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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Good afternoon, OACADA colleagues.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Please see the email below from Dr. Debbie Blanke that was distributed to your chief student affairs and academic officers. If you would like to attend
one of these workshops, please get in touch with your VP of Student Affairs or Academic Affairs on your campus.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Respectfully,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Kyle Foster<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Coordinator for Academic Affairs Initiatives<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">655 Research Parkway, Suite 200 | Oklahoma City, OK 73104<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">P: (405) 225-9163 | F: (405) 225-9230 | E:
<a href="mailto:kfoster@osrhe.edu">kfoster@osrhe.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Blanke, Debbie
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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, January 22, 2018 7:50 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Council on Instruction; Council on Student Affairs<br>
<b>Cc:</b> Willits, Angela<br>
<b>Subject:</b> REGISTRATION FOR THE LUMINA DEGREE COMPLETION WORKSHOP (OKC Feb. 8 or Tulsa Feb. 9)
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#1F497D">COI and COSA, please read and respond to the request below; share with others at your institution as appropriate. A brief description of the program and the 100 Critical Occupations are attached. Please
register by <span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">February 1.</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#1F497D">Thank you!!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#1F497D">Debbie<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Good Afternoon:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">My name is Angie Willits, I am the new LUMINA Degree Completion Manager at the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education. I am excited to get this project off the ground, as I am sure all
of you are also. The goal of the this initiative is to provide a statewide degree completion program to include degree programs connected with workforce development needs on “<i>Oklahoma’s 100 Critical Occupations</i>” list and to develop a program that leverages
financial and other support services for adult degree completion from multiple sources. The initiative will build on the Reach Higher Adult Degree Completion Program, and expand its reach and opportunities.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The plan is to secure funding from multiple sources to cover educational costs for adult students. We would like to begin by getting together with all of you, our partners from Oklahoma’s
post-secondary institutions, regional workforce board representatives, employers, Foundation representatives, and Native American Educational Office representatives, for a one day workshop in either Oklahoma City or Tulsa (whichever is most convenient for
your campus). <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">We cordially invite you to bring a team from your institution and 1-3 business partners from your area, and join us for one day of information and planning: February 8 at University of Central
Oklahoma, or February 9 at Tulsa Community College. Team members should include representatives from your leadership (chief academic officer, and /or chief student affairs officer), Reach Higher Coordinators, Foundation representatives, and representatives
from Financial Aid, Academic advising, veteran’s programs, Native American Education offices, and workforce development, and business partners who are key stakeholders in working with degree completion efforts for adult students in your service area.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Please use the link below to register. Each team member will need to individually register. We will reserve space for your team of up to 15, so please coordinate on campus to register all
team members to attend together at the same venue. Please register by <b><span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">February 1.</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://ohcwc.wufoo.com/forms/w1g4keif1y9bs3x/"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">https://ohcwc.wufoo.com/forms/w1g4keif1y9bs3x/</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The event will be from 9 am to 4 pm, with a light breakfast and boxed lunches provided. I look forward to collaborating with all of you on this initiative to help Oklahomans finish their degrees
and increase our economic sustainability. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Travel Reimbursement for Institutions:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">We will reimburse institutional travel costs for teams from the institutions that travel greater than 60 miles to the workshop. Forms for institutional travel will be provided at the workshop
per vehicle with a maximum of $150 per vehicle depending on distance traveled. If you drive your personal vehicle, the reimbursement will got to the institution, so you will file your personal travel reimbursement following your institutional policy.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The meeting agenda will be sent soon. The day will include presentations from the Center on Law and Social Policy, WIOA information, and other issues to assist adult learners. The goal of
the day will be to create an institutional plan for connecting adults to degree programs.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">We hope you will join us! Contact Angie Willits (<a href="mailto:awillits@osrhe.edu">awillits@osrhe.edu</a> or 405.225.9258) for more information.</span><b><span style="color:#7030A0"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Calligraphy";color:#7030A0">Debbie Blanke, Ed.D.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Calligraphy";color:#7030A0">Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs</span></b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Calligraphy";color:#7030A0"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Calligraphy";color:#7030A0">Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education</span></b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Calligraphy";color:#7030A0"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Calligraphy";color:#7030A0">655 Research Parkway, Suite 200</span></b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Calligraphy";color:#7030A0"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Calligraphy";color:#7030A0">Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73104</span></b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Calligraphy";color:#7030A0"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Calligraphy";color:#7030A0">PO Box 108850</span></b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Calligraphy";color:#7030A0"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Calligraphy";color:#7030A0">Oklahoma City, OK 73101-8850</span></b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Calligraphy";color:#7030A0"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Calligraphy";color:purple"><a href="mailto:dblanke@osrhe.edu">dblanke@osrhe.edu</a></span></b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Calligraphy";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Calligraphy";color:#7030A0">405.225.9145 (voice)</span></b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Calligraphy";color:#7030A0"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Calligraphy";color:#7030A0">405.225.9230 (fax)</span></b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Calligraphy";color:#7030A0"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Calligraphy";color:purple"><a href="http://www.okhighered.org/">www.okhighered.org</a></span></b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Calligraphy";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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