Many blind college students take their own notes and study independently, so you need to work out why this student needs assistance. I don't want to tell you not to work for them, especially because jobs are so hard to come by at the moment, but doing something for them that they should be able to do for themselves is a great disservice to their future—how will they work and live independently?

This sounds super sketch. In college this student should be the one asking for help if they need it. Not mom. I wonder who really wants this, the student, or mom? Are the hooked up with the office of students with disabilities? That’s where they should be starting.

My boyfriend is blind and one crucial part of his success is being able to quickly see what needs done. All assignments are written in each syllabus, usually in a chart format to show what dates everything is due. He used to spend 40 minutes a night just trying to figure out what was due when, because he had a syllabus for each class and had to scroll all the way to the calendar on each, and they usually aren’t very accessible. I take the syllabus/schedule for each class and put it all in his calendar so he can quickly find out what’s due and what’s coming up. It’s a little time consuming to put it all in but it’s immeasurable in helping him be an independent student. A helpful hint for you is to make each class a different color as you add it to the calendar. It just helps eliminate confusion when you have multiple things due from different classes on the same day.

With all the technology available today, the only thing I could think you would need to do is read from books that are not in the proper format. It is possible that a college of theology could be lacking ADA equipment due to outdated views/morals. Otherwise, the student should already have supplies needed for education from high school grants and programs.

So you would attend classes with the student and provide tutoring after class.. Phylosophy and theology are discussion based courses, your notes won't help much as its not like in math, where you need to write the problem from the board and demonstrate on your notes how to solve the problem.
I've helped students studying theology before, and they do a lot of reading. Its prefered when they can find the book in an ellectronic format, and in their case the book would most often be found with the publisher.

As well as getting their notes written out for them you could advise them to ask the professors if it is ok to digitally record the lectures, that's what I had heard a few blind students did.

I personally had zero trouble with writing notes in class while listening, I learned to efficiently type during high school. Occasionally I had to double check spellings but that's what textbooks and Google are for.

As to helping them study everyone has their own individual studying method so not certain.

As far as first impressions, don’t try and shake the students hand until they present it. I’ve encountered that a few times with my completely blind friends.

My assistant at college impressemeabout aweek in. I didnt realise I was wearing unmatched shoes. She had a extra pair that day for another class and gave me her shoes. It was so nice and assisted me covering up my faux pas.

FYI, im so jealous that you get to do philosophy! If there was a half decent job or career at the end I'd of studied it.