NEWS AND EVENTS

Google Lime Scholarship for Students with Disabilities

Google is proud to support the work of Lime Connect. Google is committed to helping the innovators of the future make the most of their talents by providing scholarships and networking retreats for computer science students with disabilities.

Recipients of the Google Lime Scholarship will each receive a scholarship for the 2012-2013 academic year. Selected students will also be invited to attend the annual Google Scholars' Retreat at the Googleplex in Mountain View, California, in 2012. Scholarships will be awarded based on the strength of candidates' academic background and demonstrated passion for computer science - $10,000USD for those studying in the US and $5,000CAD for those studying in Canada (based on tuition costs).

Google Lime Scholars enjoying the Scholars Retreat at the Googleplex The Google Lime Scholarship is designed for undergraduate and graduate students with disabilities who are pursuing degrees in computer science, computer engineering or a closely related technical field at a university in the US or Canada (international students in the US or Canada are also eligible). And, one in ten students on campus today has a disability, with 90% of those being invisible - candidates with all disabilities are encouraged to apply.

To learn more and apply: go to our website:

http://bit.ly/uA7s0c

Application deadline: midnight EST on Sunday, February 5, 2012

 

Lighthouse International Scholarships Available

Lighthouse International is now accepting applications for its 2012 Scholarship and Career Awards program.  Please visit www.lighthouse.org/sca  to complete the online application.

These scholarships reward academic excellence, recognize accomplishments and help students who are blind or partially sighted pursue their academic and career goals.

There are three scholarship award categories, and each carries a $10,000 prize.

College-bound Award: for high school seniors or recent high school graduates who will attend college in the upcoming school year.

Undergraduate Award: for college students in their freshman, sophomore, junior or senior year.

Graduate Award: for first or second year masters level students or college seniors who will pursue a graduate level education.

Candidates may apply at any time immediately, prior to, or during their course of study. A total of six scholarships will be awarded across these three categories.

Applicant Criteria

We are pleased to announce that the 2011 Scholarship and Career Awards are open to students in all 50 states and any US territories. Students interested in applying for a scholarship must meet the following criteria:

• Applicants must be legally blind (i.e., have a best corrected visual acuity of 20/200 or less in the better eye, and/or a visual field of less than 20 degrees in the better eye).

• Scholarships are based on academic and personal achievements. Therefore, candidates are not required to demonstrate financial need.

• Applicants must be US citizens, and reside in the United States or a US Territory.

• Applicants must attend an accredited college or university in one of the 50 states, District of Columbia or a US territory.

• Proof of citizenship will be required of all award recipients.

• Previous SCA recipients and current Lighthouse employees and members of their immediate families are ineligible.

The application and all requested documentation must be submitted online no later than Friday, February 3, 2012

 

If you have any questions regarding the Scholarship and Career Awards program, please contact Ann Alexandrowicz at 212-821-9225 or email her at aalexandrowicz@lighthouse.org

 

BSA Scholarships Available

BSA Scholarships are available for students who are visually impaired or blind. Anyone who is a legally blind resident of the six-county Chicago Metropolitan area qualifies.  (Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, and Will counties)  She/he must plan to study in the 2011/12 scholastic year in an accredited undergraduate, graduate, vocational, technical or professional school.  Part-time students are also welcome.

 

The awards can be as high as $3,000.  Past winners have included students at all levels, and of all ages.  BSA wants to help people who have a clear and realistic goal of what they want from their education and who have begun to develop a track record of moving toward that goal.

 

For more information or for an application package call (312) 236-0808.  The applications are available currently and the deadline for receipt of application, transcription, an eye report, essay and letters of recommendation will be in the spring of 2011. The exact date will be included in the application package.

 

QUOTE TO REMEMBER

“Indeed, when a child is spat from its mother’s womb, the first two questions heard are:  ‘Boy or girl?’ and ‘Is it all right?’  No practitioner of the midwife’s art ever stands beaming above the mother and proclaims, ‘What a fascinating child you’ve given birth to!  Six-fingered !’ or ‘Legs fused into a fin!’”

          - Ahab, in Ann Finger’s short story, “Moby Dick, or the Leg.”  From her book, Call Me Ahab:  A Short Story Collection.  (Lincoln:  University of Nebraska Press, 2009).  P. 168.

Expanded Format of the Quote to Remember

New Resource for Finding Employment

GettingHired is a national employment and new social networking portal that uniquely connects job seekers with disabilities with employers committed to hiring them.