[nabs-l] NABS Mentorr program

[Darian Smith]

Greetings:



The National Association of Blind Students is excited to announce that we will be hosting a mentoring program as part of the activities for students at the 2013 NFB national convention, being held in Orlando Florida from July 1 to July6. We will be pairing students up with one-on-one student mentors who are experienced with national convention and, ideally, share professional and other interests. I know, this sounds great. But, to make it work, we need your participation!



We are looking for folks who would be interested in having, or serving as, a student mentor during the week of convention. When selecting mentees, we will give preference to first-time convention attendees. But if there is enough space, we would like to open it up to those of you who have already attended a convention as well. 

In order to be a mentee, you must:

Be a high school junior or senior, or a current college or graduate student (nontraditional students are welcome); and
Be available to attend a welcome meeting with us on Monday, July 1 from 6:00-7:30 p.m.
If you want to apply to become a mentee, please fill out a short survey at:

http://nabslink.org/drupal/content/mentee-form



In order to be a mentor, you must:

Have attended at least one NFB convention before;
Be a current college or graduate student, or have graduated within the last two years (nontraditional students are welcome); and
Be available to attend a welcome meeting with us on Monday, July 1 from 6:00-7:30 p.m., and then be willing to spend some time with your mentee throughout the week.
If you want to apply to become a mentor, please fill out a short survey at:

http://nabslink.org/drupal/content/mentor-form



Please share this with your friends or anybody who might be interested.



Thank you for your interest in this new NABS program!

Darian Smith
2nd Vice President, National Association of Blind Students
dsmithnfb at gmail.com

www.nabslink.org
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