Hi everyone! Kylee and I are wrapping up the newsletter today and you should receive it later in the day or first thing in the morning from Casey. We have so much gratitude for the great submissions from so many of you! We know it takes time to put text and photos together and appreciate that you are willing to do it!! And, for the first time since I have worked on this project, we have a poem submitted by one of Tony's students! And, it so reflects the student experience and voice. YAY!! We know that this edition is really, really long and will try to put out shorter versions in the future. (There was a lot of activity in the fall and early winter!). However, the document reflects the fabulous work many of your programs are doing as well as the work of the board. Kylee and I will try to put a quick survey together in the spring to get input as to what people want and don't want for newsletter content but we are always open to feedback and suggestions! As we discussed, sharing this with key leaders and partners is really important. Please consider forwarding to your school officials, partners, local donors and local/state officials; coordinating the latter with NEOA state presidents. Policy Seminar teams should print and include perhaps the last 2 newsletters in their packets. Finally, let me just say that Kylee Rocks!!! She took this on and hit the ground running! She has a vision and is very skilled in this work. My deep gratitude for her! It was so great to see so many of you in Springfield and on the screen. Looking forward to seeing you all in April! Cheers to you! Linda

Thank you Linda! I'm not sure, but in my limited memory, we have never had such a comprehensive newsletter!! Kudos to you and Kylee! #trioworks *Lynn Ploof-Davis* Director of TRIO Programs Upward Bound/Johnson Scholars Set up a JS advising meeting with me! <https://umf.campus.eab.com/pal/ljxCez0SaZ> University of Maine at Farmington 252 Main St. Room 202 Farmington, ME 04938 207-778-7297 (w) 207-491-6862 (c) she/her/hers Upward Bound <https://www.umf.maine.edu/upwardbound/> Johnson Scholars <https://www.umf.maine.edu/academics/johnson-scholars-program/> On Tue, Jan 16, 2024 at 12:11 PM Linda Cormany via Neoaboard < neoaboard@lists.neoaonline.org> wrote: > Hi everyone! Kylee and I are wrapping up the newsletter today and you > should receive it later in the day or first thing in the morning from Casey. > > We have so much gratitude for the great submissions from so many of you! > We know it takes time to put text and photos together and appreciate that > you are willing to do it!! And, for the first time since I have worked on > this project, we have a poem submitted by one of Tony's students! And, it > so reflects the student experience and voice. YAY!! > > We know that this edition is really, really long and will try to put out > shorter versions in the future. (There was a lot of activity in the fall > and early winter!). However, the document reflects the fabulous work many > of your programs are doing as well as the work of the board. > Kylee and I will try to put a quick survey together in the spring to get > input as to what people want and don't want for newsletter content but we > are always open to feedback and suggestions! > > As we discussed, sharing this with key leaders and partners is really > important. Please consider forwarding to your school officials, partners, > local donors and local/state officials; coordinating the latter with NEOA > state presidents. Policy Seminar teams should print and include perhaps the > last 2 newsletters in their packets. > > Finally, let me just say that Kylee Rocks!!! She took this on and hit the > ground running! She has a vision and is very skilled in this work. My deep > gratitude for her! > It was so great to see so many of you in Springfield and on the screen. > Looking forward to seeing you all in April! > > Cheers to you! > Linda > > --- > To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to > neoaboard-leave@lists.neoaonline.org.