[acb-hsp] FW: [acb-l] Mentors Flyer Part II

[Baracco, Andrew W]

From: acb-l-bounces at acb.org [mailto:acb-l-bounces at acb.org] On Behalf Of
Mitch Pomerantz
Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2011 6:33 PM
To: leadership at acb.org; 'Acb-l'; announce at acb.org
Cc: employment at acb.org; ACBGE at yahoogroups.com
Subject: [acb-l] Mentors Flyer Part II

 

Colleagues:

 

Below is the Mentors flyer from Mississippi State.  Again, please
disseminate widely and encourage ACB members to get involved.

 

 

Mitch Pomerantz, President

American Council of the Blind

**********

Employment Mentoring Project

Seeking Professionals Who Are Blind 

 

Remember the challenges you faced in finding your first job?? 

Would you like to help a college student who is also blind begin their
career in a profession similar to yours??

 

We are conducting research to see if pairing students who are blind with
mentors in their career fields will help them find employment.

 

BENEFITS

*       Opportunity to mentor a college student who is blind and is
interested in working in your profession

*       Assist in research that seeks to benefit the blind community

 

RESPONSIBILITIES

*       Participate from January 2012 through up to 12 months after your
mentee graduates

*       Help your mentee develop career goals and offer opportunities
for job shadowing

*       Face-to-face contact with mentor 4 hours a month

*       Complete online activities monthly

 

ELIGIBILITY

*       Legal blindness

*       Currently employed or retired from a professional career

*       Has basic computer literacy and knowledge of accessibility
software/hardware needed to access online materials

 

INTERESTED?

*       Complete the eligibility survey at 
http://tiny.cc/mentor-professionals
<http://tiny.cc/mentor-professionals> 

 

*       For more information, contact Jamie O'Mally at Mississippi State
University's Research & Training Center on Blindness & Low Vision at 
rrtc2 at colled.msstate.edu <mailto:rrtc2 at colled.msstate.edu>  or toll
free: 1-800-675-7782

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