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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>OACES Student Scholarships Available for the 7th Annual Legislative Advocacy Day April 16, 2013<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The members of the Ohio Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (OACES) are pleased to sponsor graduate students to attend the 7th Annual Legislative Advocacy Day (LAD), on April, 16, 2013, in Columbus. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>OACES will reimburse the $25 registration fee for 40 graduate students (master’s and doctoral students). Interested students should email their name and which counselor education program / university with which they are affiliated to Nick Piazza, PhD, (nick.piazza.phd@gmail.com) by April 12th, 2013. Please type in the subject line of the email “LAD Scholarship Application.” Students will be notified by return email of their acceptance.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Scholarships will be awarded on a first come-first served basis, though there also will be consideration given to spreading scholarships across universities. Applicants selected to receive a $25 scholarship should register and pay for the LAD. After students attend LAD, they will receive their $25 reimbursement once they provide proof of registration. Selected students will receive further instructions on how to receive their reimbursement.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>You can register online for the LAD on OCA’s website at www.ohiocounseling.org. Please take advantage of this opportunity to attend Legislative Advocacy Day.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Send questions about LAD to Nick Piazza, PhD, at nick.piazza.phd@gmail.com.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Christine Suniti Bhat, Ph.D., P.C<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>President, Ohio Counseling Association (OCA), 2012-2013 <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Associate Professor, Counselor Education <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Department of Counseling and Higher Education <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The Gladys W. and David H. Patton College of Education <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Office: McCracken Hall, 374<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Phone: 740-593-4425<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Fax: 740-593-0477<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Email: <a href="mailto:bhatc@ohio.edu"><span style='color:blue'>bhatc@ohio.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Website: <a href="http://www.cehs.ohio.edu/facultystaff/bhatc/"><span style='color:blue'>http://www.cehs.ohio.edu/facultystaff/bhatc/</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Media: <a href="http://www.ohio.edu/ucm/media/experts/ohioexpert.cfm?formid=1822088&pageid=1844292"><span style='color:blue'>http://www.ohio.edu/ucm/media/experts/ohioexpert.cfm?formid=1822088&pageid=1844292</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>OCA Website: <a href="http://www.ohiocounseling.org/"><span style='color:blue'>http://www.ohiocounseling.org/</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>