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      <p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><font
      size=1 color=white face=Arial><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:
      Arial;color:white'>Having trouble reading this email? <a
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      to the reception. Make a <a
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      color="#dee7c6"><span style='color:#DEE7C6'>donation</span></font></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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      <p align=center style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;
      text-align:center'><i><font size=4 color="#686f64" face=Georgia><span
      style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Georgia;color:#686F64;font-style:
      italic'>Please join us for a Retirement Reception Honoring<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
      <h2 align=center style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;text-align:center'><b><i><font
      size=6 color="#9faf78" face=Georgia><span style='font-size:22.5pt;
      font-family:Georgia;color:#9FAF78;font-style:italic'>Dr. Robert Klabenes<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></b></h2>
      <p align=center style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;
      text-align:center'><i><font size=4 color="#686f64" face=Georgia><span
      style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Georgia;color:#686F64;font-style:
      italic'>President of Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology<br>
      </span></font></i><i><font size=3 color="#686f64" face=Georgia><span
      style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Georgia;color:#686F64;font-style:
      italic'>for his 27 years of dedicated service to higher education in <st1:place
      w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">Oklahoma</st1:State></st1:place></span></font></i><i><font
      size=4 color="#686f64" face=Georgia><span style='font-size:13.5pt;
      font-family:Georgia;color:#686F64;font-style:italic'><o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
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      <p align=center style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;text-align:center;line-height:
      14.25pt'><font size=2 color="#686f64" face=Georgia><span
      style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Georgia;color:#686F64'>Monday, November
      29 from 1 to 3 p.m. Covelle Hall at OSUIT in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
       w:st="on">Okmulgee</st1:City></st1:place>.<br>
      Hors d’oeuvres will be served. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
      <p align=center style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;text-align:center;line-height:
      14.25pt'><font size=2 color="#686f64" face=Georgia><span
      style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Georgia;color:#686F64'>Oklahoma State
      University Institute of Technology,<br>
<st1:address w:st="on"><st1:Street w:st="on">1801 East 4th Street</st1:Street>,
       <st1:City w:st="on">Okmulgee</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">OK</st1:State>
       <st1:PostalCode w:st="on">74447</st1:PostalCode></st1:address><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
      <p align=center style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;text-align:center;line-height:
      14.25pt'><font size=2 color="#686f64" face=Georgia><span
      style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Georgia;color:#686F64'>Transportation
      will be provided from the parking lot to Covelle Hall if requested.<br>
      RSVP by November 22 to 918-293-5256 or <a
      href="mailto:claudette.butcher@okstate.edu"><font color="#9faf78"><span
      style='color:#9FAF78'>claudette.butcher@okstate.edu</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
      <p align=center style='margin-bottom:22.5pt;text-align:center;line-height:
      14.25pt'><font size=2 color="#686f64" face=Georgia><span
      style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Georgia;color:#686F64'>If you would
      like to contribute a letter of appreciation or memory to our<br>
      “Book of Letters” please mail or bring it to Claudette Butcher in the
      President’s office.<br>
      Paper and pens will also be provided at the reception.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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      text-align:center'><i><font size=4 color="#686f64" face=Georgia><span
      style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Georgia;color:#686F64;font-style:
      italic'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></i></p>
      <p align=center style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;
      text-align:center'><i><font size=4 color="#686f64" face=Georgia><span
      style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Georgia;color:#686F64;font-style:
      italic'>If you would like to make a donation to the<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
      <h2 align=center style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;text-align:center'><b><i><font
      size=6 color="#9faf78" face=Georgia><span style='font-size:22.5pt;
      font-family:Georgia;color:#9FAF78;font-style:italic'>Bob Klabenes
      Scholarship Fund<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></b></h2>
      <p align=center style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;
      text-align:center'><i><font size=4 color="#686f64" face=Georgia><span
      style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Georgia;color:#686F64;font-style:
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      <h2 align=center style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;text-align:center'><b><i><font
      size=6 color="#9faf78" face=Georgia><span style='font-size:22.5pt;
      font-family:Georgia;color:#9FAF78;font-style:italic'>President’s
      Excellence Fund<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></b></h2>
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