Thank you. I'd love to know if anyone else will be there so that we
may meet up.
Take care,
Sina
-----Original Message-----
From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of qubit
Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2010 5:49 PM
To: bprogramming
Subject: Fwd: National Federation of the Blind Announces 2010
Scholarship Program Winners
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
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Andrews" <dandrews@xxxxxxxx>
To: <david.andrews@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2010 3:47 PM
Subject: [nfb-talk] Fwd: National Federation of the Blind Announces
2010 Scholarship Program Winners
>
>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
>
>
>
>CONTACT:
>
>Chris Danielsen
>
>Director of Public Relations
>
>National Federation of the Blind
>
>(410) 659-9314, extension 2330
>
>(410) 262-1281 (Cell)
>
><mailto:cdanielsen@xxxxxxx>cdanielsen@xxxxxxx
>
>
>
>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: attorney-disability 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 soloist-performer 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.
>
David Andrews and long white cane Harry, dandrews@xxxxxxxx
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