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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Happy New Year!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">I hope this finds you all well and preparing for the “BIG” arctic front. Maybe we’ll get an inch of snow and get to work from home a few days!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">As your OASFAA Program Co-Chairs, Raigen and I are soliciting credentialed trainers for the OASFAA pre-conference NASFAA credentialing sessions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">We are specifically needing credentialed trainers for
<u>Application Processing and Consumer Information</u>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">If you are qualified (NASFAA credentialed) and would like to present, please reach out to myself or Raigen Leal at
<a href="raigenl@okstate.edu">raigenl@okstate.edu</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">These sessions will be offered Wednesday morning, April 17<sup>th</sup> from 9:00 to 11:30 am prior to the start of the conference.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The conference sessions are shaping up nicely and we anticipate seeing all of you in OKC, April 17-19<sup>th</sup>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Brush Script MT";color:#2E74B5;mso-ligatures:none">Melinda Simpson<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Financial Aid Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">OASFAA Program Co-Chair<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">572.215.2060 (o)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="mailto:msimpson@matech.edu">msimpson@matech.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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