[Nebraska-students] Student Slate Attached

[Arielle Silverman]

Hello again all,

For some reason the Student Slate didn't come across in my last
message. It should be attached to this one.

Arielle

On 3/10/10, Arielle Silverman <nabs.president at gmail.com> wrote:
> national Association of Blind Students
> From the Desk of the President
> March 10, 2010
>
> In This Bulletin:
> 1.  Student Slate is Back!
> 2.  Last Chance to Apply for NFB Scholarships!
> 3.  Get Ready for Convention!
> 4.  Announcements
> Check out the Student Slate!
> Once again the NABS Slate committee has compiled an excellent
> newsletter with several unique and useful articles of interest to
> blind students! Please see the Spring 2010 issue of the Student Slate
> attached to this email. Find out about the progress we made at
> Washington Seminar, read about the experience of one of our top NFB
> scholarship winners, and learn about your right to informed choice in
> obtaining blindness training!
>
> Last Chance for NFB Scholarships:
> The deadline for the NFB's national scholarship application is coming
> up on March 31!
>
> Each year the National Federation of the Blind awards thirty
> scholarships to legally blind college and graduate students across the
> country.  The scholarship includes a cash award ranging from $3000 to
> $12000, plus a free trip to the NFB national convention and often a
> piece of assistive technology such as a KNFB Reader Mobile.  The
> scholarship application for 2010 is now on the Web at
> www.nfb.org/scholarships
> It's not too late to submit your application!
>
> applications are due by March 31, 2010.
> Already won a national NFB scholarship? You can apply again and
> potentially win a second scholarship, also known as a TenBroek
> fellowship.
> In addition, many NFB affiliates offer scholarships to blind students.
>  You needn't be an active member of the NFB to win.  Contact your NFB
> state president for details.
>
> Get Ready for Convention!
>
> The following appeared in the latest issue of the Braille Monitor, the
> monthly newsletter of the NFB:
>
> Dallas Site of 2010 NFB Convention
> The 2010 convention of the National Federation of the Blind will take
> place in Dallas, Texas, July 3-8, at the Hilton Anatole Hotel at 2201
> Stemmons Freeway, Dallas, Texas 75207. Make your room reservation as
> soon as possible with the Hilton Anatole staff only. Call
>  (214) 761-7500         (214) 761-7500.
> The 2010 room rates are singles, doubles, and twins $62 and triples
> and quads $67 a night, plus a 15 percent sales tax. The hotel is
> accepting reservations now. A $60-per-room deposit is required to make
> a reservation. Fifty percent of the deposit will be refunded if notice
> is given to the hotel of a reservation cancellation before June 1,
> 2010. The other 50 percent is not refundable.
> Rooms will be available on a first-come, first-served basis.
> Reservations may be made before June 1, 2010, assuming that rooms are
> still available. After that time the hotel will not hold our block of
> rooms for the convention. In other words, you should get your
> reservation in soon.
> Guestroom amenities include cable television, coffee pot, iron and
> ironing board, hair dryer, and high-speed Internet access. The Hilton
> Anatole has several excellent restaurants, twenty-four-hour-a-day room
> service, first-rate meeting space, and other top-notch facilities. It
> is in downtown Dallas with shuttle service to both the Dallas/Ft.
> Worth Airport and Love Field.
> The schedule for the 2010 convention will follow that of last year:
> Saturday, July 3            Seminar Day
> Sunday, July 4              Registration Day
> Monday, July 5             Board Meeting and Division Day
> Tuesday, July 6             Opening Session
> Wednesday, July 7       Business Session
> Thursday, July 8           Banquet Day and Adjournment
>
> To pre-register for the convention, go to
> www.nfb.org
> We know that attending a national NFB convention can often exceed a
> student’s budget. If you would like to attend the convention, talk to
> your state president about potential funding. Many state affiliates
> provide funding for their members to attend national conventions.
> Additionally, the Kenneth Jernigan Fund provides convention
> scholarships to first-time convention attendees. Talk to your state
> president for details.
>
> State Division Announcements:
> From Montana:
>
> The MAB's Student Division Goes to The Montana School for the Deaf and
> Blind
> by Jim Reed
> On Friday, February 26th, 2010, the MAB's Student Division went to the
> Montana School for the Deaf and Blind to talk to its Blind high school
> students about college and being a blind college student. We met with
