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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><h1><span style='font-size:20.0pt'><img width=534 height=193 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D388AB.CC486CC0" alt="2014 NFB Logo Black - Rect"></span><span style='font-size:20.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></h1><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:20.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:20.0pt'>NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:20.0pt'>2018 SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM</span></b><i><span style='font-size:18.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><i><span style='font-size:18.0pt'>for blind high school seniors through grad school students</span></i><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:8.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-right:10.7pt;text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Program Begins: November 1, 2017<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-right:10.7pt;text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Deadline</span></b><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>: Midnight, EST,</span></b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'> <b>March 31, 2018</b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:8.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:36.0pt'>$12,000 Scholarship<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt'> “The Kenneth Jernigan Scholarship”<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-left:1.0in;text-align:center;text-indent:.5in'><b><i><span style='font-size:18.0pt'>and</span></i></b><b><i><span style='font-size:18.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-left:1.0in;text-align:center;text-indent:.5in'><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt'>1 scholarship</span></b><b><span style='font-size:24.0pt'> </span></b><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt'>for</span></b><b><span style='font-size:24.0pt'> </span></b><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt'>$10,000</span></b><b><span style='font-size:28.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-left:1.0in;text-align:center;text-indent:.5in'><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt'>2 scholarships for $8,000 each<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt'>4 scholarships for $5,000 each<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt'>22 scholarships for $3,000 each<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt'> </span></b><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt'>PLUS other gifts to our thirty scholarship finalists!</span></b><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'> </span></b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><i><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>ARE YOU A LEGALLY BLIND HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR OR COLLEGE STUDENT of any age?</span></i></b><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>Go to</span></b><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif'>: </span></b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif'> </span><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black",sans-serif'><a href="http://www.nfb.org/scholarships">www.nfb.org/scholarships</a></span></b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:10.7pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:76.95pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-59.85pt'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:10.7pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:45.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-45.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>To apply:</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> During the five-month open period, read the rules and the Submission Checklist, c</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>omplete the official 2017 Scholarship Application Form (online or in print), supply all required documents, and request and complete one interview by an NFB affiliate president. Read the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) page for more information.</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:27.8pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:25.9pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:8.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:27.8pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:17.1pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Questions? </span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Contact the</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> NFB Scholarship Program; Chairperson Cayte Mendes. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-right:27.8pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>E-mail: <a href="mailto:Scholarships@nfb.org">Scholarships@nfb.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:27.8pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:76.95pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;text-indent:-59.85pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Office: (410) 659 -9314, ext. 2415, (8 a.m. - 5 p.m. EST)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:27.8pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:76.95pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;text-indent:-59.85pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:27.8pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:76.95pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;text-indent:-59.85pt'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>OR</span></b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'>Contact Jeannie at the information below!<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><span style='font-family:"Cambria",serif'>Jeannie M. Massay, President<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Cambria",serif'>National Federation of theBlind <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Cambria",serif'>Of Oklahoma<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Cambria",serif'>405-600-0695<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Cambria",serif'><a href="mailto:president@nfbok.org">president@nfbok.org</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Cambria",serif'><a href="http://www.nfbok.org">www.nfbok.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Cambria",serif'>Follow us on Twitter @NFBOK<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Cambria",serif'>Follow us on Facebook @nationalfederationoftheblindok<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Cambria",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Cambria",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Cambria",serif'>Live the life you want!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Cambria",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Cambria",serif'>The National Federation of the Blind is a community of members and friends who believe in the hopes and dreams of the nation’s blind. Every day we work together to help blind people live the lives they want.</span><span style='font-family:"Cambria",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>