[nabs-l] A Few Unrelated Questions

Wed Jul 13 18:00:38 UTC 2016

Hello All,

Thank you to everyone who took the time to respond to my inquiry I sent to the NABS email list before national convention. Please forgive me for taking some time to reply to the responses I received from my message. I found all the tips for writing a thank you letter for my scholarship to be rather helpful, and I plan to use some of these ideas as I compose my thank you letter within the next couple of days.

Danielle, thank you for being willing to look over my thank you letter once I write it. I will definitely take you up on your offer to look over it for me once I write the letter. So thank you for this offer.

Carl, I sent you a message off list to follow up with you about taking an environmental geology class. However, sometimes my off list messages do not always end up in the inbox, so I just thought I would let you know that I have tried contacting you off list to make sure you receive my email.

Arielle, I also sent you a message off list regarding my scholarship as I wanted to thank you for the part you played in it. However, again, I am not quite sure if you received my email as sometimes my off list messages do not always make it into the inbox for some reason.

Anyway, I just wanted to take a moment to follow up with those of you who responded to my message to the email list before convention. Thank you all for your thoughts and ideas for writing a thank you letter for my scholarship.

Warm regards,
Elizabeth

-----Original Message-----
From: NABS-L [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Arielle Silverman via NABS-L
Sent: Sunday, June 26, 2016 3:03 PM
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
Cc: Arielle Silverman <arielle71 at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] A Few Unrelated Questions

Hi Elizabeth and all,
Congratulations on being awarded the foundation scholarship. It sounds like a great opportunity, and I recall you worked hard to get it, so nice job.
I am not sure if there is a length expectation for the thank-you letter. When I have written them I tend to keep them fairly brief, maybe a paragraph or two. You can focus on what you are hoping to do professionally once you get your degree and any ways that being in school so farhas helped you personally or professionally.

Best, Arielle

On 6/26/16, Danielle Montour via NABS-L <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Hi Elizabeth,
> The only question I can be of any assistance with is your last 
> regarding the thank you letter. When I wrote letters like this last 
> fall, I included how I was a first generation college student, how 
> important postsecondary education was to me, my gratitude for the 
> opportunity the scholarship is helping to provide for me, and how 
> their financial support would insure my success in the future.
> I’d be more than happy to look over your letter when it is finished, 
> if you’d like.
>
> Best,
> Danielle
>
>
> On 6/25/16, justin via NABS-L <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> About the thank you letter, you can also tell them how the money will 
>> benefit you.
>>  Justin
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: NABS-L [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of 
>> Elizabeth Mohnke via NABS-L
>> Sent: Sunday, June 26, 2016 9:11 AM
>> To: 'National Association of Blind Students mailing list'
>> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
>> Cc: Elizabeth Mohnke <lizmohnke at hotmail.com>
>> Subject: [nabs-l] A Few Unrelated Questions
>>
>> Hello All,
>>
>> I hope this message finds everyone doing well as I am sure many of 
>> you are most likely in the final stages of preparing to attend 
>> national convention.
>> I have a few unrelated questions I would like to ask everyone who is 
>> on this email list.
>>
>> First, are there any blind students out there who have a cognitive 
>> disability in addition to blindness? If so, I would be interested in 
>> connecting with you off list.
>>
>> Second, has anyone on the email list taken an environmental geology 
>> class before? If so, what types of accommodations did you use for 
>> this class? I would greatly appreciate any information even though 
>> this question may have been asked on the email list before.
>>
>> Third, does anyone have any advice on writing a thank you letter as 
>> part of receiving a scholarship? I need to write a thank you letter 
>> as part of receiving a foundation scholarship from my local community 
>> college, and although I am often prone to ramble, I have absolutely 
>> no idea what to say in this letter beyond simply saying thank you.
>>
>> There is not much of a description for this particular scholarship 
>> besides the number of credits a student needs to take and the grade 
>> point average a student needs to maintain as a part of receiving this 
>> scholarship. I already asked the person in charge of the scholarship 
>> program if she could provide more details about how the scholarship 
>> was created as a way to help me write the thank you letter. However, 
>> I did not receive any additional information from asking this 
>> question. So I am at a loss as to what to say in this thank you 
>> letter.
>>
>> If anyone has any thoughts or ideas regarding any of these questions, 
>> I would greatly appreciate hearing from you. Please feel free to 
>> respond on the email list, off the email list, or at national convention.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Elizabeth
>>
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