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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>FYI.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thank you Joe.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>John<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a name="_MailEndCompose"><o:p> </o:p></a></p><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose'></span><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> Joe Hobson [mailto:joewhobson@gmail.com] <br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, March 2, 2017 6:28 PM<br><b>To:</b> 'Tracy Soforenko' <tracy.soforenko@gmail.com><br><b>Cc:</b> 'John Bailey' <john_bailey17@hotmail.com>; johnh50@verizon.net<br><b>Subject:</b> Joseph "roder technology Scholarship Opportunity<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>FYI<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;background:white'><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="98%" style='width:98.0%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 16.5pt 7.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222'>2017 Roeder Scholarship Application Now Available</span></strong><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222'>Kathy Gallagher, Learning and Development Manager, NIB<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222'>703-310-0343 or <a href="mailto:kgallagher@nib.org" target="_blank">kgallagher@nib.org</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222'>Eligible candidates must: <o:p></o:p></span></p><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#222222;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Be legally blind<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#222222;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Be enrolled as an undergraduate or graduate student pursuing a degree in a business-related field<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#222222;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Have a GPA of 3.0 or higher<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222'>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.<br><br><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001Zmd7joaHfPyqydpzQdpCCcDLYLAWy3zgGBsbGfcI4goLZbvQ_YrPZywBW0zvgwmA72Sj_U_5Heg66XXZ6i-uSvYo12b2vqwDNjEpqMqcHBo-_5hFAMZWkk16srLiYhgsZ1nbthqWSSC5UJZwJmUSTW9jyo6SwDyocGC9f8To63yvZYv3tVP_GwGCQNhqJxjcsNVliztvVg2ly0jEfdaJxgYOkvoskzBm&c=dwT3aUMqEnyD3QlP1LYY4vI486dSisAdkzCwhbkgi8FJQwf2bYBijw==&ch=Tqti_PF8Uzuv7czCxCBSvGhtDTvQCwcW6nfXVd0MhMf1CsJ1EbZS3A==" target="_blank">Click here to access the Joseph Roeder Scholarship online application.</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;display:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;min-width:100% !important'><tr style='height:.75pt'><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 10.5pt 0in;height:.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;mso-line-height-alt:.75pt'><img border=0 width=5 height=1 style='width:.052in;height:.0104in' id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01D29382.C44EB610" alt="http://img.constantcontact.com/letters/images/sys/S.gif"><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>