[Njabs-talk] NFB scholarship program announcement

[EVELYN E. VALDEZ]

Thank you,
 
Jerilyn Higgins, NFB NJ 

scholarship committee chairperson
 
 
NFB 2010 Scholarship Program for blind college students
 
Deadline: March 31, 2010
 
Dear Educators, Librarians, and 

Counselors:
 
This program is for legally blind students in 

the
United States or Puerto Rico who will be attending college or university 

in fall 2010.  We have 30 scholarships in our program. Students apply to 

the scholarship
program (not for a particular scholarship). The NFB 

Scholarship Committee chooses the 30 winners from all who apply and later 

decides which scholarship
each of the thirty winners will 

receive.
 
$12,000 –   1 award
 
$10,000 –   1 award
 
$  5,000 –   4 awards
 
$  3,000— 22 awards
 
Plus other gifts to our 30 scholarship 

winners.
 
Complete details are available on our Website 

at
www.nfb.org/scholarships.
 
Please share this information with other 

departments and agencies in our state that have contact with blind college 

students. Please give it to any high
school senior intent on entering college 

in fall 2010 or any blind college student from college freshman up through 

working on a PhD, and any counselor,
teacher, or parent working with a blind 

scholar.
 
Cordially,
 
Mr. Anil Lewis, Chairperson
 
NFB Scholarship Committee
 
NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND
 
200 East Wells Street, Baltimore, MD 

21230
 
      at
Jernigan 

Place
 
Office:  (410) 659-9314, x2415;
 
Email:  scholarships at nfb.org;
 
Website:  www.nfb.org/scholarships
 
Discussion Groups: www.nfb.net.org
 
There is a Braille literacy crisis in 

America.  For the whole story, go to
www.braille.org.