[NFBNJ] NFBNJ: Scholarships for Individuals who are Blind, Vision-Impaired and Deaf-Blind

[Brian Mackey]

>From the desk of NFBNJ President Joe Ruffalo.

Received from Pamela Gaston, NJCBVI.

 

Please share this information and encourage students or individuals planning
to continue their education to apply.  Thank you.

 


2018 NFB & NFBNJ Scholarship Program


 

The National Federation of the Blind believes in investing in the future by
supporting the college education of deserving legally blind students.  Our
state and national scholarship programs are the most generous in the
country.

When a national scholarship application is completed and forwarded to the
committee, the applicant has the opportunity to win a national and or a
state scholarship. Complete one application and you can win two
scholarships! To learn more about the NFB National Scholarship and to
download an application form, please visit
<http://www.nfb.org/scholarships> www.nfb.org/scholarships. Deadline for
national scholarship applications is March 31st.

 

When a national scholarship is completed and forwarded to the committee, the
applicant has the opportunity to win a national and or a state scholarship.

 

Complete one application and you can win two scholarships!

 

NFB Scholarship Program:

We are accepting scholarship applications from November 1, 2017, to March
31, 2018. This annual program offers thirty scholarships worth from $3,000
to $12,000 to eligible students, from high school seniors beginning their
freshman year in the fall semester of 2017, up through graduate students
working on their PhD degrees. Go to www.nfb.org/scholarships
<http://www.nfb.org/scholarships>  for complete rules and requirements.

 

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2018 NJCBVI Scholarship Program


 

The Board of Trustees of The New Jersey Commission for the Blind & Visually
Impaired (CBVI) is now accepting applications for the awarding of five
scholarships to  individuals who are blind, vision impaired or deaf-blind.

 

To be eligible, applicants of any age must be registered to receive services
from the CBVI and be a consumer soon-to-be enrolled in an institution of
higher learning, which includes a 2 or 4-year college, community college,
trade school, business school, graduate school or any accredited higher
education institution.  The Scholarship Committee will review every
application and select the awardees.  

 

Information on the scholarships to be awarded and the application
instructions can be found at the CBVI web site:
www.cbvi.nj.gov/scholarships.html <http://www.cbvi.nj.gov/scholarships.html>


 

Completed applications, including the submission of all required supporting
documentation, must be submitted to:  The NJCBVI Scholarship Committee, 153
Halsey St. 6th Floor, Newark, NJ 07101- 47017, or  E-mailed to:
<mailto:CBVI.Scholarship at dhs.state.nj.us> CBVI.Scholarship at dhs.state.nj.us
by March 21, 2018.

 

 

Forwarded by:

 

Brian A. Mackey

Brian A. Mackey
Owner, Mackey Enterprises, LLC
Treasurer & Webmaster, National Federation of the Blind of New Jersey
Webmaster, National Federation of the Blind of Delaware, Pennsylvania,
Nevada, & Illinois
Member, National Federation of the Blind (NFB) Blind Users Innovating &
Leading Design (BUILD) Team
609-680-8488
 <mailto:Bmackey88 at gmail.com> Bmackey88 at gmail.com
 <http://www.mackeyenterprisesllc.com/> www.mackeyenterprisesllc.com

"Happy are those who dream dreams and are willing to pay the price to make
those dreams come true"
      -Vince Papale

 

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