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<div class="elementToProof"><span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">•<b> Philo Brasher Emerging Leadership Award:</b> This award was established by SWASFAA
in honor of Philo Brasher who served many years in the Association. Each state was given the responsibility of determining the criteria for the award. The recipient should be an individual who has served OASFAA and contributed to the Association. OASFAA will
pay the registration fee to the SWASFAA annual conference on behalf of the Oklahoma award winner. The recipient’s school will receive $500 to go into their general scholarship fund.</span></div>
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</b>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. </span></div>
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<b>Distinguished Service Award: </b>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. Only active members of the association are eligible for nomination. Each nomination must be supported by two other members of the association. </span></div>
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<b>Partner Award:</b> Upon recommendation by the Advisory Committee, a 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></div>
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Committee or voting member of the Board of Directors is eligible for the award. Awards will be presented at the Spring 2024 OASFAA Conference April 17-19.</i></span></div>
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</i>PRESIDENT-ELECT/ADVISORY COMMITTEE CHAIR <i>Dustin Davidson </i>BY MARCH 1<sup>st</sup><i> @ ddavidson@greatplains.edu</i></b></span></div>
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