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<p class=storyheader2><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>EVENT: 11th Annual <st1:State w:st="on">Oklahoma</st1:State>
Research Day, NSU (<st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Broken Arrow</st1:place></st1:City>)<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=storyheader2><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>DATE: Nov. 13<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=copy><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>For
the second year in a row, <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Northeastern</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">State</st1:PlaceType> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType>’s
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Broken Arrow</st1:City></st1:place>
campus will host Oklahoma Research Day.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=copy><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Oklahoma
Research Day is a consortium event coordinated by <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Oklahoma</st1:place></st1:State>'s Regional Universities. The first
Research Day in <st1:State w:st="on">Oklahoma</st1:State> was held in 1999 and
included 233 poster presentations by students and faculty from <st1:State
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Oklahoma</st1:place></st1:State> colleges and
universities.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=copy><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Now
in its 11th year, Oklahoma Research Day has grown in numbers and in stature
with contributions from all of <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Oklahoma</st1:place></st1:State>'s
institutions of higher education including many collaborative contributions
from national and international academic and research institutions. The number
of oral and poster presentations have grown to over 500 with over 800 students,
faculty and guests in attendance.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=copy><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Oklahoma
Research Day is funded by Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, Oklahoma
Experimental Program for Stimulating Competitive Research (EPSCoR) - National
Science Foundation, Idea Network for Biomedical Research Experience (INBRE) -
National Institutes of Health and the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Oklahoma</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>
for the Advancement of Science and Technology (OCAST). For the past nine years,
Oklahoma Research Day has traditionally been held on the campus of the <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Central Oklahoma</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>. <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Northeastern</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">State</st1:PlaceType> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType>
is proud to host the 2008 Oklahoma Research Day at the <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Broken Arrow</st1:place></st1:City> campus. This event is more than
merely a celebration of their research, creative and scholarly activities. It
is also an opportunity for students and faculty from multiple institutions to
interact with counterparts in their respective disciplines. Oklahoma Research
Day is the premier academic research event in the State.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=copy><span class=copy1><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Information about submitting abstracts will be
available in late August at www.nsuok.edu. </span></font></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><strong><b><font size=4 face="Monotype Corsiva"><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Monotype Corsiva"'>Linda Mason, Ed.D.</span></font></b></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Coordinator for Grant Writing and External Funding</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on"><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Oklahoma</span></font></st1:PlaceName><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">State</st1:PlaceType></span></font></st1:place><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> Regents for Higher
Education</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Oklahoma City</span></font></st1:City><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>, <st1:State
w:st="on">OK</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode w:st="on">73104</st1:PostalCode></span></font></st1:place><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>405-225-9486</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><a href="mailto:lmason@osrhe.edu">lmason@osrhe.edu</a></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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