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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Happy April everyone!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>OKPromise has begun a new ad campaign featuring testimonials from some of Oklahoma’s own! You may notice some billboards, print ads, television ads or even a banner on the side of a bus of one of your former students or a counselor or principal you might know. We are very excited for this new ad campaign and truly appreciate the heartfelt testimonials provided by our volunteers.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I also wanted to let you know that we are mailing a postcard (see attachment) to all of our OKPromise seniors today. This is just meant to be informational, however you might have some students asking about it. Hopefully they won’t have any hard questions. <span style='font-family:Wingdings'>J</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Also, we have been utilizing our new Blackboard contact system in an effort to ramp up our direct contact with students and parents. Many of your schools have similar systems that send notifications via phone, email and text messaging. We are driving students/parents to our website and the current message will be in the big yellow box on our homepage <a href="http://www.okhighered.org/okpromise/">http://www.okhighered.org/okpromise/</a>. In December, we sent a message to all enrolled OKPromise 2012 seniors reminding them of the upcoming changes to the program regarding the second income check <a href="http://www.okhighered.org/okpromise/seniors100k.shtml">http://www.okhighered.org/okpromise/seniors100k.shtml</a>. In January the message went to all of our current college students notifying them of some changes affecting them <a href="http://www.okhighered.org/okpromise/sap-requirement.shtml">http://www.okhighered.org/okpromise/sap-requirement.shtml</a>. At the end of next week, we are planning on sending an informational message to enrolled OKPromise 2013 juniors that will just remind them of the requirements of the program.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Last but not least ….. we will be mailing the 2012 OKPromise senior Program Verification forms at the end of this month! Be on the lookout!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Have a safe weekend!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>Carol Alexander</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> <br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>Scholarship Coordinator</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> <br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>Oklahoma's Promise</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> <br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>okpromise@osrhe.edu</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>