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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial">This is a reminder that
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Tuesday, November 13,</span></b> is the final deadline for submitting fall 2012 OTAG award claims to our office for payment.  This includes new awards, reinstated awards, and supplemental requests for students needing additional
 funds to complete the full disbursements they are eligible to receive in the fall semester.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial">Attached for your information is a spreadsheet that compares each institution’s final 2011-2012 OTAG awards statistics with 2012-2013 to date. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial">We need cooperation from all institutions in wrapping up fall OTAG awarding and disbursement activities as quickly as possible to best position us for making
 awarding decisions for spring 2013.  </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial">If your institution needs a pre-populated Award Claim Form or a fall 2012 Reconciliation Report for a final check to ensure that you have claimed awards for
 all of your eligible students, please send an e-mail request to <a href="https://mail08.nwosu.edu/OWA/redir.aspx?C=cd2110e794e64f848b38cad5352c01bc&URL=mailto%3areports%40otag.org" title="https://mail08.nwosu.edu/OWA/redir.aspx?C=cd2110e794e64f848b38cad5352c01bc&URL=mailto%3areports%40otag.org">
reports@otag.org</a>.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial">Please contact our office if you have questions or we can be of assistance.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial">Irala K. Magee</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial">Director of Scholarship and Grant Administration</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on"><font size="3" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial">Oklahoma</span></font></st1:PlaceName><font face="Arial"><span style="font-family:Arial">
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">State</st1:PlaceType></span></font></st1:place><font face="Arial"><span style="font-family:Arial"> Regents for Higher Education</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><st1:address w:st="on"><st1:Street w:st="on"><font size="3" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial">P.O. Box</span></font></st1:Street><font face="Arial"><span style="font-family:Arial"> 108850</span></font></st1:address><o:p></o:p></p>
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<st1:State w:st="on">OK</st1:State>  <st1:PostalCode w:st="on">73101</st1:PostalCode></span></font></st1:place><font face="Arial"><span style="font-family:Arial">-8850</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial">(405) 225-9378</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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