[Nfb-kzoo] Fw: Blind/Visually Impaired Students Sought for Mentoring Project

[J.J. Meddaugh]

No idea if this is a paid gig, but it could be interesting research and a way to mentor a blind student with some positive philosophy.
Details below.


Best Regards,
J.J. Meddaugh


From: Jayne P Fraley-Burgett [mailto:jayne.fraley at wmich.edu] 
Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2011 3:02 PM
To: James Leja; Nicki Hurley; Shannon McVoy (DELEG); Lisa Kisiel (DELEG); Michele McGowen
Subject: Fwd: Blind/Visually Impaired Students Sought for Mentoring Project

 

FYI

Jayne Fraley-Burgett
Western Michigan University
Director of Disability Services for Students
269-387-2120
jayne.fraley at wmich.edu  




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  From: "Phillip Rumrill" <prumrill at kent.edu>
  To: "jayne fraley" <jayne.fraley at wmich.edu>
  Sent: Tuesday, July 5, 2011 1:07:39 PM
  Subject: Blind/Visually Impaired Students Sought for Mentoring Project

  Hello, 

  I am working with the Research & Training Center on Blindness & Low Vision at Mississippi State University and we are seeking college students and professionals who are legally blind to participate in an employment mentoring project.  We hope that you will help us reach potential participants for this opportunity by distributing, posting, or forwarding the attached flyers to individuals or groups who might be interested.  Students will be paired with mentors based on location and field of interest and we will examine the influence of a mentor relationship on employment outcomes for graduating students including: development of job seeking-skills, job placement, job satisfaction and self-efficacy.  

  We expect that students and mentors will find this program highly beneficial.  Potential benefits for students include: assistance in career goal development, skills training, job seeking, job placement, and opportunities for job shadowing. We expect that mentors will benefit from working closely with college or graduate students who are blind and the opportunity to assist in research that seeks to benefit the blind community. This research is funded by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research. 

  If you are willing to distribute the attached flyers on our behalf to help us find participants, please respond and let us know. It is important that we reach as many people as we can across the United States and we appreciate your help in spreading the word.  Please feel free to forward the body of this email to others that you think might know someone who would be interested in participating.

  Thank you for your time and consideration of this request.  Please contact Jamie O’Mally at 662-325-2001 or at rrtc2 at colled.msstate.edu    if you have any questions or require additional information.

  Thank you!

  Phillip  Rumrill, Ph.D., CRC


  Professor and Director
  Center for Disability Studies
  Kent State University
  Phone: 330.672.0600 

 
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