Fwd: National Federation of the Blind Announces 2010 Scholarship Program Winners

"qubit" <lauraeaves@xxxxxxxxx> · Wed, 12 May 2010 16:48:58 -0500

Got this on another list -- note some familiar names -- congratulations Sina 
and anyone else who happens to be subscribed! I hope you win the big one!
--le

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>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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>
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>CONTACT:
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>Chris Danielsen
>
>Director of Public Relations
>
>National Federation of the Blind
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>(410) 659-9314, extension 2330
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>(410) 262-1281 (Cell)
>
><mailto:cdanielsen@xxxxxxx>cdanielsen@xxxxxxx
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>
>
>National Federation of the Blind Announces
>2010 Scholarship Program Winners
>
>
>
>Baltimore, Maryland (May 12, 2010): The National
>Federation of the Blind (NFB), the nation's
>oldest and largest organization of blind people,
>today announced the winners of its 2010
>Scholarship Program, which awards thirty
>scholarships each year to recognize achievement
>by blind scholars.  The winners are listed below
>in alphabetical order with their home states and vocational goals:
>
>
>    * Beth Allred, CO: professional vocalist and music teacher
>    * <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns =
> "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"
> />Sheri Anderson, TN: emergency management professional
>    * Sina Bahram, NC: computer-science technologist and entrepreneur
>    * Alicia Betancourt, FL: social worker for disabled persons
>    * Zachary Brubaker, PA: high school teacher of math and physics
>    * Chelsea Cook, VA: astronaut or astrophysicist or physicist
>    * Mary Fernandez, NJ: clinical psychologist
>    * C. J. Fish, VA: mental health counselor
>    * Rashi Goel, GA: environmental engineer
>    * Deepa Goraya, CA: attorneydisability
> rights and civil rights legislation specialist
>    * Antonio Guimaraes, RI: social studies teacher, grades 5-12
>    * Mary Hernandez, NE: classroom or itinerant teacher of blind students
>    * Chris Jeckel, IL: attorney
>    * Andrea Jenkins, GA: Spanish translator and interpreter
>    * Kayleigh Joiner, TX: elementary school teacher
>    * Melissa Lomax, NJ: high school English teacher
>    * Kirt Manwaring, UT: attorney
>    * Kristin Mathe, PA: professor of rhetoric (communication)
>    * Esha Mehta, CO: elementary school teacher
>    * Tabea Meyer, IN: social worker for children in school or foster care
>    * Josie Nielson, ID: violin soloistperformer and recording artist
>    * Shaun Reimers, UT: attorney and community activist
>    * Ashley Ritter, IN: teacher of blind children
>    * Cali Sandel, SC: federal program administrator, Washington, D.C.
>    * Jessica Scannell, NJ: teacher of blind
> children, birth through junior high
>    * Quintina Singleton, NJ: teacher, special education classroom
>    * Yadiel Sotomayor, PR: English/Spanish translator or English teacher
>    * Tara Prakash Tripathi, FL: teacher of
> access technology and active advocate
>    * Kayla Weathers, GA: special education
> teacher for blind and visually impaired students
>    * Michelle Wesley, IL: veterinarian
>
>
>
>"These students represent academic excellence,
>and many of them are doubtless future leaders of
>this nation's blind," said Dr. Marc Maurer,
>President of the National Federation of the
>Blind.  "They are forging a path in disciplines
>as varied as astrophysics, computer science,
>social work, law, and psychology.  They are
>proof of our conviction that we, the blind of
>this nation, can compete on terms of equality
>with our sighted peers, and we are very proud of their accomplishments."
>
>
>
>In July each winner will attend the NFB's
>seventieth annual national convention in Dallas,
>Texas, where the committee will spend several
>days getting to know each student and then
>decide which scholarship (ranging in value from
>$3,000 to $12,000) to award each of them.  The
>scholarship winners will then be announced at
>the banquet of the NFB convention on Thursday, July 8.
>
>
>
>For more information on the National Federation
>of the Blind Scholarship Program, visit
><http://www.nfb.org/scholarships>www.nfb.org/scholarships.
>
>
>
>###
>
>
>
>About the National Federation of the Blind
>
>With more than 50,000 members, the National
>Federation of the Blind is the largest and most
>influential membership organization of blind
>people in the United States.  The NFB improves
>blind people's lives through advocacy,
>education, research, technology, and programs
>encouraging independence and
>self-confidence.  It is the leading force in the
>blindness field today and the voice of the
>nation's blind.  In January 2004 the NFB opened
>the National Federation of the Blind Jernigan
>Institute, the first research and training
>center in the United States for the blind led by the blind.
>

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