[il-talk] Introducing myself.... More than likely seeing Northern Illinois University in my very near future!

Leslie Hamric lhamric930 at comcast.net
Thu Oct 15 12:08:17 UTC 2015 

Hello. I graduated from Niu in   1999 and my major was cello performance. Although I'm not too familiar with the vision program out there, I have friends who did the vision program and liked it. I love the campus to.
Leslie

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> On Oct 15, 2015, at 5:41 AM, Sharon Howerton via il-talk <il-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Good advice, Kelly, specifically  the comment about being aware of
> employment options at the end of school.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: il-talk [mailto:il-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Kelly Pierce
> via il-talk
> Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 2015 9:54 PM
> To: NFB of Illinois Mailing List
> Cc: Kelly Pierce
> Subject: Re: [il-talk] Introducing myself.... More than likely seeing
> Northern Illinois University in my very near future!
> 
> Zack,
> 
> I believe cap has retired from NIU.  the O and M teacher training at NIU or
> other similar schools like Western Michigan or Boston college is for sighted
> people based on a curriculum approved by the Acadamy.
> the Academy will not certify blind peple to be O and M instructors and many
> employers require this certification.  The Blindness Board will certify
> blind people to be travel teachers though.  Before committing yourself to a
> training program, consider the employment prospects of blind travel teachers
> and the employers open to them and the accepted qualifications, which may be
> different from sighted instructors.
> 
> I live in Chicago and am a 1989 graduate of NIU.  I understand the school
> now has bus service from a Metra train station at the end of one of the rail
> lines directly to the NIU campus.  I work near the Greyhound station in
> Chicago, which has regular bus service to DeKalb.
> If you would like some familiarization in getting through the airport to the
> Orange line to the Metra station or the Greyhound station, let me know.  I
> have lived in Chicago for more than 25 years and am highly familiar with all
> the transportation options and use them regularly.
> 
> Kelly
> 
> 
> 
> On 10/14/15, Zachary N. Griego-Dreicer via il-talk <il-talk at nfbnet.org>
> wrote:
>> Hi :-) yes that would probably be a good idea. I will probably call 
>> you or something later. Thanks
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone 6 Using VoiceOver
>> 
>>> On Oct 14, 2015, at 15:26, Kayla James via il-talk 
>>> <il-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi Zach. I emailed Professor K when I was planning on going to NIU. 
>>> Do you want me to track down the email?
>>> 
>>>> On 10/14/15, Zachary N. Griego-Dreicer via il-talk 
>>>> <il-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> Thanks for the contact, I have some contacts there that may know 
>>>> this individual and who an connect us!!! Talk soon!
>>>> Sent from my Macbook Pro 13
>>>> 
>>>>> On Oct 14, 2015, at 14:17, Andrew Webb via il-talk 
>>>>> <il-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Hi Zachary,
>>>>> 
>>>>> Good luck on your plan, sounds like a great one. I thought I'd 
>>>>> mention, if you haven't done so already, that you might want to 
>>>>> reach out and speak directly with Gaylen Kapperman (sp?), the 
>>>>> director of the TVI program at NIU. (At least, he was the last I 
>>>>> knew about it.) Some other people on this list know him much better 
>>>>> than I do, but I explored the possibility of enrolling in that 
>>>>> program at one point (which ultimately I did not), and he just 
>>>>> couldn't have been more pleasant, helpful and informative to speak 
>>>>> with. Jut thought I'd throw that out there.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>> Andrew
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: il-talk [mailto:il-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of 
>>>>> Zachary N.
>>>>> Griego-Dreicer via il-talk
>>>>> Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 2015 2:41 PM
>>>>> To: iabs-talk at nfbnet.org
>>>>> Cc: Zachary N. Griego-Dreicer; il-talk at nfbnet.org
>>>>> Subject: [il-talk] Introducing myself.... More than likely seeing 
>>>>> Northern Illinois University in my very near future!
>>>>> 
>>>>> Good afternoon Nfb  Illinois,
>>>>>  I am Zachary Dreicer, A current student at the University of 
>>>>> Northern Colorado in the school of special education. Some of you 
>>>>> may remember me from the national Federation of the blind of 
>>>>> Illinois student seminar which took place at the Chicago Marriott 
>>>>> midway airport in mid April,  2015.
>>>>> It
>>>>> is
>>>>> an overwhelming majority vote in my mind to pursue the transfer to 
>>>>> NIU
>>>>> (DeKalb)  beginning spring 2016. Specifically, the reason that I 
>>>>> would transfer to Northern Illinois University is to pursue the 
>>>>> undergraduate degree teacher of the visually impaired, as I heard 
>>>>> that that  degree program is nationally accredited, and my 
>>>>> vocational goal is to be employed as a teacher of the visually 
>>>>> impaired, orientation and mobility specialist.
>>>>> As of this point I am not sure where I would pursue my masters in 
>>>>> o&m, but perhaps completing the program in Dekalb will  better 
>>>>> assist me too influence my decision. I will return with another 
>>>>> email over the next few days hopefully, but for now I will close 
>>>>> out my message by asking A couple Quick  questions.  who here has 
>>>>> either attended, or is currently attending, Northern Illinois 
>>>>> University? What is the status of department of vocational 
>>>>> rehabilitation in Illinois, and how timely are they providing services?
>>>>> What
>>>>> is  their reputation among the blind community?  also, who here is 
>>>>> geographically located between Dekalb and Chicago Midway 
>>>>> international airport? Just general region is fine. Looking forward 
>>>>> to meeting new people, making new friends, and hopefully a great 
>>>>> education in NIU in my near future!
>>>>> 
>>>>> Sent from my iPhone 6 Using VoiceOver
>>>>> 
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