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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>FYI, announcement of the new Vice
Chancellor for Budget and Finance.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> Gaddis,
Katharine <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Thursday, January 25, 2007
10:53 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> State Regents Name New
Vice Chancellor for Budget and Finance (State Regents News Release)</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>NEWS RELEASE</span></font></b> <o:p></o:p></p>

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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></h4>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>For Immediate
Release                                                                      
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>January 25 , 2007</span></font><font face=Arial><span
style='font-family:Arial'> </span></font>                                                                                           
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Media Contact: Ben Hardcastle                                                                                            
   <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Office: 1.405.225.9346<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><ns0:place w:insAuthor="Amy Garrison" w:insDate="2007-01-24T16:58:00Z"
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1.405.640.9672<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><a href="BLOCKED::mailto:bhardcastle@osrhe.edu"
title="blocked::mailto:bhardcastle@osrhe.edu mailto:bhardcastle@osrhe.edu">bhardcastle@osrhe.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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line-height:150%'><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-weight:bold'>State Regents Name
New Vice Chancellor for Budget and Finance<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;
color:black'>               The
Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education announced at their recent meeting
that Amanda Paliotta will be the vice chancellor for budget and finance.
Paliotta replaces Maryanne Maletz, who retired this month...</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

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font-weight:bold'><a
href="http://www.okhighered.org/news-center/ok-promise-response2007.html"></a>View entire
release online at <a href="http://www.okhighered.org/news-center/paliotta.html"
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