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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello fellow OK-AIR members,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"> Happy fall semester fellow OK-AIR-udites! Hope everyone enjoyed their summers and are ready to get back to the start of another school year! The conference this fall will be hosted by<b> Rose State College in
their brand new Student Resources Center on October 27th. </b>So make sure to clear out your calendars today! Details on the conference are now available at
<b>OK-AIR.org</b>. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%">Call for Proposals:
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<p class="MsoNormal"> <b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%">We need your help!</span></b> The Oklahoma Association for Institutional Research (OK-AIR) invites interested parties to submit one or more proposals for presentation at
the fall 2017 Conference. As an incentive, <b>Registration costs will be waived in their entirety for all those that wish to present or lead a group. That’s right, presenters attend FREE!
</b>The board hopes to have as many breakout sessions and options for attendees as possible. So any submitted proposal will be greatly appreciated.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in">Please submit a proposal on any topic that would be of interest to higher education professionals working in research, assessment, planning or any of the wide variety of functions that our attendees have experience.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><b> </b>We are a small and informal group of academic professionals and can gain much from each other’s perspectives. Presentations need not be presentation style only as well. If there is a topic of interest
to you, please feel free to submit a proposal to facilitate a group discussion as an example. Chances are if something is important to you or your institution, several others will share the same sentiment. Proposals will be due by
<b>Thursday, September 28th</b>. <b>To submit a proposal, please fill out the attached Word document and submit the proposal to:</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center">Matthew Eastwood, OK-AIR President<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><a href="mailto:matthew.a.eastwood@occc.edu">matthew.a.eastwood@occc.edu</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center">(405) 682-7842 or (405) 830-2712<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in">Individuals whose proposals have been accepted for presentation at the conference will be notified via email no later than
<b>September 29th</b>. Questions about proposals or presentations may be directed to Matthew Eastwood at
<a href="mailto:matthew.a.eastwood@occc.edu">matthew.a.eastwood@occc.edu</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%">Please check the OKAIR website (</span></b><a href="http://www.ok-air.org"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%">www.ok-air.org</span></b></a><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%">)
for more fall 2017 conference information details and registration announcements!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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