Awards

We are very proud to announce that nine of 34 students who participated in the
Carroll Center’s Regional Braille Literacy Celebration on February 9th have
been identified by the Braille Institute of America, the program’s host
organization, as having scores which placed them among the top readers and
writers of Braille in their respective age groups, as follows:

Apprentice: Jack [...]

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April 30, 2008

The Carroll Awards Committee has extended the deadline for submitting nominations to the Carroll Society until April 30, 2008. Several successful candidates have been recently identified and the Committee decided to extend the date to give the nominators ample time for their candidate to be considered.

This year’s Carroll Awards will mark the 26th season of recognizing outstanding blind and visually impaired employees, who have made significant contributions to their organizations through exceptional ability and job performance. The Carroll Awards are a joint effort between The Carroll Center for the Blind and the Massachusetts Commission for the Blind.

Persons inducted into the Carroll Society over the years represent a wide variety of occupations and professions, and their achievements are summarized in a publication, Profiles of Success, published by the Carroll Center.

If you know of a blind or visually impaired person who demonstrates the highest degree of excellence as an employee or is successfully self-employed, we invite you to nominate him/her to be recognized through the Carroll Awards. Nominations may come from any source but must be confirmed and approved by the candidate’s employer.

How to nominate an individual

Nominations can be submitted online. Alternatively, you may download nominee criteria and submission guidelines and the application. The completed application can be mailed in.

All nominations must be received before April 30, 2008. Candidates selected will be honored at a ceremony to be held in May.

For further information contact Arthur O’Neill, Carroll Center for the Blind (617) 969-6200 ext. 225

NOTE: Employees of The Carroll Center for the Blind or the Massachusetts Commission for the Blind are not eligible for nomination.

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April 30, 2008

Nominate an outstanding blind employee

The Carroll Center for the Blind and the Massachusetts Commission for the Blind are pleased to announce the opening of the 2008 Carroll Awards campaign, which will recognize outstanding blind or visually impaired employees in the workforce throughout the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. This year’s Carroll Awards will mark the 26th season.

The Carroll Awards recognize blind and visually impaired employees who have made significant contributions to their organizations through outstanding ability and job performance. They are respected by management and colleagues and demonstrate the potential contribution to the work force that can be made by the worker who happens to be blind or visually impaired.

Each year, a small select group of individuals from throughout the Commonwealth of Massachusetts are admitted into the Carroll Society, based on achievement and merit as valued employees. Carroll Society members become eligible, in future years, for nomination for the Thomas J. Carroll Award for Employment as the “Blind Employee of the Year.”

If you know of a blind or visually impaired person who demonstrates the highest degree of excellence as an employee or is successfully self-employed, we invite you to nominate him/her to be recognized through the Carroll Awards. Nominations may come from any source but must be confirmed and approved by the candidate’s employer.

How to nominate an individual

Nominations can be submitted online. Alternatively, you may download nominee criteria and submission guidelines and the application. The completed application can be mailed in.

All nominations must be received before April 30, 2008. Candidates selected will be honored at a ceremony to be held in May.

For further information contact Arthur O’Neill, Carroll Center for the Blind (617) 969-6200 ext. 225

NOTE: Employees of The Carroll Center for the Blind or the Massachusetts Commission for the Blind are not eligible for nomination.

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Karen Ross, Ph.D., V.P. of Educational Services at the Carroll Center, was recently selected as the recipient of the Fr. Carroll Award at the annual conference for the Northeast Chapter of the Assoc. for Education and Rehabilitation held at the Boston/Quincy Marriott Hotel on Nov. 14. This award recognizes an individual known as an innovator, a mover, a shaker, who has a positive impact on the lives of people with visual impairment.

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Brian Charlson, VP of Technology Training, was honored with an award from the American Foundation for the Blind at their recent meeting held at the Carroll Center on Nov 1st. Brian is rotating off of the AFB board, where he completed a 9 year term of service, and was presented with the Trustee Emeritus award by AFB Board Chairman Dick O’Brien. The award was a complete surprise to Brian who was surrounded by his Technology staff at the presentation.

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John McCarthy, and Carl Augusto present Rachel Rosenbaum with the Migel AwardRachel Rosenbaum of Newton, President and CEO of the Carroll Center for the Blind, was awarded the M.C. Major Migel Award, the highest honor in the blindness field, at the annual Taylor Leadership Conference in Atlanta, GA on Saturday March 4, 2006. The Migel Medal, established in 1937 by the late M.C. Migel, honors professionals whose dedication and achievements have improved the lives of people throughout the country who are blind or visually impaired.

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