Fwd: Fellowship offer for Deaf or Hard of Hearing

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Courtesy of bhNEWS ,

HIGH-TECH MASTER'S DEGREE FOR FREE

Fellowship offer for Deaf or Hard of Hearing

ROCHESTER, N.Y., Jan. 12-Deaf or hard-of-hearing college graduates

with a

bachelor's degree are invited to apply to the Professional

Fellowship

Program at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID), a

college

of Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT). This program offers a

master's

degree in a professional or technical field-for free. Fellowship

recipients

receive a full tuition waiver, free housing in a single room in a

residence

hall, and a $15,000 annual stipend as compensation for a career-

related,

part-time job.

Deaf and hard-of-hearing graduate students who apply must be United

States

citizens and be accepted into a two- to three-year master's degree

program

at RIT to be eligible for this fellowship. An application and other

required

materials are due to the Professional Fellowship Program selection

committee

by Feb. 15, 2005, for admission the following fall.

For more information or application materials, contact NTID Office

of

Outreach and Transition Services, 585-475-6433 (voice/TTY) or

dkbnca@r...

NTID is the first and largest technological college in the world for

students who are deaf and hard of hearing. One of eight colleges of

RIT,

NTID offers educational programs and access and support services to

1,100

students from around the world who study, live, and socialize along

with

14,000 hearing students on the RIT campus. Web address:

www.rit.edu/NTID

Visit www.rit.edu/NTID/newsroom for more NTID news.