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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p style='margin-left:.25in;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black'>The National Federation of the Blind of Maryland is pleased to announce that this year, four students have been selected as 2022 John T. McCraw Scholarship finalists. They will all be attending the NFB National Convention in New Orleans and the NFBMD State Convention in Towson, so you will have the chance to get to know them. They will receive their NFBMD scholarships of $4,000 each, at the state convention in November provided they remain eligible. We are thrilled with this year’s scholarship class and know you will be impressed as well.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p style='margin-left:.25in;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black'>The finalists are listed below:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-left:.25in;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin-left:.25in;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin-left:.25in;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black'>Tyler Hoppe is a rising sophomore at Penn State University studying law and politics. Tyler Hoppe previously received an NFBMD scholarship and is a member of the Western Maryland Chapter and the Maryland Association of Blind Students.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-left:.25in;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin-left:.25in;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black'>Eunae Rodeheaver is an incoming freshman at Dequesne University, planning to study musical performance. Eunae is new to the Federation.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-left:.25in;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin-left:.25in;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black'>Kirin (Sai) Techawongtham is working on earning a Masters degree in counseling from Johns Hopkins University. Sai is a graduate of the Louisiana Center for the Blind but new to NFBMD.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-left:.25in;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin-left:.25in;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black'>Jessica Wilson is an incoming freshman at Frostburg State University, studying special education with a focus on teaching blind students. Jessica is a member of the Maryland Association of Blind Students and a member of the NFB’s Maryland Career Mentoring Program.</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Congratulations to the finalists!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Yours,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Ronza<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Ronza Othman, </span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>President</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>National Federation of the Blind of Maryland<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>443-426-4110<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Pronouns: she, her, hers<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The National Federation of the Blind of Maryland knows that blindness is not the characteristic that defines you or your future. Every day we raise the expectations of blind people, because low expectations create obstacles between blind people and our dreams. You can live the life you want; blindness is not what holds you back<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>