[nfbwatlk] FW: Scholarships Available for High School Students with Disabilities

[Noel Nightingale]

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From: Ruttledge, Lynnae M. (DSHS/DVR) 
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Subject: Scholarships Available for High School Students with Disabilities



Please share this information widely. Thanks!

 

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High school students in Oregon and Washington invited to apply now!


 

Full scholarships available!

 

" [International exchange] changed my perspective on the world. There are so
many cultures and countries out there and I was able to learn about myself."

 

First Eugene, Oregon...then the world!

Mobility International USA (MIUSA) is currently accepting applications from
highly motivated high school students with and without disabilities from
Oregon and Washington to join 14 students with and without disabilities from
Bahrain in Eugene, Oregon, for a 5-day cross-cultural leadership exchange
program hosted by MIUSA and Bahrain Disabled Sports Federation, with a grant
sponsored by the U.S. Department of State. 

 

If you are a young person with a disability - or know someone who is -
between the ages of 15-17, and love learning about another culture,
traveling to new places and having fun while discussing issues that are
important to you, we encourage you to apply
<http://www.miusa.org/exchange/us-bahrain-2007/index_html> !

 

Application materials can be found at http://www.miusa.org/exchange or
requested by e-mail at: lshula at miusa.org or by Tel/TTY at: 541-343-1284.
Application deadline is February 26,2007. Late applications will be accepted
as space permits. Application materials are available in alternative formats
upon request.

 


Travel to Bahrain in 2008 - Full Scholarships available!


Participants in this 5-day program will be eligible and encouraged to apply
for a 21-day cross-cultural exchange program to Bahrain in Spring 2008. 

 

APPLY  <http://www.miusa.org/exchange/us-bahrain-2007/index_html> NOW!

 

Since 1981, MIUSA has been pioneering short-term international exchange
programs for people with and without disabilities from over 90 countries. As
a non-profit organization, MIUSA is dedicated to promoting opportunities for
people with disabilities in international exchange, leadership development
and service learning.

 

MIUSA exchange programs are inclusive of people with all types of
disabilities, including people who are Deaf and hard of hearing, or have
cognitive, visual, physical, psychiatric, systemic, non-apparent, or other
types of disabilities. MIUSA will provide appropriate accommodations to each
qualified participant with a disability, including ASL interpretation and
alternative formats.

 

Contact Information:

Lydia Shula

Executive Project Specialist / Executive Assistant to the CEO

Mobility International USA

132 East Broadway, Suite 343

Eugene, OR  97401 USA

Tel/TTY: (541) 343-1284 Ext. 26

Fax: (541) 343-6812

Email: lshula at miusa.org

Web: www.miusa.org

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