[Ohio-talk] Introducing the 2018 NFB of Ohio Scholarship Winners

[Robert Sabwami]

With profound gratitude and great humility, I want to thank you all
for affording me the opportunity to chase my dream. I’m honored to be
one of the scholarship recipients.

Kind regards,


On 6/28/18, Smith, JW <smithj at ohio.edu> wrote:
> Dear NFB of Ohio Family, Friends, and Colleagues,
>
> As some of us prepare to head to Orlando, FL next week for our national
> convention, I would like to introduce you to our NFB of Ohio Scholarships
> winners for this year. First, I am indebted to my scholarship committee
> members Barbra Pierce, Bob Pierce, Emily Pennington, and Lucas Cassi for
> their hard work and diligence to this point. It is a joy to work with them
> and as you might expect, our task was not an easy one. After reviewing all
> of the submitted applications, the following three excellent students were
> selected.
>
> DRUM ROLL PLEASE!!!!!
>
> The winners are, in alphabetical order:
> Michael Molchan, Lillie Pennington, and Robert Sabwami.
>
> Michael Molchan is a double major in Finance and Business Economics at Miami
> University. As a teaser, here are the first few lines from Mr. Molchan's
> submitted essay:
> "'Steve Jobs once said: You cannot connect the dots looking forward; you can
> only connect them looking backwards.' Steve Jobs had to trust that somehow,
> someway, his dots would connect. How I deal with blindness can be explained
> in two words: dots and trust'"
>
> Lillie Pennington will be attending Northern Kentucky University next year
> and majoring in Social Work. As a teaser, here is a paragraph from the
> letter recommendation for Ms. Pennington from Anil Lewis:
> "In my opinion, Lillie works best alone, and requires little supervision.
> Her strength is research and when given a task, she performs best when she
> has the opportunity to investigate the various parameters in order to gain
> an enhanced understanding of the project. Lillie also works well in a group,
> and she generally serves as the anchor of the group. Her reasoned approach
> toward a task helps to balance those that may attempt a riskier solution"
>
> Robert Sabwami is going to school at Wright State University to be an
> intervention specialist in special education. As a teaser, please check out
> the link to this provocative documentary which features Mr. Sabwami:
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNAufJwvOT8
>
> Undoubtedly, you will be hearing more about these excellent students and I
> know you join me in congratulating them and conveying to them how excited we
> are to have them be a part of our state convention this year in every
> aspect!
>
> jw
>
>
>


-- 
Robert

~ IT IS ONLY WITH THE HEART THAT ONE CAN SEE RIGHTLY;
WHAT IS ESSENTIAL IS INVISIBLE TO THE EYE
~