[nabs-l] Fw: Nationwide Employment Mentoring Project for Students Whoare Legally Blind

[Hamid Hamraz]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Price, Kevin" <pricek at UIC.EDU>
To: <DRCNETWORK at LISTSERV.UIC.EDU>
Sent: Monday, April 01, 2013 10:15 AM
Subject: [nabs-l] Nationwide Employment Mentoring Project for Students 
Whoare Legally Blind


> Students,
> Here is an opportunity if you are legally blind.  Check below for the 
> information and contact person with more information.
> Hope you had a great spring break!
> Kevin
>
> I am contacting you in the hopes that you can help identify college-age 
> students who are legally blind.  The National Research and Training Center 
> on Blindness and Low Vision (NRTC) at Mississippi State University 
> continues to seek students and professionals to participate in a 
> nationwide Employment Mentoring Project that pairs students with legally 
> blind mentors and offers career resources in an effort to improve 
> employment outcomes.  We are looking specifically for students graduating 
> college or  grad school between August 2013 and December 2014. Students 
> graduating before March 2014 should sign up right away to be included in 
> the next group!
>
> Students must be legally blind, under age 35, living anywhere in the U.S., 
> and seeking employment after graduation. Although finding students to 
> participate is our greatest need, we are also seeking legally blind 
> mentors. Do you know of anyone who might meet these qualifications and 
> would benefit from participating?  If you do, please share this 
> information!  For more details, please visit: 
> http://tiny.cc/mentoring-project  or contact Dr. Jamie O'Mally at 
> nrtc2 at colled.msstate.edu  or 1-800-675-7782. Also, please consider sharing 
> or signing up for our national Participant Registry for Blindness and Low 
> Vision Research (http://tiny.cc/participant-registry ).
>
> We really appreciate your help!
>
> Jamie O'Mally, Ph.D.
> Assistant Research Professor
> The National Research and Training Center on Blindness & Low Vision (NRTC)
> Mississippi State University
> P.O. Box 6189
> Mississippi State, MS 39762
> 662-325-2001
>
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