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<DIV style="font-size:12pt;TEXT-ALIGN: center" class=MsoNormal align=center><B><FONT size=4 face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">National Federation of the Blind Announces <BR>2011 Scholarship Program Winners<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></DIV>
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<DIV class=MsoNormal style="font-size:12pt;"><B><FONT size=3 face=Helvetica><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Baltimore, Maryland (May 13, 2011):</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT face=Helvetica><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica"> The</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> National Federation of the Blind (NFB), the nation’s oldest and largest organization of blind people, today announced the winners of its 2011 Scholarship Program, which awards thirty scholarships each year to recognize achievement by blind scholars. </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Helvetica><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica">The winners are listed below in alphabetical order with their home states and vocational goals:</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV class=MsoNormal style="font-size:12pt;"><FONT size=3 face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">“These students represent academic excellence, and many of them are doubtless future leaders of this nation’s blind,” said Dr. Marc Maurer, President of the National Federation of the Blind. “They are forging a path in disciplines as varied as economics, molecular biology, physical therapy, law, and nutrition. They are proof of our conviction that we, the blind of this nation, can compete on terms of equality with our sighted peers, and we are very proud of their accomplishments.” <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV class=MsoNormal style="font-size:12pt;"><FONT size=3 face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">In July each winner will attend the NFB’s seventy-first annual national convention in <u1:place u2:st="on"><u1:City u2:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Orlando</u1:City></st1:City>, <u1:State u2:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">Florida</u1:State></u1:place></st1:State></st1:place>, where the Scholarship Committee will spend several days getting to know each student and then decide which scholarship (ranging in value from $3,000 to $12,000) to award each of them. The scholarship winners will then be announced at the banquet of the NFB convention on Friday, July 8.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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