[nabs-l] High school outreach

Fri May 15 19:39:21 UTC 2009

I think the program doesn't even need to be as formal as a mentorship
relationship.  If students are willing to eat lunch with a prospective blind
student then show them around campus, this could provide much of what the
prospective student wants.  The lunch would serve as an oppertunity for the
prospective student to ask questions about DSS, the professors, how the
other students interact with them, and other questions.  At my school we
have a group called the admissions interest group(AIG) which is run by
student interns and the admissions office and hires students to meet with
prospective students as tour guides, lunch hosts, or overnight hosts.  I
think we could get involved with organizations like these then we would know
about incoming students who we might want to meet and they might be able to
compinsate us.  I agree that it should be known which campuses have students
on them who are willing to talk with prospectives.  It might even be nice to
create a database of students and their contact email so when students are
looking around they can have someone who has been there to ask blindness
specific questions that just can't be found on the school's website.  Just
my two cents.  Hope it wasn't too confusing.
Bill, VP
Oregon Association of Blind Students
cassonw at gmail.com

On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 1:07 PM, Angela fowler <fowlers at syix.com> wrote:

> Jim is right about the fact that we need to have a way to contact students
> with a mentor at a college which is out of state. I think each state should
> have a contact, someone whose info is distributed to all the other state
> contacts. This way if someone in North Dakota wanted to attend, say, UCLA,
> then the North Dakota contact can put the student in touch with the
> California contact. The student then becomes a part of the California
> program.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf
> Of Aziza C
> Sent: Friday, May 15, 2009 10:03 AM
> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] High school outreach
>
> Well? If it hasn't worked with NABS, maybe Angela is right. We can start
> state by state, and designate people to keep in touch with other states in
> order to make sure out of state students can have an opportunity to meet a
> mentor.
> It is understood that a mentor isn't just for one night. And, honestly it
> isn't that hard to be mentored or mentor. I am seventeen, joined the NFB at
> fifteen, and the friends I have made are mostly older than me, but I see
> them as mentors as well as friends. Also, I received a call from one of
> these friends asking me to be a mentor for a sighted student about
> blindness. It isn't a very intricate system that needs to be set up. I
> think
> we need people willing to do it, a method of keeping in contact,  a way to
> publicize it, and a way to check up on progress.
> Aziza
>
> On 5/15/09, Antonio Guimaraes <aguimaraes at nbp.org> wrote:
> > Angela,
> >
> > NABS has tried the mentoring thing before, and maybe even still does
> > it for convention attendees.
> >
> > It hasn't historically worked well to my knowledge, because I think,
> > we as an organization don't define mentoring the way that it should be
> > defined, and a program conducted.
> >
> > I will expand on what i mean on a later post, but mentoring is more
> > than here is the mentor, and the mentee/student, you guys go do your
> thing.
> >
> > there needs to be a defined set of goals and expectations for the
> > mentoring relationship, and you don't mentor someone by sitting next
> > to them at a meeting for one evening.
> >
> > Just my thoughts,
> >
> > Antonio M. Guimaraes Jr.
> >
> > ReadBooks Coordinator
> > National Braille Press
> > 888 965-8965, ext 40.
> > aguimaraes at nbp.org
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Angela fowler" <fowlers at syix.com>
> > To: "'National Association of Blind Students mailing list'"
> > <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
> > Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2009 5:55 PM
> > Subject: Re: [nabs-l] High school outreach
> >
> >
> >>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
> >>
> >> email:
> >> liz.bottner at gmail.com
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> >>
> >>
> >>
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