<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Please pass along the information below to any blind students you may know in grades 9 through 12 who would enjoy attending a STEM program at our National Jernigan Institute.</div><div id="AppleMailSignature">Cathy<br><br>Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br>Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><b>From:</b> "Jones, Mya" <<a href="mailto:mjones@nfb.org">mjones@nfb.org</a>><br><b>Date:</b> January 29, 2016 at 5:53:03 PM EST<br><b>To:</b> "State President, Kentucky" <<a href="mailto:cathyj1949@gmail.com">cathyj1949@gmail.com</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> <b>NFB EQ (Embrace your Engineering Quotient) Summer Program</b><br><br></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div>
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<h1><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Attention blind and low-vision high school students!<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Are you interested or know someone who might be interested in pursuing work in science, technology, engineering, or math (STEM) after high school? Do you enjoy investing your
talent and energy in solving real-world problems? Join the National Federation of the Blind for NFB EQ, a week-long engineering program for blind and low-vision high school students.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">At this program, you will collaborate with other students to solve authentic problems that exist in developing countries. You will spend the week working on a team to engineer
solutions to a given problem. Your team will create proposals with accompanying models, which you will pitch to various stakeholders. After constructing life-size prototypes of your designs, you will test them in authentic settings. You will also have the
opportunity to meet and collaborate with a number of engineers from across the country, some of whom happen to be blind.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F79646">To learn more and to apply, visit
</span></b><span style="color:#1F497D"><a href="http://www.blindscience.org/NFBEQ"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">www.blindscience.org/NFBEQ</span></b></a></span><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F79646">.
<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<h2><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The Specs <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Participants:</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> 40 blind and low-vision high school students (currently in grades 9-12); 20 students
at each of the two programs.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Dates:</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> Program 1: June 19-25, 2016; Program 2: July 31-August 6, 2016<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Location:</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> National Federation of the Blind Jernigan Institute in Baltimore, Maryland<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Application:
</span></b><span style="color:#1F497D"><a href="https://nfb.org/nfb-eq-form"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Apply Now!</span></b></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F79646">
<b>Applications are due by Monday, April 25, 2016.</b></span><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Cost:</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> $0 (This program is free of charge).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Hashtag:</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> #NCBYS<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h2><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Additional Information<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">To be eligible to apply students must: be in grades 9-12 during the 2015-2016 school year, be blind or have low-vision, be a United States
resident, and be available to attend the entire program.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Participant’s transportation to and from the program will be arranged by the National Federation of the Blind. Students will travel to Baltimore
on Sunday and will travel home on the following Saturday.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">This is a residential program; students will stay in dormitories at the National Federation of the Blind Jernigan Institute and all meals will
be provided.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">In the evenings, after the conclusion of the instructional day, students will be engaged in various social and recreational activities.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<h2><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">What are students saying about EQ?<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">“Engineering isn't about following instructions to the letter. It's changing on the fly. It takes a set of skills to fundamentally change something to make it better while
you're working on it.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">"I’ve been taking engineering classes at school and now that I know there are tools [and] drafting boards. I’m going to ask for [them] next year. This program has made me more
confident in what I can do."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">“Expectations for blind are really low. This program showed us all that there is a way to do things we never thought we could do. I always thought STEM seemed kind of impossible,
but there are tools, techniques, and there is a way to integrate into the real world.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">“Participating in this program gave me the determination to push forward. If I hear someone say you can’t, I will push forward.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h2><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Questions?<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">If you have questions or require additional information, please contact:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Natalie Shaheen<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">NCBYS Project Director<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Independent Consultant<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">National Federation of the Blind <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:STEM@nfb.org"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">STEM@nfb.org</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">410-659-9314, extension 2418<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 1322855.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science
Foundation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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