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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">We are fast approaching our Fall conference. And, yet, we have received only a couple of
proposals for presentations or ideas for sessions. We surely hope that you can attend and would love to see all institutions represented on the program of presentations!</span></b><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><a href="https://ok-air.org/index.php"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="141" height="71" style="width:1.4652in;height:.743in" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01D551F3.D92BB240" alt="OK-AIR Logo"></span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:28.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0070C0">Save the Date<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:23.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">OK-AIR Fall Conference<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Friday, October 11, 2019<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Tulsa Community College, Northeast Campus<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">As we prepare for the upcoming conference, I’d like to first encourage you to pass this invitation on to anyone in K-12 or Higher Ed institutional research, institutional effectiveness,
assessment, accreditation, strategic planning, or other related area. We would love to see a broad membership across all of these related fields!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">If you are interested in presenting at the conference, please complete the Call for Presentation Proposals by September 23. If you have an idea for a session but don’t want
to be the one to present on the topic, please complete the Call for Session Ideas by September 15. Please register as soon as possible so we can begin to get an accurate headcount for food.
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<p class="yiv4187930479msonormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A"><a href="https://tulsacc.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_1yOSfvGaAi1YiLX">Call for Presentation Proposals</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="yiv4187930479msonormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A"><a href="https://tulsacc.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_1LykNHx4yRsu3JP">Call for Session Ideas</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="yiv4187930479msonormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A"><a href="https://tulsacc.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9yunlVfQohdNypn">Conference Registration</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Registration is $50 for regular members and $25 for presenters and graduate students.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Finally, as some of you may have noticed, we have a
<a href="https://ok-air.org/index.php">new website</a>!!! You can also access these links as well as many other things on that website. Please send any feedback on the website or ideas you might have for content my way.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">On behalf of the OK-AIR board, thank you for your continued support and we look forward to seeing everyone in October!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Thank you!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Jenn<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white">Jennifer L. Ivie, Ph.D.<br>
President, Oklahoma Association for Institutional Research</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222"><br>
<span style="background:white">Director, Institutional Research & Assessment</span><br>
<span style="background:white">Tulsa Community College</span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222"><a href="mailto:jennifer.ivie@tulsacc.edu">jennifer.ivie@tulsacc.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222"><a href="http://ira.tulsacc.edu/">http://ira.tulsacc.edu</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222">“…data provide a powerful prompt for campus engagement, courageous conversation,
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;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="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;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="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;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="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222">a collapse in creativity and innovation.” (Bresciani, 2011, p. 2)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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