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<DIV><SPAN class=977263014-24092011><FONT color=#800080 size=2
face=Arial><STRONG>Greetings! The 2011 Oklahoma Women in Higher Education
conference will be held Friday, November 18, 2011 at the University of Central
Oklahoma. Please review this information about the conference and forward
this message to others you that might have interest in this professional
development opportunity.</STRONG></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=977263014-24092011><STRONG><FONT color=#800080 size=2
face=Arial>Our keynote speaker this year will be <U><EM>Dr. Patricia
Cormier</EM></U>, </FONT></STRONG></SPAN><FONT size=2><STRONG><FONT
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: purple; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">the
newly retired President of Longwood University in Farmville, Virginia, an
institution that is one of the 15 four-year public universities in Virginia. She
served in that capacity for 14 years and moved the institution to a position of
academic excellence in program offerings, including the recent addition of a
state-of-the-art nursing program with high levels of technological support.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Her contributions to the professional
community are extensive, having served on several Governor’s commissions, as
chair and a member of the Board of the American Association of State Colleges
and Universities, on the Leadership Commission and the chair of the Fellows
Program of the American Council of Education, as a Commissioner of the Southern
Association of Colleges and Schools, and as Chair of the Presidents’ Council and
member of the Executive Committee of the National Collegiate Athletic
Association.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Dr. Cormier is known
to be an engaging speaker and we are pleased to have her joining us this
year.</SPAN></STRONG></DIV>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><STRONG><SPAN
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src="cid:977263014@24092011-1737" width=954 height=1608>Dr. Patricia Cormier,
Longwood University</FONT></STRONG></SPAN></SPAN></STRONG></P>
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class=977263014-24092011>A link to the online
conference registration is available at <A
href="http://www.okwhe.org">www.okwhe.org</A>.</SPAN></o:p></SPAN></STRONG></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><STRONG><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: purple; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><o:p><SPAN
class=977263014-24092011>The meeting will be all day Friday, November 18 in
the University Center at UCO, with a networking reception on Thursday night,
November 17 at the Martini Lounge in Edmond. Registration fees are $60
($30 for students). Also, Requests for Proposals for presentations at the
conference are due by October 15 to Dr. Tami Moser (form available on the
website). A brochure with the full agenda will be posted
soon!</SPAN></o:p></SPAN></STRONG></P>
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class=977263014-24092011>We hope to see you this year, and hope you will forward
this message to other colleagues!</SPAN></o:p></SPAN></STRONG></P>
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<DIV align=left><FONT color=#800080 size=2
face="Lucida Calligraphy"><STRONG>Debbie Blanke,
Ed.D. </STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT color=#800080 size=1 face="Lucida Calligraphy">Associate
Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT color=#800080 size=1 face="Lucida Calligraphy">State
Coordinator for ACM and OKWHE</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT color=#800080 size=1 face="Lucida Calligraphy">Oklahoma
State Regents for Higher Education</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT color=#800080 size=1 face="Lucida Calligraphy">655
Research Parkway, Suite 200</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT color=#800080 size=1 face="Lucida Calligraphy">Oklahoma
City, Oklahoma 73104</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT color=#800080 size=1
face="Lucida Calligraphy">405.225.9145 (voice)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT color=#800080 size=1
face="Lucida Calligraphy">405.225.9230 (fax)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT color=#800080 size=1 face="Lucida Calligraphy"><A
href="mailto:dblanke@osrhe.edu">dblanke@osrhe.edu</A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT color=#800080 size=1 face="Lucida Calligraphy"><A
href="http://www.okhighered.org/">www.okhighered.org</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=left><STRONG><FONT color=#008080 size=2 face="Calisto MT">"Be kinder
than necessary because everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle."
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