Several Oklahoma State University personnel actions were approved during the OSU/A&M Board of Regents meeting Friday in Stillwater.

APPOINTMENTS: Irene Backus, assistant professor, art; Sadagopan Krishnan, assistant professor, chemistry; Jimmie Weaver, assistant professor, chemistry; Michael Boyle, assistant professor, communication sciences and disorders; Mary Clark, assistant professor, communication sciences and disorders; Ramesh Kaipa, assistant professor, communication sciences and disorders; Toby Beauchamp, assistant professor, english; Joseph Donoghue, associate professor, geology (action grants tenure);Mohamed Abdelsalam, professor and  Boone Pickens chair of geographics (actions grant tenure); Michael Grammer, professor and Chesapeake Chair (action confers tenure); Christopher Haygood, assistant professor, music; Mario Borunda, assistant professor, physics; Christopher Cushing, assistant professor, psychology; Tony Wells, assistant professor, psychology; Kelley Hartshorn, assistant professor, sociology; Ye Liang, assistant professor, statistics; Troy Brasuell Jr., assistant professor, theatre; Jodi Jinks, assistant professor, theatre; Jennifer Shaw, assistant professor, zoology; Mary Towner, assistant professor, zoology; Jon Loffi, assistant professor, educational studies; Gina Morris, clinical assistant professor, teaching and curriculum leadership; Xiaoming Yang, associate professor, civil and environmental engineering; Aaron Alexander, assistant professor, division of engineering technology; James Kidd, clinical associate professor, mechanical and aerospace engineering; Matthew Klopfstein, clinical assistant professor, mechanical and aerospace engineering; and Gregory Clare, assistant professor, design, housing, merchandising.

From the Center for Veterinary Health Sciences, Ashish Ranjan, assistant professor, physiological sciences.

From the Institute of Technology in Okmulgee, Shari Erwin, director, marketing and communications.