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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Me too. I may be late, though, so looking forward to seeing as many folks as possible! You\u2019ll do great, Ashley!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='mso-ligatures:standardcontextual'>Kristen Jocums<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-ligatures:standardcontextual'>(706)718-8055<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> Lynne Brown <lynnebrown@gmail.com> <br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, April 22, 2026 9:17 AM<br><b>To:</b> NFB of Oregon Linn-Benton Chapter List <nfbo-linn-benton@nfbnet.org><br><b>Cc:</b> KJocums@iCloud.com<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [NFBO-Linn-benton] Ashley Neybert dissertation defense<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Ashley,<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks for the invite! I\u2019ll be there.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>-Lynne<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Apr 22, 2026, at 7:07<span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>\u202f</span>AM, Kristen Jocums via NFBO-Linn-benton <<a href="mailto:nfbo-linn-benton@nfbnet.org">nfbo-linn-benton@nfbnet.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>A message from our dear friend, Ashley Neybert:<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I would like to invite the chapter to my dissertation defense next Monday April 27<sup>th</sup> from 10am-11am in Furman Education Hall Room 404. Light breakfast and coffee will be provided and for those interested in waiting an hour after for the private portion of my defense there will be lunch at Thai Chili to celebrate! I would love you all there as I couldn\u2019t have completed this without you and it will be good to show support from the community to OSU. I hope to see you there!<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b>Kristen Jocums</b><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>(706)718-8055<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>_______________________________________________<br>NFBO-Linn-benton mailing list<br></span><a href="mailto:NFBO-Linn-benton@nfbnet.org"><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>NFBO-Linn-benton@nfbnet.org</span></a><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'><br></span><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfbo-linn-benton_nfbnet.org"><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfbo-linn-benton_nfbnet.org</span></a><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'><br>To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for NFBO-Linn-benton:<br></span><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfbo-linn-benton_nfbnet.org/lynnebrown%40gmail.com"><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfbo-linn-benton_nfbnet.org/lynnebrown%40gmail.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></p></div></blockquote></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></body></html>