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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Attn: Blind college and graduate students and high school seniors who will be attending college for the Fall 2022 semester,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'> Please be sure to get your scholarship application in by 3/31/2022 if you want to compete for these excellent scholarships. !!!<o:p></o:p></span></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><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>From the Desk of Lia Stone, Head of the NFBNJ Scholarship Committee<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Submitted by Ellen Sullivan, Affiliate Secretary<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Attn: Blind college and graduate students and high school seniors who will be attending college for the Fall 2022 semester<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>The National Federation of the Blind’s scholarship season is well under way and applications are being accepted now through 3/31/2022! This merit-based scholarship is the largest scholarship program for Blind students in the United States. Scholarship applicants from New Jersey will have the chance to compete for $8000 scholarships at the national level *<b>and</b>* for a $1000 scholarship at the state level with only one application. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Students must complete the </span><a href="https://nfb.org/civicrm/scholarships/login"><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>application</span></a><span style='font-size:14.0pt'> along with an interview with the scholarship committee chair. Applications are accepted until March 31st, which is right around the corner!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Who can apply?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Students are encouraged and eligible to apply if they meet the following criteria:<o:p></o:p></span></p><ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:105%'>Must be legally blind in both eyes.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:105%'>Must be residing in the United States, the District of Columbia, or Puerto Rico.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:105%'>Must be 18 years of age by July 5, 2022.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:105%'>Must be pursuing or planning to pursue a full-time, post-secondary course of study in a degree program at a U.S. institution in the fall of the year of application (one scholarship may be given to a person employed full-time while attending school part-time).<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:105%'>Must participate in the entire NFB National Convention and in all of its scheduled scholarship program activities (finalists will receive assistance to attend the national convention).<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Frequently asked questions can be found </span><a href="https://nfb.org/programs-services/scholarships-and-awards/scholarship-program/scholarship-program-faqs"><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>here</span></a><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>. If you have further questions please contact Lia Stone, NFBNJ Scholarship Committee chair at </span><a href="mailto:evangeliastone@gmail.com"><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>evangeliastone@gmail.com</span></a><span style='font-size:14.0pt'> or 917-570-3166. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Good luck! <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Lia Stone, LSW<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:evangeliastone@gmail.com"><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>evangeliastone@gmail.com</span></a><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Personal: 917-570-3166<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Work: 973-634-0864<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Pronouns: She/Her<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>