[Arizona-students] Fw: [nabs-l] RE: RFB&D scholarship application deadline is MARCH 1!

[Arielle Silverman]

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From: "Cooke, AnneMarie" <ACooke at rfbd.org>
To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list" 
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Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2005 11:22 AM
Subject: [nabs-l] RE: RFB&D scholarship application deadline is MARCH 1!


> Hey listers, don't forget to apply if you are a senior at a four year U.S. 
> college or university!
> Annemarie
>
> Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic (RFB&D®) announced its 2005 National 
> Achievement Awards (NAA) program - an annual competition for college 
> seniors with visual impairments and high school seniors with learning 
> disabilities.
>
> RFB&D's Mary P. Oenslager Scholastic Achievement Awards (SAA) are given 
> annually to nine blind or visually impaired seniors at four-year US 
> colleges or universities. The Marion Huber Learning Through Listening® 
> (LTL®) awards are presented annually to six high school seniors with 
> learning disabilities. Awards total more than $50,000. The top three 
> winners in each category are recognized at an annual RFB&D celebratory 
> event, and previous winners have also been honored by the president at the 
> White House.
>
> The NAA program is open to active RFB&D members who have been registered 
> for at least one year prior to the March 1, 2005 deadline - either 
> individually or through their school. They should be prepared to 
> demonstrate outstanding scholarship, leadership, enterprise and service to 
> others. Applications are now available.
>
> For more than 50 years, RFB&D, a nonprofit volunteer organization, has 
> served people of all ages who cannot read standard print effectively 
> because of visual impairment, dyslexia or other physical disability. RFB&D 
> maintains a library of 100,000 recorded textbooks produced by volunteers 
> working in 28 RFB&D studios across the country. Last year, RFB&D 
> circulated close to a quarter of a million titles among its more than 
> 137,000 members.
>
> For additional information on RFB&D's membership programs, National 
> Achievement Award eligibility criteria or to request an award application, 
> call  Julie Haggith at RFB&D at (609)520-8044 or visit RFB&D's accessible 
> website at www.rfbd.org.
>
>
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