OSU Board Approves Personnel Actions

Friday, January 18, 2008

(OKMULGEE, Okla., January 18, 2008) -- The Oklahoma State University/A&M Board of Regents approved several personnel actions during its Jan. 18 meeting at Oklahoma State University-Okmulgee.

APPOINTMENTS: Catherine A. Shuffield, executive director and assistant extension specialist, 4-H Youth Development Programs; Randy Allen, professor and Sitlington Chair, biochemistry and molecular biology; Vijaya G. Kakani, assistant professor, plant and soil sciences; Belinda K. McCharen, associate professor and Francis Tuttle Chair, teaching and curriculum leadership; Chulho Yang, associate professor, engineering technology; Melinda W. Lyon, assistant professor, design, housing and merchandising; Kelly M. Roberts, clinical instructor, human development and family science.

CHANGES: Rebecca S. Eastham, clinical instructor of hotel and restaurant administration, to clinical instructor and general manager, The Atherton Hotel, hotel and restaurant administration/Student Union hotel operations.

RETIREMENTS: Donald G. Wagner, animal science, Feb. 4; Paul A. Westhaus, physics, June 30.

For OSU-Oklahoma City, appointments were approved for Kimberly Halpern, instructor and head, general studies; Nada M. Cain, Nicole Pascher and Lora R. Winchester, instructors, health sciences; and Gary W. Davis, instructor, interpreter training.

For the OSU Center for Health Sciences, the appointment of John D. DeWitt, clinical associate professor, internal medicine, was approved.