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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello all, <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">See below opportunity for the Scripps Innovation Challenge. This would be a great opportunity for a school counseling student to team with another program specialty area or other PCOE colleagues. 
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Adrienne N. Erby, PhD, LPC, NCC<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Assistant 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<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">McCracken Hall 432V<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:erby@ohio.edu"><span style="color:#0563C1">erby@ohio.edu</span></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">From: </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">"Barlag, Kimberly" <barlagk@ohio.edu><br>
<b>Date: </b>Tuesday, February 27, 2018 at 3:24 PM<br>
<b>Subject: </b>Scripps Innovation Challenge is about improving high school graduation rates and college readiness in Appalachia!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a name="_MailOriginalBody">Do you have students who are up for a challenge? This year’s Scripps Innovation Challenge is ideal for The Patton College students: Find innovative ways to<span style="background:white"> improve high school graduation
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">Please share this information with students who may be interested in this opportunity and willing to represent The Patton College. You may have received fliers in your PCOE mailboxes as well.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif">It’s time for the annual student competition called the <b>Scripps Innovation Challenge</b>. Student teams compete to create innovative solutions
 to a media or communications problem, or “challenge”. This year’s challenge is sponsored by AT&T and is right in the wheelhouse of the Patton College. Competitors are being asked to come up with innovative ways <span style="background:white">to improve high
 school graduation rates and college readiness in Appalachia. You can read more here: </span></span></span><a href="https://www.ohio.edu/scrippscollege/innovationchallenge/"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif">https://www.ohio.edu/scrippscollege/innovationchallenge/</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif"> ). <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif">The deadline is only 10 days away, and only three Patton College students have expressed interest in entering. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif">There’s still time. Initial entries - basically just rough draft submissions - are due March 9. This link explains how to enter: </span></span><a href="https://author.oit.ohio.edu/scrippscollege/innovationchallenge/how_to_enter.cfm"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif">https://author.oit.ohio.edu/scrippscollege/innovationchallenge/how_to_enter.cfm</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif"> 
 In advance of that, on March 5 & 6, there will be drop-by workshops to walk students through how to prepare an entry (</span></span><a href="https://www.ohio.edu/scrippscollege/innovationchallenge/event-details.cfm?eventItem=SIC-2018-Workshop-3-What-do-you-need-to-know-to-win-"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif">https://www.ohio.edu/scrippscollege/innovationchallenge/event-details.cfm?eventItem=SIC-2018-Workshop-3-What-do-you-need-to-know-to-win-</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif">).
 All they need is the germ of an idea and the workshops will guide them on how to submit a draft entry.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif">Here’s why it’s important:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif">- Great student learning experience that’s a real resume builder.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif">- $3,000 prize pot.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif">Most importantly, the sponsorship of AT&T. As you’re probably aware, improving college preparedness is a nationwide AT&T campaign. It’s our hope that a successful
 Scripps Innovation Challenge will encourage AT&T to engage more deeply with Ohio University and, specifically, the Patton College.<o:p></o:p></span></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">Andy Alexander, Director</span><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><b>Kimberly Barlag</b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">Director of Communications and Design Management<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">The Gladys W. and David H. Patton College of Education<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">Ohio University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">102P McCracken Hall <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">Athens, OH 45701<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"></span><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/pattoncollege"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:#1F497D;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="30" height="30" style="width:.3125in;height:.3125in" id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image002.png@01D3B01A.CCD70C00" alt="cid:image001.jpg@01CEDC88.A6B90790"></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:#1F497D"> 
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