[Ohio-talk] NFBO 2019 Scholarship Benefiting Blind College Students

[Jordy D. Stringer]

Only one week left to apply.
National Federation of the Blind of Ohio
2019 Scholarship Program

The National Federation of the Blind of Ohio is pleased to announce its
2019 scholarship program benefiting blind college students. This year we
will offer
scholarships to outstanding blind students who currently live in, or are
attending college in, the state of Ohio during the 2019-2020 academic
school year.

Scholarship winners will be required to attend the entire state convention
of the National Federation of the Blind of Ohio and participate in all
activities
sponsored by the Ohio Association of Blind Students. In addition,
scholarship winners will be required to meet with the Scholarship Committee
during the
state convention. The 2019 convention will take place November 1-3 at the
DoubleTree by Hilton Columbus–Worthington,
75 Hutchinson Ave. Columbus, Ohio 43235.

Scholarship winners will be notified no later than August 1, 2019. All
convention expenses will be provided for each scholarship winner, including
transportation,
hotel accommodations, and registration and banquet fees. For more
information on the NFBO state convention, please visit
http://www.nfbohio.org.

Applicants do not need to be members of the National Federation of the
Blind of Ohio to apply for these scholarships. To be eligible for these
scholarships,
all applicants must:
•    Be certified as being legally blind.
•    Be a resident of the state of Ohio or be a full-time student at an
Ohio college or university.
•    Be pursuing a full-time postsecondary course of study during the
2019-2020 academic school year.
•    Participate in the entire NFB of Ohio 2019 state convention and all
scheduled scholarship activities.
•    Submit all required application materials by June 1, 2019, no later
than 11:59 p.m. EDT.

Application materials can be submitted electronically to Cassandra Jones at
cassandra.jones02 at gmail.com.

Please make sure all applications are complete. The National Federation of
the Blind of Ohio's scholarship committee does not accept responsibility for
incomplete applications. Each application will be reviewed by the
committee, and candidates will be notified no later than August 1, 2019.
All decisions
made by the scholarship committee are final.

Questions can be directed to Richard Payne, the NFBO state president, at
the National Federation of the Blind of Ohio by email
rchpay7 at gmail.com

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Jordy D. Stringer, Executive Director

Southeastern Ohio Center for Independent Living, 418 South Broad Street
Lancaster, OH 43130

E-mail: jssocil at gmail.com

Phone: (740) 689-1494 EXT (11)


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