> five students, and there were at least five staff members who stayed
> for our full presentation, or who stopped by to see what was going on.
> One of the staff members said that because of our presentation, she
> felt she could be more effective working with her blind students.
> We talked to the students about techniques and strategies used to
> succeed in college. We talked about electronic documents, scanning
> print materials, hiring and using readers, and working with DSS. We
> also gave a demonstration of a Victor reader Stream playing textbooks
> from Recordings for the Blind and Dyslexic and Bookshare, as well as a
> textbook that had been scanned and converted into a Microsoft Word
> document. We talked about the importance of having good Braille
> speeds, and a solid working knowledge of the blindness techniques and
> technologies needed as a student.
> We told the students about some of the opportunities available to them
> through the NFB, the MAB, and the Student Division. We talked about
> the NFB College Scholarship program, the MAB scholarship, the Bozeman
> Chapter scholarship, and the NFB National Convention Scholarship for
> first-time attendees. We talked about members of the Student Division
> attending the national convention, the state convention, and
> Washington Seminar. We talked about Camp Eureka, and about the NFB's
> Youth Slam. We also talked about our training center experiences, and
> talked about the Colorado Center for the Blind's high school and
> college-prep programs.
> After we spoke to the students for about an hour, pizza was delivered,
> and as we ate, both students and staff used the time to talk to
> members of the Student Division and ask questions.
> Before we left, we gave the staff and students a CD-Rom that contained
> useful information, links, brochures, applications,  Student Division
> contact info, and articles from the Braille Monitor.
> I think our trip was a success and that this approach could be applied
> successfully in larger towns with bigger school districts.
>
> From Nebraska:
>        On March 26-28, the Nebraska Association of Blind Students will host
> our second annual student Seminar. The seminar, entitled “Exploring
> the Depths,” is aimed at helping students prepare for college. We are
> pleased to welcome Eric Guillory, director of youth services at the
> Louisiana Center for the Blind, who will talk about how to handle Math
> and Science classes in high school and college. Other highlights will
> include a panel on center training, hands-on demonstrations of
> technology, and discussions of NFB philosophy. The seminar will also
> offer blind students an opportunity to network and socialize.
>        If you are interested in attending the seminar, please contact Karen
> Anderson at kea.anderson at gmail.com.
>
> Introducing the College Leadership Program:
> From Jason Ewell, who works at the NFB Department of Affiliate Action:
> In 2009 the Affiliate Action Department developed the College
> Leadership Program to provide an opportunity for promising young
> college students to attend their first national convention and
> Washington Seminar. Twenty-eight new Federationists attended the
> convention in Detroit last summer. Twelve participated in our
> Scholarship Alumni/College Leadership seminar in Baltimore in January.
> They then went to Washington, D.C. to join the other members of their
> state affiliate delegations on Capitol Hill.
> After returning home, several sent notes expressing their appreciation
> for the opportunity to attend and asking how they can get more
> involved in Federation activities in their affiliates. One note, from
> a college student who has been blind for only a year and who was
> attending her first national event, demonstrates that this new,
> exciting program is already helping to build the Federation.
>
> I thank you for the opportunity to come to Baltimore and Washington,
> D.C. I cannot really put into words all that I learned and took away
> from that trip. I was not sure before but now I know that NFB is where
> I belong.
>
> If you or anyone you know would be a good candidate for this program,
> please contact me at the National Center for the Blind at
> 410-659-9314, Ext. 2509, or by email at Jewell at nfb.org.
>
>
>
> --
> Arielle Silverman
> President, National Association of Blind Students
> Phone:  602-502-2255
> Email:
> nabs.president at gmail.com
> Website:
> www.nabslink.org
>


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Arielle Silverman
President, National Association of Blind Students
Phone:  602-502-2255
Email:
nabs.president at gmail.com
Website:
www.nabslink.org
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