[Ohio-Talk] Announcing the 2023 National Federation of the Blind Ohio Student Scholarship!!!

[Kinshuk Tella]

Hello everyone,

It is with much excitement that I, along with fellow scholarship committee
cochair,  Kristin Coen, share with you the opening of our 2023 scholarship
program application! The application is open from today, March 1st, to May
31st. The three scholarships are in the amount of $1500, $2000, and $2500.
Please share this email  and application with any students attending an
Ohio institution as full time, or students that are residents of the state.
This email contains the link to the application form, as well as a file
attachment of the content of the form for viewing. Please keep reading to
learn more about this year’s scholarship program!

Application Form link:
https://forms.gle/q8a5oCUss9KXgkaF7

National Federation of the Blind of Ohio
2023 Scholarship Program

The National Federation of the Blind of Ohio joyfully announces the opening
of our 2023 scholarship program intended to benefit blind college students.
In  the fall of 2023 NFBO will offer scholarships to outstanding blind
students who currently live in, or are attending college in the state of
Ohio during the 2023-2024 academic school year. The three scholarships will
be awarded in the amount of $1,500, $2,000, and $2,500. The awards will be
checks made directly to the winners.

Scholarship winners must attend the entire National Federation of the Blind
of Ohio (NFBO) state convention during the month of November and
participate in all activities sponsored by the Ohio Association of Blind
Students (OABS). In addition, scholarship winners will be required to meet
with the Scholarship Committee during the state convention.

Scholarship winners will be notified no later than August 1, 2023. All
convention expenses will be provided for each scholarship winner. These
expenses will include transportation, hotel accommodations, 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 NFBO to apply for these
scholarships.

To be eligible for these scholarships, all applicants shall:
•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 2023-2024
academic school year.
•Participate in the entire NFBO 2023 state convention and all scheduled
OABS activities.
•Complete all application requirements by May 31, 2023 by 11:59 p.m. (this
includes: Google Form, 2 letters of recommendation (including interview),
unofficial transcripts, and personal essay)

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 of their awards by e-mail. All
decisions made by the scholarship committee are final.

Questions should be directed to:
Kinshuk Tella, Chairman, Scholarship Committee, National Federation of the
Blind of Ohio kinshuk.tella at gmail.com.


[image: Google Form]
NFB Ohio Scholarship Application 2023
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/100oLX7WHBzIhOXKQIhnXjprMdcZtwiNXV3LBUjEN0rM/edit>

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Kinshuk Tella
He/Him/His
937-708-9930
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