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<div align="center"><b>National Blindness Professional Certification
Board (NBPCB)<br>
Memorial Scholarships<br>
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Arlene Hill Memorial Scholarship<br>
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This scholarship is intended for individuals who are seeking
certification to teach Structured Discovery cane travel through the NBPCB
apprenticeship program at an approved training center. This scholarship
will be awarded to a person who exemplifies the traits of Arlene
Hillnamely a deep-seated passion for teaching the skills of cane travel
to blind people. This scholarship is intended for individuals who are
pursuing the apprenticeship routetherefore, no college degree is
required. The amount and frequency of the scholarship will be determined
by the NBPCB board annually, and only at such times as a worthy candidate
is identified. <br>
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Donations may be made online here:<br>
<a href="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=JVU2LGP5M4AH4">
Arlene Hill Memorial Scholarship Fund</a><br>
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Or Checks can be mailed to:<br>
NBPCB Office<br>
101 South Trenton Street<br>
Ruston LA 71270<br>
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<div align="center"><b>Darick Ray Williamson Memorial Scholarship<br>
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This scholarship is intended for individuals who are seeking a graduate
degree and certification to teach Structured Discovery Cane Travel or
Rehabilitation teaching at an NBPCB-approved University program. This
scholarship will be given to a person who exemplifies the traits of
Darick WilliamsonNamely the passion to teach the skills of independence
to blind people. This scholarship is intended for individuals pursuing a
Graduate Degree in O&M or Rehab teaching, and therefore, admittance
into an NBPCB-approved University program is required. The amount and
frequency of the scholarship will be determined by the NBPCB board
annually, and only when a worthy candidate is identified. <br>
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Donations may be made online here:<br>
<a href="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=7T2FXJAKCQC9Y">
Darick Ray Williamson Memorial Scholarship Fund</a><br>
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Or Checks can be mailed to:<br>
NBPCB Office<br>
101 South Trenton Street<br>
Ruston LA 71270<br>
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Edward C. Bell, Ph.D., CRC, NOMC, Director, <br>
Professional Development and Research Institute on Blindness<br>
Louisiana Tech University<br>
600 Mayfield Ave / 210 Woodard Hall<br>
PO Box 3158<br>
Ruston LA 71272<br>
Office:
318.257.4554
Fax: 318.257.2259 <br>
<a href="mailto:ebell@latech.edu">ebell@latech.edu</a>
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"I am somehow less interested in the weight and convolutions
of Einstein's brain than in the near certainty that people of
equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and
sweatshops."<br>
-- Stephen Jay Gould<br>
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