Institute for Disability Studies
Youth Notes Special Edition
May 2009

Welcome to the latest special edition of IDS Youth Notes, a youth e-newsletter for high school and college age youth with disabilities.  IDS Youth Notes includes information on education, career and job opportunities, recreational activities, health and much, much more.  If you have resources or information that you want to share with others, please respond to this email or contact Terri (Cookie) Smith at terri.smith@usm.edu or Jerry R. Alliston at jerry.alliston@usm.edu.

Inside this issue:

1. Scholarship Opportunity

1. Scholarship Opportunity

Google and Lime are pleased to announce a new scholarship program, Google Lime Scholarship for Students with Disabilities. Lime  is a New York-based not-for-profit organization that represents a new direction in the business/disability space.  The Google Lime Scholarships are for students with disabilities studying Computer Science or Computer Engineering who have shown academic strength and demonstrated a passion for computer science.  The scholarships are for the 2009-2010 academic year and are for $10,000 in the United States and $5000 for Canada.  Scholarship winners will also receive an invitation to attend the all-expenses-paid retreat at the Googleplex in Mountain View, California in 2010. 
Candidates must be:

• A student entering their junior or senior year of undergraduate study or be enrolled in a graduate program in the 2009–2010 academic year at a university in the United States or Canada (in addition to US and Canada citizens, international students with disabilities studying at universities in the US or Canada are also encouraged to apply)
• Enrolled in a Computer Science or Computer Engineering program, or a closely related technical field as a full-time student for the 2009–2010 academic year
• A person with a disability (defined as someone who has, or considers themselves to have, a long-term, or recurring, issue that impacts one or more activities that others may consider a daily function); this definition also includes the perception among others that a disability exists

For more information or to obtain an application,  please visit  www.google.com/jobs/scholarships.  

***PLEASE NOTE:  If you are unable to access any of the links in the Notes, please make sure the entire link is highlighted.  If a link is not highlighted, please copy and paste the entire link into your Web browser.

Training, Resources and Information for the Advancement of Degrees (TRIAD) is a project of the Institute for Disability Studies (IDS) at The University of Southern Mississippi, Mississippi’s University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities, funded by the Administration on Developmental Disabilities (GR# 90DN0228).  TRIAD focuses on assisting youth with disabilities transitioning from school to adult life in accessing postsecondary training opportunities.  For more information, call 1.888.671.0051 or visit IDS on the Web at www.usm.edu/ids.

SUBSCRIBE/UNSUBSCRIBE
***********************************

TO SUBSCRIBE

If this mailing was forwarded to you and you are not already subscribed to CM-Connect Notes, here's how you can become a subscriber:

Sign up online at https://mailman.usm.edu/mailman/listinfo/idsyouth                      

Unsubscribe online at https://mailman.usm.edu/mailman/listinfo/idsyouth and login with your email address and your password. If you do not have a password (they are emailed to members at the beginning of every month), contact one of the administrators listed below.

***********************************

Please visit the IDS Calendar of Events at  http://www.usm.edu/ids/calevents/.

Questions may be addressed to
terri.smith@usm.edu OR jerry.alliston@usm.edu
______________________________________________
IDS Youth Notes Mailing List
idsyouth@usm.edu
https://mailman.usm.edu/mailman/listinfo/idsyouth