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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%;text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Frutiger-BlackCn","sans-serif";color:#0067B2"><img width="123" height="158" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image003.png@01CFA809.19069EB0"></span></b><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Frutiger-BlackCn","sans-serif";color:#0067B2"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Frutiger-BlackCn","sans-serif";color:#0067B2">Toni Shaklee,
</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Frutiger-Cn","sans-serif";color:#231F20">Assistant Vice President for Research, Oklahoma State University</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Frutiger-Cn","sans-serif";color:#231F20">,
has been elected to the position of At-Large Board Member. In Toni’s nearly 25 years of NCURA membership, she has made many contributions to NCURA. Toni is currently a Co-Editor for NCURA Magazine, a member of the Peer Review team, a member of NCURA’s Education
Scholarship Fund Task Force, and a member of the Fundamentals of Sponsored Project Administration Traveling Workshop Faculty. She has been on Annual Meeting Program Committees and served as a Co-Chair for the 2013 PRA conference. Toni was also a member of
NCURA’s Professional Development Committee from 2010-2013. Upon being elected, Toni shares, “I’ve always appreciated that NCURA provides me with several ways to be part of a community of professionals around the nation (and now the world) engaged in research
administration. I am delighted to have this new opportunity to serve as an at-large member of the Board of Directors for this vibrant organization.“<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Frutiger-BoldCn","sans-serif";color:black">Shaklee will begin serving January 1, 2015 for a two-year term.</span><span style="font-size:22.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Monotype Corsiva";color:#1F497D">Dr. Linda Mason<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Coordinator of Grant Writing
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">655 Research Parkway, Suite 200<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Oklahoma City, OK 73104<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">405-225-9486 desk<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">405-706-8757 cell<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">405-225-9230 FAX<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><a href="mailto:lmason@osrhe.edu"><span style="color:blue">lmason@osrhe.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><a href="http://www.okhighered.org/grant-opps/"><span style="color:blue">www.okhighered.org/grant-opps/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D">Do not be afraid to give your time to writing grant proposals. Time given to planning proposals is never time lost, but is rather time gained, so that
our research, our programs, our collaborations and indeed our whole profession may become more profoundly significant.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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