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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">This is a reminder that
<b>Thursday, April 6th,</b> is the final deadline for standard term schools to submit spring 2017 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 spring semester.  <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">If your institution needs a pre-populated Award Claim Form or a spring 2017 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>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">While payments to institutions may be delayed due to cash flow issues, we do expect to fully fund all eligible students submitted by the deadline.</span><o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Please contact our office if you have questions or we can be of assistance.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Irala K. Magee</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Director of Scholarship and Grant Administration</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">P.O. Box 108850</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Oklahoma City, OK  73101-8850</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">(405) 225-9378</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Fax (405) 225-9392</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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