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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";
color:#7030A0'>National Federation of the Blind 2011 Scholarship Program<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:windowtext'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";
color:windowtext'>The National Federation of the Blind annually offers blind
college students in the United State the opportunity to win one of 30 national
scholarships worth from $3,000 to $12,000.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";
color:#7030A0'>ELIGIBITY REQUIREMENTS<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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color:windowtext'>Applicants for these scholarships:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:windowtext'>Must be legally blind in both eyes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";
color:windowtext'>Must be residing in the U.S. the District of Columbia, or
Puerto Rico and<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";
color:windowtext'>Must be pursuing or planning to pursue a full-time,
postsecondary course of study in a degree program in the 2011-2012 year; 1
scholarship may be given to a person employed full-time while attending school
part time <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";
color:windowtext'>Must participate in the entire NFB national convention and in
all scheduled scholarship program activities<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:windowtext'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";
color:windowtext'>For further information, application instructions, program
timing, visit the web site at </span><a
href="http://www.nfb.org/nfb/scholarship_program.asp">http://www.nfb.org/nfb/scholarship_program.asp</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b>Deadline March 31, 2011<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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color:windowtext'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Rage Italic";
color:#365F91'>Maria del C. Ramos<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";
color:#0D0D0D'>Interim Director, Financial Aid and Scholarship Office<br>
Texas A&M University-Commerce<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";
color:#0D0D0D'>PO Box 3011</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#0D0D0D'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";
color:#0D0D0D'>Commerce, TX 75249-3011<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";
color:#365F91'>http://web.tamu-commerce.edu/<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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color:#A88420'>Please take a minute to complete our </span><span
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