[nabs-l] Mentoring Program for Blind Students

[Chris Nusbaum]

Hi Arielle and everyone,

Blind Industries and Services of Maryland (BISM) is also having a 
mentoring program for blind teens and young adults (ages 14-24) 
living in the Maryland area.  The students, referred to by BISM 
as proteges, will be paired with a successful blind adult mentor 
who has the same interests and/or is working in the same career 
field the protege is interested in.  For more information about 
this mentoring program, contact Amy Phelps at aphelps at bism.org.  
Just passing this along for anyone interested!

Chris

"The real problem of blindness is not the loss of eyesight.  The 
real problem is the misunderstanding and lack of education that 
exists.  If a blind person has the proper training and 
opportunity, blindness can be reduced to a mere physical 
nuisance."
-- Kenneth Jernigan

 ----- Original Message -----
From: Arielle Silverman <arielle71 at gmail.com
To: nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Date sent: Tue, 3 Jan 2012 13:00:39 -0700
Subject: [nabs-l] Mentoring Program for Blind Students

Dear students,
The Rehabilitation Research and Training Center (RRTC) on 
blindness at
Mississippi State University is  developing and studying a 
mentoring
program for blind college and graduate students.  They are 
looking for
more students to participate  who are graduating from college or 
grad
school between April 2012 and December 2014.  Students will be 
matched
with blind professionals working in their field of interest.  You 
will
have opportunities to meet face-to-face with your mentor and do 
job
shadowing and other career building activities over a one-year 
period.
You will also be asked to fill out some short surveys throughout 
the
mentoring period and after you graduate, to assess whether the
mentoring helps you to achieve your employment goals.
Please check out the attached flyer and fill out the eligibility
survey if interested.  They are also looking for mentors, so if 
you are
a blind professional or recently retired, please consider 
applying.
Best,
Arielle Silverman, Consultant to the RRTC

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