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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">We have received very few nominations for our annual awards. We have very deserving people so please make your nominations
today by 5:00 pm. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">As a reminder, here are the categories...</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><strong>Philo Brasher Emerging Leadership Award:</strong> This award was established by SWASFAA in honor of Philo
Brasher who served many years in the association. The OASFAA Board of Directors selects a member, which is announced at the spring conference. The recipient should be an individual that has served OASFAA and made a contribution to the Association. OASFAA will
pay the registration fee to the SWASFAA annual conference on behalf of the Oklahoma award winner. OASFAA will also match the $250 that SWASFAA donates to the general scholarship fund of the recipients’ school.</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><strong>Honorary Membership Award:</strong>Honorary Membership in OASFAA is the highest honor that the Association can bestow on a person
who is neither a member nor affiliated with a member organization. Since this is the highest award that OASFAA can give, the individual receiving it must have made truly outstanding contributions to the Association and to the profession over a sustained period
of time. It is not expected that honorary membership will be granted in recognition of a single accomplishment, but for continued efforts over a period of time. Honorary membership will be conferred only with the approval of the majority of the Board of Directors.
Honorary members are extended the same membership privileges as Associate members.</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><strong>Distinguished Service Award:</strong> This award is intended to recognize a practicing student financial aid professional at
an institution. He/she should have contributed unique and long lasting efforts to the association, the profession, or the cause of financial aid in Oklahoma. In general, presentation of the awards will occur at the spring conference of the association.</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><strong>Partner Award -</strong> The Partner Award may be made by the Association to another individual, not a practicing aid administrator,
whose efforts are important to advancing the profession or the needs of students in Oklahoma.</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The following guidelines should be observed in selecting recipients of the award:</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">1. A solicitation for nominees for the award should be made to all members through a posting on the OASFAA website and through the listserv.</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">2. Nominations must be made by active members and must be supported by two other members of the association.</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">3. Only active members of the association are eligible for nomination.</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">4. The Advisory Committee shall evaluate nominations for the award and make a recommendation to the Board of Directors. The Board of
Directors has the final decision regarding the selection of recipients.</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">5. No current member of the Advisory Committee or voting member of the Board of Directors is eligible for the award.</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><strong>Please e-mail your nominees for the Philo Brasher, Honorary Membership, Distinguished Service, and Partner Awards, to me with
the reasons you believe the person should be chosen to receive the award by </strong><span class="object"><b>Monday, February 1</b></span><strong>, 2016.</strong></span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Thank you for your continued support of OASFAA. If you have any questions, please let me know.</span></p>
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