[NFBofSC] Scholarship Opportunities for Students

Thu Apr 7 16:53:27 UTC 2022

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Scholarship Opportunities!

Are you a high school senior going to a two year or four year college. Do you need financial assistance or assistance with assistive technology. A nonprofit in Greenwood has reached out to me to share the below information. They will consider folks in college after high school seniors have been considered.

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2022 SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM

Each year at the NFB of SC state Convention, typically in the fall, the NFB of SC gives a broad array of scholarships to recognize achievement by blind students. All applicants for these scholarships must be:

  1.  Legally blind,
  2.  Residents of South Carolina or attending a college or university in South Carolina
  3.  Enrolled in or plan to enroll in a post-secondary course of study.

All scholarships are awarded based on the following criteria

  1.  Academic excellence
  2.  Community service (non-paid volunteerism)
  3.  NFB participation
  4.  SA quality

The National Federation of the Blind is an organization dedicated to creating opportunities for all blind people by breaking down barriers to independence and improving the public perception of blindness. Recipients of NFB scholarships do not have to be members of the National Federation of the Blind, but it is strongly encouraged. The Scholarship Committee will review all applications and will select the top three applicants. These three students will be notified approximately one month prior to the state convention, that they are one of the top three scholarship recipients, and will be required to attend the National Federation of the Blind of South Carolina state convention, in North Charleston, August 25 - 28. As a perk of being a scholarship recipient, the students room and convention registration will be provided free of charge thanks to the efforts of generous donations from NFB of SC members around the state! The only things the scholarship recipients are responsible for are their transportation to the convention and spending money while there. Family members and guests of the winner will be responsible for their own hotel and registration fee if they wish to attend the convention and/or banquet on Saturday night. The Federation will provide room and convention registration for recipients only. The scholarship recipients are required to participate in the entire convention and in the scheduled scholarship program activities, beginning with functions (such as the Student Division meeting) usually on Friday, all general sessions, and banquet on Saturday, and general sessions on Sunday.

The scholarship awards will be presented during the banquet Saturday evening.

attachments which are available electronically may be submitted via email to Shannon Cook, Scholarship Committee Chairman at coffeequeensc1 at sc.rr.com<mailto:coffeequeensc1 at sc.rr.com>

The form and *ALL* attachments must be received by June 20, 2022 at 11:59 PM.

For further questions, please contact Shannon Cook, Scholarship Chair at

(803) 605-4250, or by Email at coffeequeensc1 at sc.rr.com<mailto:coffeequeensc1 at sc.rr.com>.

Thank you for your interest in the Scholarship Program.

To make a donation to help fund scholarships for deserving students, please contact the Federation Center, or click the Pay Pal link and put scholarship donation in the memo field.

The 2022 Scholarship application can be downloaded from the below link.
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From: NFBofSC <nfbofsc-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Matthew Duffell-Hoffman via NFBofSC
Sent: Thursday, April 7, 2022 12:18 PM
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Cc: Matthew Duffell-Hoffman <matthew.duffell.h at gmail.com>
Subject: [NFBofSC] Student Division April Meeting

Good afternoon all,

It's that time again! The South Carolina Association of Blind Students  will meet tonight, April 7, at 8:30 PM ET for our regular monthly meeting .

Our meeting will be held on the Federation Center zoom platform (information below.)

Join our Zoom Meeting:
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Meeting ID: 803 254 3777 Passcode: 124578
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 We hope to see you there!
Matthew Duffell-Hoffman

Phone: (803)235-5188
Email: matthew.duffell.h at gmail.com<mailto:matthew.duffell.h at gmail.com>

South Carolina Association of Blind Students Board Member/Outreach Committee Chair
University of South Carolina Honors College
College of Engineering and Computing
Department of Electrical Engineering
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