[Nebraska-students] Fwd: Announcing Facebook Group for College-Bound Blind Students

[Buresh, Amy]

FYI,

Please share with any students or teachers you know.

This group was begun by 2 of last years winners of the NFB national scholarship.

Announcing Facebook Resource for Blind Students

Pathway to Our Dream is a Facebook group designed to serve as a resource for high school and college students who are blind.  Features of the group include announcements about a variety of scholarships, a forum for students around the world to meet, and reminders of deadlines.  Admins Miso Kwak and Kaiti Shelton, both winners of NFB scholarships in 2013, are available to answer questions, help students research testing requirements, advise students on how to secure accomodations from their schools, refer students to other resources including the NFB and its student divisions, and to help with resume editing.

This is a student-run group, but the administrators do the best they can to be of help to members by sharing their experiences and assisting in answering questions.  Many of the scholarship announcements they make are about programs they have applied for or won in the past, and only a few are reserved for blind students or are offered by agencies for the blind.  A lot of blind students forget that they are eligible to apply for generic scholarships and those from coorperations including Coca Cola, Kohl's, Best Buy, Visine, and Google.  Reminders can include notes about checking local businesses for scholarship offerings to prompts for students to share FAFSA information with their parents and to start filing.  This group can be another great resource for blind students in addition to those they already have.

Please pass this information along to teachers of the visually impaired and students who could benefit from membership in this group.
 The link for the mobile version of the group, optimal for screenreaders, is
https://m.facebook.com/groups/639707646049109?refid=18




Kaiti Shelton
University of Dayton---2016
Music Therapy Major, Psychology Minor, Clarinet Ohio Association of Blind Students, President Advocates for Sexual Assault Prevention (ASAP), Vice President NFB Community Service Group, Service Project Committee Chair Sigma Alpha Iota-Delta Sigma, Usher Coordinator
Music Therapy Major, Psychology Minor, Clarinet

Ohio Association of Blind Students, President

Advocates for Sexual Assault Prevention (ASAP), Vice President

NFB Community Service Group, Service Project Committee Chair

Sigma Alpha Iota-Delta Sigma, Usher Coordinator