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[John Bailey]

FYI


2017 Roeder Scholarship Application Now Available
Kathy Gallagher, Learning and Development Manager, NIB
703-310-0343 or kgallagher at nib.org

Applications for the 2017 Joseph Roeder Scholarship are now available on the NIB website. Criteria for the scholarship, which provides a one-time award of $2,500 for an individual who is blind, has been expanded to include students pursuing a college degree in a business-related field.
The scholarship is named for Joe Roeder, senior accessible technology specialist at NIB from 1997 until his death in 2010. Roeder was instrumental in the development of the Section 508 electronic and information technology accessibility standards of the Rehabilitation Act, which require all federal government agencies to provide accessible data and information for employees with disabilities.
Eligible candidates must:
*             Be legally blind
*             Be enrolled as an undergraduate or graduate student pursuing a degree in a business-related field
*             Have a GPA of 3.0 or higher
Applications and supporting documents must be submitted online no later than 6:00 p.m. ET on Friday, May 5, 2017. The winner will be announced in June 2017.

Click here to access the Joseph Roeder Scholarship online application.



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