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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>The Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education recently received the
following information about a new scholarship being awarded for the 2010-2011
school year. All questions should be directed to the e-mail address provided.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><i><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-style:italic'>I wanted to reach out and ask for
your help in getting out the word of a good cause.<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><i><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-style:italic'>I am the chairman of the Jimmie L.
Dean Scholarship Foundation, established to provide scholarship awards to <st1:State
w:st="on">Oklahoma</st1:State> students attending <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State
w:st="on">Oklahoma</st1:State></st1:place> 4 year accredited Universities,
Colleges and Technical schools.<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><i><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-style:italic'>I wanted to alert you that the
foundation is taking applications for scholarship awards for the 2010 –
2011 school year until <b><u><span style='font-weight:bold'>April 30</span></u></b>.
While there are no specific requirements, we are looking for students who can
exemplify the attributes of Hard Work, Responsibility and Education. It
is important for the students to fill out the application completely and
include first and last names, and either the ACT or SAT score they will
be using to apply to their school of choice.<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><o:p> </o:p></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-style:italic'>This year we are also looking to
award money to current students attending the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State
w:st="on">Oklahoma</st1:State></st1:place> institutions. For students already
attending post high school level institutions, they should have complete the
application from the website and also send an email to <a
href="mailto:info@jimmiedeanfoundation.org"
title="blocked::mailto:info@jimmiedeanfoundation.org mailto:info@jimmiedeanfoundation.org">info@jimmiedeanfoundation.org</a>
letting us know they are not a graduating High School senior in 2010. <o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><i><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-style:italic'>One of the great things about this
foundation is the potential size of the awards. We can award up to
$10,000 per person per year. Although most awards will not be the
maximum, the awards is one of if not the largest of its kind in the state of <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">Oklahoma</st1:State></st1:place>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><i><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-style:italic'>Please visit <a
href="http://www.jimmiedeanfoundation.org"
title="blocked::http://www.jimmiedeanfoundation.org/ http://www.jimmiedeanfoundation.org/">www.jimmiedeanfoundation.org</a>
for more details. If you would like to link our website to yours, that
would be great.<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><i><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-style:italic'>Thank you.<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><o:p> </o:p></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-style:italic'>Bob Boyd<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-style:italic'>Chairman<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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