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VIDBE-Q Volume 63 Issue 3
Nominations for Awards!!
It is time to be thinking about the taking time to honor the wonderful people of our field
that do so much to ensure our students are receiving access to the education they
deserve as well as the services they need. Please take time to honor an amazing
person in your life.
We have 5 awards that we like to give out each year. Nominations are easy.
DVIDB Distinguished Service Award:
The DVIDB Distinguished Service Award is to recognize exemplary leadership and
commitment to the field of education and rehabilitation of students with visual
impairments and deafblindness.
Exemplary Advocate Award:
The DVIDB Exemplary Advocate Award is to recognize exemplary leadership and
commitment to the field of education and rehabilitation of students with visual
impairments and deafblindness.
Teacher of the year:
The DVIDB Teacher of the Year Award honors a person who is exceptionally dedicated,
knowledgeable and a skilled certified Teacher of Students with Visual Impairments or
Certified Orientation and Mobility Specialist in any state approved or accredited day or
specialized school, who serves students who are visually impaired, ages birth through
21, with or without additional disabilities.
Virginia M. Sowell Student of the Year Award:
The DVIDB Virginia M. Sowell Student of the Year Award recognizes a student who
demonstrates a commitment to the education and/or rehabilitation of individuals with
visual impairments and deafblindness. The award was named after Dr. Virginia Sowell
whose lifetime contributions to the profession impacted the lives of numerous educators
and countless children and adults with visual impairments and deafblindness.
Outstanding Dissertation of the Year Award:
The DVIDB Dissertation of the Year Award is to recognize a DVIDB member who
makes a significant contribution to the field through extensive study and research in
their summative doctoral dissertation.
To Make a Nomination:
1. Fill out the Nomination Award
2. Provide at least 1 letter of support (no more than 2 pages) describing why you
are nominating the person. Feel free to add any additional information that you
feel will add to the description and qualifications of your nominee for the award.
3. * For Dissertation of the Year: Please provide an abbreviated (No more than 25
pages) version of the dissertation for the committee. One letter of support MUST
come from the advisor of the student