March 5, 2008
1. ODS Now Accepting Applications for Three Annual ODS Scholarships!
2. Counselor Reassignments for Enjie Hall!
3. Exam Reminders Winter Finals!
4. Daylight Savings Time Springs Forward Sunday 3/9/08!
1. ODS Now Accepting Applications for Three Annual ODS Scholarships!
There are three scholarships offered annually by the Office for Disability Services. Two are for students who have a visual impairment and one is for students who have a mobility impairment. The application deadline is April 11th, 2008. Complete and submit the necessary application forms and you could be awarded scholarship money for the upcoming 2008-2009 school year! The three available scholarships are listed below and application forms are available at the ODS website: http://www.ods.osu.edu/current_scholarship.asp. Alternatively, you can simply click on the link below the scholarship you are interested in to open the Microsoft Word version of each application.
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Application forms are available on the ODS website at: http://www.ods.osu.edu/posts/documents/Helen%20Keller%20App.doc
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To apply for the Charles W. Medick Scholarship you must have a visual disability and complete the application form. The number of scholarships and their monetary values vary each year. Include a copy of your college transcript, (an unofficial transcript is OK), and a one to two page essay. The scholarship will be presented to the winner during the ODS Recognition Reception in April.
Application forms are available on the ODS website at: http://www.ods.osu.edu/posts/documents/Charles%20Medick%20App.doc
The Anna Sborowitz Scholarship
To be eligible for the Anna Sborowitz Scholarship, you must have a mobility impairment with severe limitations in movement or use of one or more extremities. You must demonstrate financial need, show satisfactory progress in your academic studies, and complete the application form. The number of scholarships and their monetary values vary each year. Include a copy of your college transcript, (an unofficial transcript is OK), and a one to two page essay. The scholarship will be presented to the winner during the ODS Recognition Reception in April.
Application forms are available on the ODS website at: http://www.ods.osu.edu/posts/documents/Anna%20Sborowitz.doc
Please contact Caitlyn McCandless at mccandless.8@osu.edu if you have questions.
2. Counselor Reassignments for Enjie Hall!
ODS counselor, Enjie Hall, will be out of the office on leave. If Enjie is your counselor, please see any of the other available counselors if you have any needs and concerns that need to be addressed. Enjie will be returning sometime during spring quarter and that time has not been determined.
Lois J. Burke
Director
Office for Disability Services
3. Exam Reminders Winter Finals!
- Please turn in any remaining Exam Proctor Sheets as soon as possible to schedule Final Exams in at ODS. Please remember incomplete proctor sheets will be returned to you.
- You are responsible for contacting ODS during the 10th week of the quarter to obtain your final exam schedule. Be sure to check in with ODS during this final week of classes to obtain your final exam schedule and to ensure you know your final exam scheduled times.
- Reminder: Be sure to bring your OSU Buck ID, driver
4. Daylight Savings Time Springs Forward Sunday 3/9/08!
At 2 a.m. on March 9, 2008, please remember to turn your clocks forward one hour, marking the beginning of Daylight Saving Time (DST). Please remember to do this so you are not an hour late to your Final Exams!