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Carl and Carolyn Renfro Endowed Lectureship Program

Former Oklahoma State Regent Carl Renfro and the late Carolyn Renfro established the Carl and Carolyn Renfro Endowed Lectureship Program with a gift in 2006. The primary purpose of the endowment is to provide support to cultivate and enhance the cultural and community enrichment offerings in northern Oklahoma to include lecture and performance series at Northern Oklahoma College Tonkawa and in the Ponca City area.

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Ari Fleischer to speak at
NOC Spring 2024 Renfro Lectureship Program on April 2nd

Ari FleischerOn behalf of Northern Oklahoma College, we are pleased to welcome Ari Fleischer, the 23rd White House Secretary for George W. Bush, to the Renfro Endowed Lectureship Program. The event is scheduled for Tuesday, April 2 at Northern Oklahoma College Tonkawa. This event is sponsored by Carl and Brenda Renfro with the Renfro Endowed Lectureship Program, Northern Oklahoma College, and Northern Oklahoma College Foundation.

As former White House Press Secretary, Ari Fleischer was the primary spokesperson for President George W. Bush and delivered the daily White House briefings from 2001 to 2003. He previously served as the Bush campaign spokesman in 1999 and 2000. In his almost four years working for George W. Bush, he served as spokesman during the historic presidential recount, September 11th, two wars and the anthrax attack. His best-selling book, Taking Heat, details his years in the White House and reached #7 on The New York Times best seller list. His most recent book, Suppression, Deception, Snobbery, and Bias: Why the Press Gets So Much Wrong—And Just Doesn’t Care was released in July 2022.

Since leaving the White House, he still finds time to stay involved in politics. After the 2012 Presidential election, Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus appointed Fleischer as co-chair of the RNC’s Growth and Opportunity Project to find out why Republicans lost that year and to chart a path forward for the Republican Party. He is a FOX News contributor and has appeared frequently on many of the leading political and news shows. He has also worked on Capitol Hill as a press secretary to three Congressmen and one United States Senator.

Fleischer is a native of Pound Ridge, New York and a 1982 graduate of Vermont’s Middlebury College. Now president of his own firm, Ari Fleischer Communications Inc., he offers advice to clients in the corporate and sports worlds on how to handle the press.

Beginning Tuesday, March 12 at 9 a.m., tickets will go on sale to the general public.

OPTION #1: You may purchase a reserved table seating eight (8) for $500, which includes dinner and lecture in the Renfro Center.

OPTION #2: Individual tickets may be purchased at a cost of $25 per ticket on a first-come, first-served basis, which includes dinner and lecture in the Renfro Center.

Tickets may be purchased with a credit card by calling 580.628.6214, or in person at Northern Oklahoma College Development Office, Vineyard Library-Administration Building, Tonkawa.

Former Oklahoma State Regent Carl Renfro and the late Carolyn Renfro established the Renfro Endowed Lectureship Program with a gift in 2006. The primary purpose of the endowment is to provide support to cultivate and enhance the cultural and community enrichment offerings in northern Oklahoma to include lecture and performance series at Northern Oklahoma College Tonkawa and in the Ponca City area.

If you have questions concerning this upcoming event or need additional information, please contact the Northern Oklahoma College Development Office at 580.628.6214.

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