OSU Board Approves Personnel Actions
Friday, October 27, 2006
The Oklahoma State University/A&M Board of Regents approved several personnel actions
during its Oct. 27 meeting at Oklahoma State University-Tulsa.
Dr. Paulette R. Hebert, professor of interior design in the School of Architecture
and director of the Facility Design and Management Studio at the University of Louisiana
at Lafayette since 1995, was named professor, head and Salmon Professor of the Department
of Design, Housing and Merchandising.
Prior to this position, she spent three years as the College of Arts assistant dean
for recruiting and research at Lafayette, and was on the faculty of Louisiana State
University for two years. Since 1998 she has been a design specialist for Marrero
Couvillon and Associates Construction Engineering, and from 1988-98 was owner and
lighting designer of Paulette Hebert Lighting Consultants, Inc. She received her bachelor’s
degree in interior design, and her M.S. and Ph.D. in human ecology (merchandising),
all from Louisiana State University.
Hebert, a licensed and registered interior designer, serves on the board of directors
of the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America and the International Facility
Management Association, is a board member of the Louisiana State Board of Examiners
of Interior Designers, a site visitor of the Foundation for Interior Design Education
and Research, and a member of the Interior Design Educators Council.
Robin B. Purdie, M.S., R.N., associate director of the Seretean Wellness Center since
2000, has been named director. She joined the OSU Health and Fitness Center in 1982
as the cardiac rehabilitation nurse, and helped establish the cardiac rehabilitation
program at OSU. She earned her B.S. and M.S. degrees in health and human performance
at OSU.
Purdie is a certified program director with the American College of Sports Medicine
and serves on its national committee for Certification and Education. She is a Fellow
of the National American Association of Cardiovascular/Pulmonary Rehabilitation and
serves on the state advisory board.
APPOINTMENTS: Junpeng Deng, assistant professor, biochemistry and molecular biology;
Lynn M. Simpson-Scott, assistant professor, library; and Glenn Freedman, vice president
for research and programs, Center for Innovation and Economic Development.
TITLE CHANGES: Regina Kalchgruber, from post doctoral fellow to research assistant
professor, physics; Alexander Khanov, from research scientist to research assistant
professor, physics; Sandra K. Goetze, associate professor, from home department of
educational studies to teaching, curriculum and leadership; Marjorie E. Gross, appointment
to hospital board, clinical associate professor, veterinary clinical sciences.
SABBATICAL: Mohammed Bilbeisi, architecture, 100 percent sabbatical leave to conduct
research on Islamic architectural types and advanced graphics and theory at four international
institutions, including United Arab Emirates University, University of Sharjah, American
University in Dubai and American University of Sharjah, from Jan. 1-May 31, 2007.
RETIREMENTS: Thomas D. Jordan, architecture, May 31, 2006; Charles A. Rich, engineering
technology, Sept. 1, 2006; Rebecca J. Morton, pathobiology, June 30, 2007.
For OSU-Oklahoma City, the appointment of Amber K. Coulter as director of public relations
was approved. A change in title was approved for Vicki C. Murray, from coordinator
of academic affairs to director, business and industry relations; and for Jerry W.
Neilsen, from professor and department head to professor and division head, science.
For the OSU Center for Health Sciences, the appointment of Lora D. Cotton as clinical
assistant professor, family medicine, was approved. Changes in title were approved
for James D. Hess, from chief operating office and vice president of healthcare administration
and assistant professor, family medicine, to COO, vice president and executive director,
and assistant professor, administrative affairs; Eric J. Polak, from director of fiscal
affairs/business office, to director and CFO, medical practice plan, administrative
affairs; Fred J. Crapse Jr., from associate professor, surgery, to associate professor
and vice chair, surgery; and for Leigh B. Goodson, from vice president for enrollment
management and marketing, assistant professor of medical education, to vice president
for enrollment management and associate dean of graduate studies.