[Nfbnet-members-list] NBPCB Memorial Scholarships

[Edward Bell]

National Blindness Professional Certification Board (NBPCB)
Memorial Scholarships

Arlene Hill Memorial Scholarship

This scholarship is intended for individuals who 
are seeking certification to teach Structured 
Discovery cane travel through the NBPCB 
apprenticeship program at an approved training 
center. This scholarship will be awarded to a 
person who exemplifies the traits of Arlene 
Hill­namely a deep-seated passion for teaching 
the skills of cane travel to blind people. This 
scholarship is intended for individuals who are 
pursuing the apprenticeship route­therefore, no 
college degree is required. The amount and 
frequency of the scholarship will be determined 
by the NBPCB board annually, and only at such 
times as a worthy candidate is identified.

Donations may be made online here:
<https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=JVU2LGP5M4AH4>Arlene 
Hill Memorial Scholarship Fund

Or Checks can be mailed to:
NBPCB Office
101 South Trenton Street
Ruston LA 71270

Darick Ray Williamson Memorial Scholarship

This scholarship is intended for individuals who 
are seeking a graduate degree and certification 
to teach Structured Discovery Cane Travel or 
Rehabilitation teaching at an NBPCB-approved 
University program. This scholarship will be 
given to a person who exemplifies the traits of 
Darick Williamson­Namely the passion to teach the 
skills of independence to blind people. This 
scholarship is intended for individuals pursuing 
a Graduate Degree in O&M or Rehab teaching, and 
therefore, admittance into an NBPCB-approved 
University program is required. The amount and 
frequency of the scholarship will be determined 
by the NBPCB board annually, and only when a worthy candidate is identified.

Donations may be made online here:
<https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=7T2FXJAKCQC9Y>Darick 
Ray Williamson Memorial Scholarship Fund

Or Checks can be mailed to:
NBPCB Office
101 South Trenton Street
Ruston LA 71270




Edward C. Bell, Ph.D., CRC, NOMC, Director,
Professional Development and Research Institute on Blindness
Louisiana Tech University
600 Mayfield Ave / 210 Woodard Hall
PO Box 3158
Ruston LA 71272
Office: 318.257.4554                      Fax: 318.257.2259
<mailto:ebell at latech.edu>ebell at latech.edu  www.pdrib.com
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"I am somehow less interested in the weight and 
convolutions of  Einstein's brain than in the 
near certainty that people of equal  talent have 
lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops."
-- Stephen Jay Gould


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