[nabs-l] High school outreach

[Bill]

At my school the admissions office handles most of the campus visits by
prespective students.  I think we might benifit more by contacting these
offices.  For my campus many students are from out of state and therefore
contacting the HS would be limited in its useful ness.  Many state schools
have far more local students in which case contacting hs's would be good.
If we have the people, it might also be good to set up a table at larger
college fairs to talk to students about the college experience.  I don't
know how well that would work though.
Bill

On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 4:04 PM, Rania <raniaismail04 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I think that is a wonderful idea!
> Rania,
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>  I love the idea of a mentoring program like the one you guys are talking
>> about. I think, however, that these programs are best handled by the
>> individual state divisions. How can NABS encourage the states to put
>> something like this together?
>> Just thinking about California, and how we could best enact this
>> plan. The first thing we would need is a list of all the colleges and
>> universities in the state, and how many blind students attend each one.
>> Then
>> we would have to contact these students and, maybe also offering them some
>> incentive, determine whether or not they would be willing to participate
>> in
>> the program. Then we would need to compile a database of the people who
>> are
>> willing. Once that is done, we market, market, market the program to high
>> school juniors and seniors throughout the state. When high schoolers are
>> in
>> need of a mentor, they contact us, we pair them with someone, and then
>> follow up with both parties to make sure all is going well.
>> What do you guys think?
>> Angela
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>> Behalf
>> Of Liz Bottner
>> Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2009 1:00 PM
>> To: 'National Association of Blind Students mailing list'
>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] High school outreach
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I think this is an amazing idea. I'd be willing to help in any way that I
>> can.
>>
>> Liz
>>
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