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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='color:#1F497D'>If you are interested in attending Northwestern Oklahoma State University-Alva, please read the scholarship information below. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><b>From:</b> Case, Valarie [mailto:VCase@nwosu.edu] <br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, January 23, 2020 5:30 PM<br><b>Subject:</b> $500 Scholarship to Northwestern Oklahoma State University-Alva available to those who attend Spring Showcase Feb. 22<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div id=cover-sheet><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>We have an event that your students may be interested in attending. Please take a look at the info and share it with your students who may be looking at what four-year school to attend after finishing at your community college. It's possible that I am sending to more than one person at your campus, but I wanted to get the info to as many people as I thought could help students learn about our $500 scholarship. If you have a campus newspaper, please share this release with them as well. If I have sent this information to the wrong individual, please let me who's email would be best to use. Thanks for your consideration in passing this information along to your students. -- Valarie <o:p></o:p></span></p><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></span></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:106%'><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif'>CONTACT FOR RELEASE <br>Valarie Case, University Relations Specialist<br><span class=MsoHyperlink><a href="mailto:vcase@nwosu.edu">vcase@nwosu.edu</a></span>, 580-327-8486<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif'>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 23, 2020<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:150%'><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif'>$500 SCHOLARSHIP TO NORTHWESTERN AVAILABLE TO THOSE WHO ATTEND SPRING SHOWCASE<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:150%'><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif'> Northwestern Oklahoma State University will play host to the Spring Showcase event Saturday, Feb. 22, at 10 a.m. in the Student Center in Alva.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:.5in;line-height:150%'><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif'>Students interested in transferring to Northwestern’s Alva campus, as well as any high school juniors or seniors, are welcome to attend.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:.5in;line-height:150%'><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif'>Every student in attendance will be awarded a $500 scholarship to Northwestern-Alva should they attend the university in the fall and live in Alva. In addition, students will have the opportunity to tour the campus, get to know the university, meet faculty and student organization representatives and get all questions answered first-hand.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:.5in;line-height:150%'><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif'>High school juniors must attend the event in their senior year of high school to be eligible for the $500 scholarship. Seniors who attended Ranger Preview cannot stack the $500 Spring Showcase Scholarship on top of the $600 Ranger Preview Scholarship. Students also must<em><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif'> meet all scholarship eligibility requirements.</span></em><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:.5in;line-height:150%'><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif'> Registration is from 10-11 a.m. with a welcome to begin at 11 a.m. Campus tours will begin at 11:30 a.m. and will continue in 15-minute increments until 12:45 p.m. Lunch will be provided in the Student Center from 11:30 a.m. until 1 p.m. Information about the event also is provided at <span class=MsoHyperlink><a href="http://www.nwosu.edu/spring-showcase">www.nwosu.edu/spring-showcase</a></span> along with a pre-registration form.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:.5in;line-height:150%'><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif'>Those attending also will get their application to Northwestern fee waived and a free Northwestern T-shirt.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:.5in;line-height:150%'><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif'>For more information please contact Andrea Lauderdale, student success coordinator and transfer recruiter, at (580) 327-8606 or by email at <span class=MsoHyperlink><a href="mailto:amlauderdale@nwosu.edu">amlauderdale@nwosu.edu</a></span>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:150%'><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif'>-NW-<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>