[Iabs-talk] deadline extended to May 1 for RFB&D scholarship applications

[David Andrews]

>GREAT NEWS!!! DEADLINE FOR APPLIOCATIONS EXTENDED TO MAY 1, 2007 
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>The Mary P. Oenslager
>Scholastic Achievement Awards (SAA) 
>The Mary P. Oenslager Scholastic Achievement Awards are presented to RFB&D members who are college seniors and blind or visually impaired, in recognition of extraordinary leadership, scholarship, enterprise and service to others.
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>Offered since 1959, the awards are given to a total of nine students who are chosen by a selection committee. RFB&D gives three top winners $6,000 each; three special honors winners $3,000 each; and three honors winners $1,000 each.
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>Applicants must meet all of the following eligibility criteria:  
>    * Be legally blind 
>    * Have been registered as an RFB&D member for at least one year, up to and including the period of March 1, 2006 ­ March 1, 2007, and have borrowed at least one RFB&D book during that time (individually or through a school) 
>    * Have received, or will receive, a bachelor’s degree from an accredited four-year college or university in the United States or its territories between July 1, 2006, and June 30, 2007 
>    * Have an overall grade point average for undergraduate years of 3.0 or more on a 4.0 scale (or equivalent if an alternative grading system is used)  
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>Julie Haggith 
>Strategic Communications Administrator 
>Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic 
>20 Roszel Road 
>Princeton, NJ 08540 
>609-520-8044