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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Crockron, Ivy
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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, March 13, 2017 8:31 AM<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Notice to all Faculty and Staff <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:.25in"><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">--Forwarded on behalf of Cindy Hartman. *Faculty please share with your students. </span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:.25in"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Dear Colleagues,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:.25in"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">I hope that you will join me and the Coalition of Rural and Appalachian Schools as we welcome Mr. Tom Ash, Director of Governmental
Relations for the Buckeye Association of School Administrators, who is the newly announced Hicks Executive in Residence for 2017. In his current capacity, Mr. Ash represents school district leaders from throughout Ohio before the Ohio General Assembly and
various state agencies and organizations and provides technical assistance to BASA members. This position provides him with a unique perspective of the current state of affairs of education in Ohio and around the country.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:.25in"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">As part of his Hicks appointment, Mr. Ash will be presenting a public presentation, "Witnessing the Death of a Profession?"
on March 14 from 12:15 - 1:30 PM in McCracken 105. A light lunch will be provided.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">I sincerely hope that you will invite and encourage your students to attend this presentation. In the current educational
climate, this should be an important topic for future educators and university faculty who value public education!
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Prior to his current appointment, Mr. Ash completed thirty-five years in public education with 21 of those as a superintendent
in two school districts, served as the 30<sup>th</sup> President of BASA in 1999-2000 and also is the editor of
<i>The Management Guide for School Leaders</i>, an annual reference publication for superintendents and central office administrators.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">If you have questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt">Cindy Hartman, M. Ed.<br>
Educational Administration Program<br>
Associate Director, Coalition for Rural and Appalachian Schools<br>
Ohio University<br>
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The Patton College of Education</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt">Athens, Ohio 45701<br>
<a href="tel:(740)%20593-4464" target="_blank">740-593-4464</a><br>
<a href="tel:(740)%20707-2306" target="_blank">740-707-2306</a> (cell)</span></b><span style="font-size:13.5pt"><br>
</span><a href="mailto:hartmanc@ohio.edu" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:13.5pt">hartmanc@ohio.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:black">Ivy Crockron</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:black">Executive Assistant to the Dean</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><i><span style="font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:black">The Gladys W. and David H. Patton College of Education</span></i><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:black">Direct: (740) 593-4405</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:black">Main Office: (740) 593-9449</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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