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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Happy New Year! I hope everyone is staying as warm as possible. The OK-AIR board met last week and I have a few updates and announcements as a result.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">First, the <b>newly elected board members</b> from our 2018 conference have joined the board, and others have stepped down. Here are the current board members and their positions on the board.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]>Jennifer Ivie, Tulsa Community College, President<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]>Susannah Livingood, University of Oklahoma, Secretary<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]>Jackie Oram, OSRHE, Treasurer<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]>Julie <span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">
Sawyer</span>, Northeastern State University, Member<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]>Justin Porterfield, Tulsa Community College, Member<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Second, please help me in <b>thanking our previous board members and officers</b> as they step down from their positions on the board.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]>Matthew Eastwood, OSRHE, Former President<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]>Izzy Billen, Rose State College, Former Secretary<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]>Kristin John, USAO, Former Treasurer<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]>Lisa Moore, Former Member<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">As a result of this, we need/want to see if there is anyone else out there who’d like to
<b>join the board</b>. We are one member shy, but can take more than 1 if there are more interested.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thirdly, we are still in need of a <b>venue for the 2019 conference</b>. If you’re able and willing to host the OK-AIR conference in October this year, please let me know ASAP.
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Finally, we will be working this semester to <b>overhaul the OK-AIR website</b>. If you have any ideas for content for the new website, please let me or anyone else on the board know.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Jenn<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#222222">-------------------------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#222222;background:white">Jennifer L. Ivie, Ph.D.</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="https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fira.tulsacc.edu%2F&data=02%7C01%7Cjennifer.ivie%40tulsacc.edu%7C77b5b691111a4340baad08d686ff37b3%7Ceb5d9dc493c645578c2390ef7fa05b96%7C0%7C0%7C636844828062029767&sdata=BoYRAjhT%2BdXWHQC2ALqyw5RAc%2BXoqKe1B59eOxNPnjA%3D&reserved=0"><span style="color:blue">http://ira.tulsacc.edu</span></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,
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<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>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#222222"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<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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