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March 19, 2007
RFB&D extends scholarship deadline to May 1!
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.
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.
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; and
- 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)
For more information contact:
Julie Haggith
Strategic Communications Administrator
Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic
20 Roszel Road
Princeton, NJ 08540609-520-8044
Posted by Nancy at March 19, 2007 03:57 PM
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