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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Hi, Unfortunately our academic program is being closed to any new applicants. Once the five us graduate there will no longer be a masters or doctorate program at teacher’s college in blindness and visual impairment. All of our classes but one on health education is in the classroom and we had two one semester classes devoted each to literary braille and Nemeth along with a hands onorientation and mobility class along with a month long tech course that was hands on. Kristina <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'> nyabs-bounces@nfbnet.org [mailto:nyabs-bounces@nfbnet.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Kathryn Carroll<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, May 09, 2012 12:05 AM<br><b>To:</b> New York Association of Blind Students Discussion List<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Nyabs] FW: hi<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hi Kristina,<br><br>I'm so glad you found your way on to the listserv. We do nearly all of our communication outside of phone conferences on the listserv because we are a state-wide group and don't want to exclude anyone.<br><br>I would personally like to hear more about the academic program you are in...<br>Welcome to the group!<br><br>Kathryn<br><br>On 5/6/2012 10:13 PM, Kristina Constant wrote: <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in;border-color:-moz-use-text-color -moz-use-text-color'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Kristina Constant [<a href="mailto:kristinaconstant66@gmail.com">mailto:kristinaconstant66@gmail.com</a>] <br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, May 06, 2012 10:13 PM<br><b>To:</b> '<a href="mailto:niabs@nfbnet.org">niabs@nfbnet.org</a>'<br><b>Subject:</b> hi</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hi, My name is Kristina Constant and I am a student in New York studying to be a teacher of the visually impaired. I have wanted to get involved with your group over a year but it appears the only way to do so is to subscribe to the mailing list so after quite a bit of difficulty finding the subscription information here I am. Thanks Kristina <o:p></o:p></p><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>_______________________________________________<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Nyabs mailing list<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><a href="mailto:Nyabs@nfbnet.org">Nyabs@nfbnet.org</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nyabs_nfbnet.org">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nyabs_nfbnet.org</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre>To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for Nyabs:<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nyabs_nfbnet.org/carroll.kathryn.e%40gmail.com">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nyabs_nfbnet.org/carroll.kathryn.e%40gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></pre></div></body></html>