[NFBC-Info] Fwd: American Council of the Blind Scholarship Season

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> From: Cricket Bidleman <cricketbidleman at gmail.com>
> Date: November 8, 2021 at 09:56:56 PST
> To: nabs-l at nfbnet.org
> Subject: Fwd: American Council of the Blind Scholarship Season
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>> From: Nancy Feela <nfeela at acb.org>
>> Date: November 8, 2021 at 09:54:55 PST
>> Cc: Nancy Marks Becker <nbecker at acb.org>, "Rebecca J. Bridges" <bridgesrj at gmail.com>, Denise Colley <colleyd1952 at gmail.com>
>> Subject: American Council of the Blind Scholarship Season
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>> Greetings Previous Scholarship Applicant,
>>  
>> The American Council of the Blind (ACB) annually awards approximately 21 scholarships ranging in amounts from $2,000 to $7,500. These scholarships are awarded to:
>> Students attending a university, college or technical school
>> Entering freshmen, undergraduate and graduate students who are legally blind
>> Maintain a 3.0 GPA
>> Involved in their school or local community
>> To qualify, each applicant must be enrolled in an accredited college or university in the United States for the 2022 Fall semester.
>>  
>> To read the scholarship guidelines and complete an on-line application, please visit https://www.acb.org/scholarships
>>  
>> Applications are being accepted online through Monday, February 14, 2022 at 11:59 p.m. (CST). Only application supplements which cannot be emailed, can be mailed in, and must be postmarked no later than Monday, February 14, 2022.
>>  
>> If you have any questions about the American Council of the Blind or the ACB scholarship program, contact our Minnesota office at 612-332-3242 or one of our Scholarship Committee Chairpersons, Denise Colley at colleyd1952 at gmail.com or Rebecca Bridges at bridgesrj at gmail.com.
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>> Scholarship winners will be announced in May.  Each winner will be expected to attend the ACB National Conference and Convention, which will be
>> July 1 – 8, 2022.
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>> We encourage you to submit an application for the upcoming year.
>> 
>>  
>> Denise Colley                                               Rebecca Bridges
>> ACB Scholarship Committee Co-Chairperson             ACB Scholarship Committee Co-Chairperson
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