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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>Good Morning Counselors,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>It’s May 16! I know you have been waiting for this month ….for a while let’s say! I hope the light at the end of the tunnel is somewhat brighter as the seniors graduate and you try to wrap up the testing plus end of the year stuff; all the while trying to stay sane.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>Our Counselor Summer Institute will be at the Doubletree Hotel Warren Place in Tulsa with registration beginning at 1:00 pm, Monday, June 25. Below is the address of the hotel and its website:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>DoubleTree by Hilton Tulsa—Warren Place<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>6110 S. Yale Avenue<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>Tulsa, OK 74136-1904<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>Phone: 918-495-1000<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><a href="http://www.TulsaAtWarrenPlace.DoubleTree.com"><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:blue'>www.TulsaAtWarrenPlace.DoubleTree.com</span></a><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>If you have registered for the Summer Institute, a room is reserved for you so please do not make reservations. If you have not registered, please go to</span> <a href="http://www.okhighered.org/epas/prof-dev.shtml"><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>http://www.okhighered.org/epas/prof-dev.shtml</span></a><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'> and register so we can reserve you a room.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>Brief schedule for Summer Institute:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>Monday, June 25, Registration 1:00, meetings begin at 1:30. Dinner at 6:00.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>Tuesday and Wednesday, breakfast at 8:00, meetings all day until 5:00. Dinner at 6:00.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>Thursday, June 28, breakfast at 8:00, meetings and lunch, finished by 1:00.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>We ask that you attend all meetings and meals. Remember hotel, meetings, and meals are free for you! <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>We will have a college admissions panel again, so bring your questions.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>We will also have a staff member (or two) from the State Department of Education at the Summer Institute! I would like to give your questions to them before our event, we want to make sure you get them answered. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>Please reply to this e-mail with your questions for the SDE and I will share with everyone to maybe spark more questions, names will be removed. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>Have a great day! Remember you will see what color your desk is…soon!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>Thank you so much for replying to this e-mail with questions for SDE! <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>See you June 25!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#7030A0'>Lisa Nelson</span></i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#7030A0'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#7030A0'>Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#7030A0'>Field Coordinator for Student Preparation<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#7030A0'>580.614.1328<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="mailto:lnelson@osrhe.edu"><span style='color:blue'>lnelson@osrhe.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'><a href="http://www.okhighered.org/"><span style='color:blue'>www.okhighered.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Calligraphy";color:blue'>“</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Calligraphy";color:blue'>There is always a better way…your challenge is to find it.” ~Anonymous</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Calligraphy";color:blue'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>