[Nebraska-students] Nebraska-students Digest, Vol 105, Issue 8
Barbara Loos
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1. 2013 Fall NABS Update (Darian Smith)
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Subject: [Nebraska-students] 2013 Fall NABS Update
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The National Association of Blind Students is excited to bring to you an
update on the recent happenings of your fellow blind students.
These are updates from across the country of students who are organized and
unified in the mission of changing what it means to be blind.
We encourage you to contact the student division in your state as
well as become involved in the work of NABS via it?s committees such as
Student Slate, Fundraising, membership and Communications.
>From the NABS fundraising committee:
The fundraising committee invites you to be a part of the important work of
it?s committee.
The committee is currently planning for an exciting Washington seminar, and
needs your help in order to make it a success!
Please contact Candice Chapman: chapman.candicel at gmail.com or
Cindy Bennett:clb5590 at gmail.com. They are your committee Co-Chairs,
and they are happy to have you!
From Illinois:
At our convention last month, Brianna (Bree) Lillyman was elected president
of the division.
In other news, IABS is happy to report that our t-shirt fundraiser went
really well, and the mentoring program was a big success. We are looking
forward to planning a student seminar in Chicago in April.
? Rose Sloan.
>From Ohio
Our convention was held November 1st-3rd in Dayton Ohio. The student
division held elections on Saturday the 2nd at our annual business meeting.
The following officers were elected: Kaiti Shelton, President; Aleeha
Dudley, Vice President; Lillie Pennington, Secretary; and Abby Bolling,
Treasurer.
We are still
working out some leadership things, and may amend our constitution to change
corresponding secretary from an appointed position to an officer position,
and change the ?secretary? to Recording Secretary. We are also going to
elect board members to comply with our constitution, which OABS has not had
for some time. I am excited that we are on our way to having a complete
board of directors to spearhead the organization.
In addition to the board members, several committees have been set up
including Fundraising chaired by Emily Pennington, Membership chaired by
Aleeha Dudley, and Social Media chaired by Amber Meloy. We have also
appointed one of our newest members who is working on a masters degree in
English to serve as editor and to spearhead efforts to create the first OABS
newsletters. Our Social media chair and Corresponding Secretary is in the
process of setting up a web site, and Emily Pennington is heading up our
first long-term fundraiser, which will be beautifully designed braille
bookmarks. One side of the bookmark will show Whozit and the braille
alphabet with the words, ?The Ohio Association of Blind Students,? and
?NFB?. The other side of the bookmark will contain a short explanation of
braille, along with a message for sighted readers to crack. The message
will be, ?Seeing occurs in the mind.?
We?re beginning to network more than before, with a partnership between the
Ohio student and parents of blind children divisions quickly forming. Our
affiliate is happy to see the growth of the student division, and sees us as
the next group of Ohio federation leaders. It?s been quite some time since
Ohio had a booming student division, so the older federationists are glad to
see some new blood around convention and on conference calls. Our group is
eager to grow, and efforts are already being made to expand and recruit more
members. Another milestone Is that we now have two prospective members from
Cleveland in northern Ohio, after having no one outside of Cincinnati and
Dayton for the past two years.
Kaiti Shelton
>From Indiana:
?An update from the Indiana Association of Blind Students: a new president
was recently selected at the NFB of Indiana state convention in
October, Christopher Meyer, studying in Indianapolis, IN. Christopher is an
undergraduate public affairs student in public and nonprofit management at
Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) and former
graduate from Blindness: Learning In New Dimensions (BLIND), Inc., in
Minneapolis, MN. He takes over the post from former student division
president Ashley Ritter. A word from student president Meyer:
?I?m really glad to step up in this role as young blood for the student
division and hope to bring some positive changes. My primary goal this year
is to build an organization open to many new members, since our biggest
problem currently is a lack of significant involvement by students. I plan
to find and develop leaders who can help me in this effort, as well as
identify ways we can plan programs that draw participation and attention to
what the student division might offer.
On a lighter note, we?re kicking around more interesting names like INABS or
iNABS, since Illinois has beat us to the simpler IABS. INABS has a certain
distinctness to it, does it not??
Minnesota gives a report from their student division elections which took
place recently at their state convention:
President
Vanasha Washington
First vice president
Hannah furney
Second vice president
Quint habrol
Treasure
Candice chapman
Secretary
Chelsey duranleu
>From Virginia:
This past year has been a good year for the Virginia Association of Blind
Students. On October 25th through the 27th, Virginia held its 55th annual
state convention. The student division held a meet and greet on Friday night
to kick off the weekend. During this time, students were able to mingle with
their peers while engaging in activities. Students were given scenarios by a
few mentors, who were successful college students and professionals,
regarding the public?s view of blindness. After being given a scenario, the
students talked to the mentors about what his/her own reaction would be and
whether the student?s response was appropriate or whether he/she should
handle the issue in a different manner. If the scenario came from a mentor?s
own experience, the mentors explained how he/she handled the situation. On
Saturday afternoon, the student division held its yearly business meeting,
electing the following new officers:
Sarah Patnaude (President), Kimberly Valko (Vice President), Kierra Davis
(Treasurer), Vee Gaspa (Secretary), and Chris O?Meally (Board Member).
During the luncheon, mentors discussed the importance of going to an adult
program at a rehabilitation center and the differences between a state
center and a NFB center. The student division board has been working
diligently on writing its constitution and is proud to say that the
constitution is in the process of being finalized.
>From North Carolina:
Officers:
President: Alan Chase, M.Ed.
aachase1 at gmail.com
1st Vice President: Kevin Currin
kwcurrin at live.unc.edu
2nd Vice President: Bobbi Pompey
Pompey2010 at yahoo.com
Treasurer: Eric Galindo
ericgal62 at gmail.com
Secretary: Travis Sherrill
tssherrill at windstream.net
Webmaster: Justin
drummer060891 at gmail.com
What SUP?
SUP stands for Students Uniting for Purpose. It was created by Alan Chase,
M.Ed., as a way to increase membership, retention, and outreach by bringing
students together in smaller geographic regions. They will be feature round
table seminars to be held throughout North Carolina in the months of
October, January, April and July.
1. Admission is free and lunch will be provided. Please bring $5.00 for
lunch.
2. Meet other blind students from around NC who are enrolled in college or
working, who are active in sports, involved in their communities, and the
leaders of tomorrow.
4. Find answers to all those questions you?ve had about internships,
cooking, cleaning, guide dogs, transportation, and much more!
NCABS Scholarship
The NC Association of Blind Students is in the development phase of creating
its own scholarship to help supplement larger sums of financial aid already
awarded to blind students in North Carolina.
Currently, a committee headed by 1st Vice President Kevin Currin is creating
eligibility criteria, drafting applications, and seeking funding for this
exciting opportunity.
>From Connecticut:
The Connecticut Association of Blind Students is proudly beginning its
second year. We had a successful fundraiser at our state convention in
November, where we sold snack packs. We now have enough money in our
treasury to open a bank account and are actively pursuing its establishment.
We have amended
our constitution to have a first vice president and second vice president
instead of just one vice president. We have been holding two conference
calls.
We Thank the Presidents who contributed by sharing what has taken
place in the divisions of wich they lead. We also encourage you to keep
on the lookout, we know that you?ve not heard too much from us lately, but
this will start to change very soon. Thank you for your support and we
wish all of you a very happy thanksgiving!
The National Association of Blind Students.
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