[Arizona-students] New Science Internship for Blind Youth!

[Arielle Silverman]

If you are or will be a college freshman or sophomore this fall or in the future, please check out the below brand-new opportunity for blind youth to work with NASA and the NFB Jernigan Institute.

Excellence through Challenging Exploration and Leadership (EXCEL)

The National Federation of the Blind (NFB) Jernigan Institute and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) bring you a new internship program
for the blind. The Excellence through Challenging Exploration and Leadership (EXCEL) program will provide an employment experience like no other, combining
NASA's ambitious mission of exploration with the successful mentoring and empowerment model demonstrated by the NFB.

The EXCEL program not only provides blind youth with early employment experience but also provides support and mentoring from successful blind adults. If
you are a blind youth interested in a science, technology, engineering, or math (STEM) career, then this program is for you!

Six EXCEL interns will be chosen from a nationwide search, with two additional students chosen as alternates. Two interns will be placed at each of three
NASA centers-Goddard (Maryland), Johnson (Texas), and the Jet Propulsion Lab (California)-for an intensive six-week program that will begin at the NFB
National Convention. During the Convention, EXCEL interns will serve as NASA ambassadors as well as attend seminars and meetings to learn more about how
to succeed in the workplace as a blind adult. From there, the interns will travel to their work sites for five weeks of work experience under NASA supervisors.
The interns will stay with carefully selected host families who can assist the youth in preparing to live independently.

Applicants must:
· Be legally blind
· Be at least 18 years old
· Be going into their first or second year of college
· Have an interest in pursuing STEM careers
· Have at least a 3.0 cumulative grade point average on a 4.0 scale

Don't miss out on this exciting opportunity!!!

To learn more about the program or to apply, read the EXCEL Cover Page and
Application.

If you have any questions, contact:
Mark A. Riccobono, Manager, Education Programs
Jernigan Institute
National Federation of the Blind
1800 Johnson Street
Baltimore, MD 21230
(410) 659-9314, ext. 2368
mriccobono at nfb.org

(Obtained from www.nfb.org/nfbrti/excel.htm)
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If you are or will be a college freshman or sophomore this fall or in the future, please check out the below brand-new opportunity for blind youth to work with NASA and the NFB Jernigan Institute.
 
Excellence through Challenging Exploration and Leadership (EXCEL)
 
The National Federation of the Blind (NFB) Jernigan Institute and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) bring you a new internship program
for the blind. The Excellence through Challenging Exploration and Leadership (EXCEL) program will provide an employment experience like no other, combining
NASA's ambitious mission of exploration with the successful mentoring and empowerment model demonstrated by the NFB.
 
The EXCEL program not only provides blind youth with early employment experience but also provides support and mentoring from successful blind adults. If
you are a blind youth interested in a science, technology, engineering, or math (STEM) career, then this program is for you!
 
Six EXCEL interns will be chosen from a nationwide search, with two additional students chosen as alternates. Two interns will be placed at each of three
NASA centers-Goddard (Maryland), Johnson (Texas), and the Jet Propulsion Lab (California)-for an intensive six-week program that will begin at the NFB
National Convention. During the Convention, EXCEL interns will serve as NASA ambassadors as well as attend seminars and meetings to learn more about how
to succeed in the workplace as a blind adult. From there, the interns will travel to their work sites for five weeks of work experience under NASA supervisors.
The interns will stay with carefully selected host families who can assist the youth in preparing to live independently.
 
Applicants must:
· Be legally blind
· Be at least 18 years old
· Be going into their first or second year of college
· Have an interest in pursuing STEM careers
· Have at least a 3.0 cumulative grade point average on a 4.0 scale
 
Don't miss out on this exciting opportunity!!!
 
To learn more about the program or to apply, read the EXCEL Cover Page and
Application.
 
If you have any questions, contact:
Mark A. Riccobono, Manager, Education Programs
Jernigan Institute
National Federation of the Blind
1800 Johnson Street
Baltimore, MD 21230
(410) 659-9314, ext. 2368
mailto:mriccobono at nfb.org mriccobono at nfb.org
 
(Obtained from http://www.nfb.org/nfbrti/excel.htm www.nfb.org/nfbrti/excel.htm
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