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Press Release
RECORDING
FOR THE BLIND & DYSLEXIC® NAMES 6 HIGH SCHOOL
AND 9 COLLEGE STUDENTS WINNERS OF
2005 NATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS
Recipients to be honored in Washington, DC,
at national nonprofit's annual awards celebration
June 29, 2005 (Princeton, NJ) - Cited for
their extraordinary scholarship, leadership, enterprise and service
to others, 15 students have been selected for the 2005 National
Achievement Awards (NAA) by national nonprofit Recording for the
Blind & Dyslexic (RFB&D®). RFB&D is the nation's
educational library of recorded textbooks for students with visual
impairment, dyslexia or other physical disabilities that make
reading standard textbooks difficult or impossible.
Each year, RFB&D presents the Mary P.
Oenslager Scholastic Achievement Awards (SAAs) for college seniors
who are blind or visually impaired and the Marion Huber Learning
Through Listening® (LTL®) awards for high school seniors
with learning disabilities. The finalists for each award were
chosen by two selection committees based on student academics,
teacher referrals, volunteerism and community involvement weighed
against individual opportunity and personal circumstance. The
recipients will be recognized at RFB&D's NAA event held in
Washington, DC, early next year.
The top three winners of the LTL awards are
Karen Jenkins, Galena, OH; Christine Lowry, Reston, VA; and Philip
Wyks, Oradell, NJ. Each will receive $6,000. Special Honors awards
of $2,000 go to Ali Dankenbring, Lawrence, KS; David Klock, Eden,
UT; and Liana Mulholland, Detroit, MI. The top three SAA winners,
who will each receive $6,000, are Kathleen Ernst, Athens, GA;
Scott MacIntyre, Scottsdale, AZ; and Jessica Smith, Dillon, SC.
Special Honors awards of $3,000 go to William Conrad, Austin,
TX; Rodelyn Alcidonis, Brooklyn, NY; and Ronit Ovadia, Pleasant
Hill, CA. Honors winners receiving $1,000 awards are Angela Winfield,
Newburgh, NY; Lindsey Smith, Saint Joseph, MO; and Rachel Werner,
Edmond, OK.
"RFB&D's National Achievement Awards
recognize the accomplishments of students who are outstanding
role models, not only for people with disabilities, but for all
of us who endeavor to reach our full potential as students and
as citizens," said John Kelly, RFB&D President &
CEO.
RFB&D serves more than 137,000 students
from kindergarten through graduate school and beyond with its
one-of-a-kind collection of more than 104,000 educational titles
on CD or four-track cassette. RFB&D's AudioPlus® digitally
recorded textbooks on CD provide unprecedented navigation, ease
of use and proven effectiveness as learning tools for students
with print disabilities. Students rely on RFB&D's unique accommodation
to access the printed page and to achieve educational success.
All of RFB&D's accessible titles are recorded by volunteers
working in 29 RFB&D recording studios nationwide.
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