<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><br><br>Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br>Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><b>From:</b> Sean Whalen via Nfbnet-students-list <<a href="mailto:nfbnet-students-list@nfbnet.org">nfbnet-students-list@nfbnet.org</a>><br><b>Date:</b> September 23, 2014 at 11:00:10 PM GMT+3<br><b>To:</b> <<a href="mailto:nfbnet-students-list@nfbnet.org">nfbnet-students-list@nfbnet.org</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> <b>[Nfbnet-students-list] Great Opportunity for 1 on 1 Mentoring, check it Out!</b><br><b>Reply-To:</b> Sean Whalen <<a href="mailto:nabs.president@gmail.com">nabs.president@gmail.com</a>><br><br></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 14 (filtered medium)"><style><!--
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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black">Good afternoon NABS!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black">Learning Ally wants to find students who are blind or visually impaired and just beginning their first year of higher education or students who still need some support with the networks and tools required for success in a higher education setting. </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black">They are developing services for these students and need help testing and exploring their services and ideas and getting feedback along the way. The program includes access to mentors, peer support and web based resources. </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black">If you are interested or know someone who is, please have them email Mary Alexander, Director of National Initiatives at Learning Ally, at</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> <a href="mailto:malexander@learningally.org">malexander@learningally.org</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">This is a great opportunity to not only benefit from the services offered, but also to shape the program to make it maximally beneficial to blind students. I encourage you to contact Mary and get involved.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Sean<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Sean Whalen<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">President, National Association of Blind Students<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>Nfbnet-students-list mailing list</span><br><span><a href="mailto:Nfbnet-students-list@nfbnet.org">Nfbnet-students-list@nfbnet.org</a></span><br><span><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfbnet-students-list_nfbnet.org">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfbnet-students-list_nfbnet.org</a></span><br><span>To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for Nfbnet-students-list:</span><br><span><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfbnet-students-list_nfbnet.org/nihal_erkan%40hotmail.com">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfbnet-students-list_nfbnet.org/nihal_erkan%40hotmail.com</a></span></div></blockquote></body></html>