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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We look forward to seeing everyone at the OK-AIR conference next Friday, October 12, at the University of Oklahoma. It is going to be a great day! Attached is the agenda. You can also
<b><span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">download the agenda and register for the conference</span></b> through the
<a href="http://www.ok-air.org/">OK-AIR website</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We are still looking for <b><span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">nominations for board members</span></b>. Please consider serving on this board with me. If you’re interested, but not sure of the time commitment, please
don’t hesitate to reach out to me.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">See you in a little over a week!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Jennifer<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#222222;background:white">Jennifer L. Ivie, Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#222222;background:white">President, Oklahoma Association for Institutional Research</span><span style="color:#222222"><br>
<span style="background:white">Director, Institutional Research & Assessment</span><br>
<span style="background:white">Tulsa Community College</span></span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#222222">918.595.7925<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#222222"><a href="mailto:jennifer.ivie@tulsacc.edu"><span style="color:blue">jennifer.ivie@tulsacc.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#222222"><a href="http://ira.tulsacc.edu/"><span style="color:blue">http://ira.tulsacc.edu</span></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#222222"><a href="http://www.ok-air.org">http://www.ok-air.org</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#222222">“…data provide a powerful prompt for campus engagement, courageous conversation,
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#222222">and constructive change… The cycle of change is dependent on an institution’s willingness
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#222222">and capacity to not just
<i>collect</i> these data, but to <i>use </i>them.” (McClenney & Dare, 2013, p. 14)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#222222">“To stop questioning whether what we do is working as expected is to invite stagnation and
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#222222">a collapse in creativity and innovation.” (Bresciani, 2011, p. 2)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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