind students achieve their educational and
vocational goals. Whether or not you feel that scholarships dedicated
to any field, whether scientific or humanities, are worth the
investment is mostly irrelevant in this discussion. Just because STEM
fields are constantly emerding and developing does not diminish the
value of providing scholarships to humanities students. The point is
that blind students often have to spend more on specialized
technology, equipment, services, and other such things, and providing
scholarships to anyone in any field is exceptionally generous and
phenomenal. I would urge people to not call any field "crap" however,
as this is both offensive and untrue, and as a previous email said, it
would be difficult to develop the STEM fields or any fields without
the existence and development of other fields that may be, in some
people's view, completely unrelated. The world is a web of
interlocking links.
This discussion, in my view, has become more about employment and
statistics etc at this point. Correct me if I'm wrong.

Best,
Cricket X. Bidleman
NCS Pearson, Associate Quality Assurance Engineer

On 5/11/17, John G Heim via BlindMath <blindmath at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 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
>>
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>> Don Winiecki, Ed.D., Ph.D.
>> *Professor of Ethics & Morality in Professional Practice*
>> Boise State University, College of Engineering
>> 1910 University Drive, Mail Stop 2070
>> Boise, Idaho 83725-2070 USA
>> E-mail: dwiniecki at boisestate.edu
>> Telephone: (+01) 208 426 1899
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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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