{"id":41896,"date":"2021-04-01T17:27:32","date_gmt":"2021-04-01T22:27:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/?p=41896"},"modified":"2021-04-01T17:27:32","modified_gmt":"2021-04-01T22:27:32","slug":"the-tdi-scholarship-program-deadline-5-14-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2021\/04\/01\/the-tdi-scholarship-program-deadline-5-14-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"The TDI Scholarship Program &#8211; Deadline 5\/14\/2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/TDI-Logo.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"21772\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2013\/02\/06\/tdi-alda-joint-conference-2013-new-mexico\/tdi-logo\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/TDI-Logo.jpg?fit=352%2C270&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"352,270\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"TDI Logo\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/TDI-Logo.jpg?fit=352%2C270&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright wp-image-21772 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/TDI-Logo.jpg?resize=300%2C230&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/TDI-Logo.jpg?resize=300%2C230&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/TDI-Logo.jpg?w=352&amp;ssl=1 352w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>The TDI Scholarship Program<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>TDI\u2019s Communications Access Scholarship Program was set up to recognize the community volunteerism work that the graduating high school seniors who are deaf, hard-of-hearing, late-deafened, or deaf-blind have contributed to. These students are recognized for their passion and capacity to lead and serve, as well as their commitment to making a significant impact on their schools and communities.<\/p>\n<p><strong>AWARDS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>TDI will award scholarships of $2,500 or more (per award) to graduating deaf, hard-of-hearing, late-deafened, and deaf-blind high school students who are planning to attend post-secondary school at either a technical college or university.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ELIGIBILITY<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Applicants must be high school students graduating in 2021.<\/li>\n<li>Applicants must be committed to attending post-secondary school starting in Fall 2021.<\/li>\n<li>Applicants must be US citizens or permanent residents.<\/li>\n<li>Current TDI board members and staff as well as their siblings, children, and grandchildren are not eligible for the<\/li>\n<li>Access Communications Scholarship Program.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>SELECTION CRITERIA<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Demonstrated record of volunteerism in the community in non-school sponsored activities.<\/li>\n<li>Participation in extracurricular school sponsored activities.<\/li>\n<li>Demonstrated leadership skills.<\/li>\n<li>Academic achievement.<\/li>\n<li>Applicants must have the endorsement of their school guidance counselor.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To be considered for TDI Scholarship, you must submit the following no later than:<\/p>\n<p><strong>FRIDAY, MAY 14, 2021 &#8212; 5pm EST<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Application form, activities summary, and statement of accuracy.<\/li>\n<li>Proof of acceptance at an academic, vocational, or technical school for post-secondary studies.<\/li>\n<li>Letter of recommendation from a volunteer organization or extracurricular school sponsored program (optional).<\/li>\n<li>Most recent high school transcript (photocopy is acceptable for application).<\/li>\n<li>Senior yearbook or graduation photo.<\/li>\n<li>Completion of written or video essay that accompanies this application outlining your idea for people who are deaf, hard-of-hearing, late-deafened, or deaf-blind<br \/>\n** Describing how you will advocate for greater communication access, or<br \/>\n** Suggesting new communications technology that will provide greater access.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>CONTACT: Scholarship@TDIforAccess.org<\/p>\n<p><strong>RECOGNITION OF MAJOR TDI SCHOLARSHIP DONORS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tdiforaccess.org\/scholarship\">https:\/\/tdiforaccess.org\/scholarship<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The TDI Scholarship Program TDI\u2019s Communications Access Scholarship Program was set up to recognize the community volunteerism work that the graduating high school seniors who are deaf, hard-of-hearing, late-deafened, or deaf-blind have contributed to. These students are recognized for their&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2021\/04\/01\/the-tdi-scholarship-program-deadline-5-14-2021\/\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[1645,806,186],"class_list":["post-41896","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-deaf-news","tag-scholarship","tag-tdi","tag-volunteer"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p752R-aTK","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12891,"url":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2011\/01\/13\/2011-tdi-biennial-conference-austin\/","url_meta":{"origin":41896,"position":0},"title":"2011 TDI Biennial Conference &#8211; Austin","author":"Grant Laird Jr","date":"January 13, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"2011 TDI Biennial Conference Austin, Texas ACCESS FOR ALL\u2014 TEXAS SIZE! 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