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

APPOINTMENTS: Hsien-Ho Chang, assistant professor, political science; Alex Greer, assistant professor, political sciences.

From OSU-Tulsa, Sarah Peterson, director, library.

CHANGES:  Garey Fox, title change from professor and Buchanan Chair to professor, Buchanan Chair, Thomas E. Berry Professorship, and Director, Oklahoma Water Resources Center, biosystems/agricultural engineering; Bruce Barringer, title change from professor and head to professor, head, and Mitchell and Student Ventures Chair in Entrepreneurship, entrepreneurship; Vance Fried, title change from professor and Riata professor to professor, Riata Professor  and Director, Free Enterprise Institute, entrepreneurship; Craig Watters, title change from Executive Director and Clinical Assistant Professor to Executive Director, Clinical Assistant Professor, and Stevenson and International Entrepreneurship Chair, entrepreneurship; Elizabeth Payne, title change from Manager, Spears School of Business to Director, Center for Sovereign Nations, provost and senior vice president; Stephen McKeever, title change from Regents Professor and Director, National Energy Solutions to Regents Professor; and Shona Gambrel, title change from assistant director, Distance Learning to director, Online Learning.

From the Center for Health Sciences, Robin Dyer, title change from Professor, Head and Interim Associate Dean to Professor, Head and Associate Dean, academic affairs; William Pettit, title change from Associate Professor and Interim Senior Associate Dean to Associate Professor, Provost and Senior Associate Dean, academic affairs; Kent Smith, title change from Associate Professor and Interim Associate Dean to Associate Professor and Associate Dean of OAAIMS, academic affairs; Jeffery Stroup, title change from Associate Professor and Interim Chief Operating Officer to Associate Professor and Chief Operating Officer, academic affairs; Johnny Stephens, title change from Professor, Interim Vice President and Interim Chief Operating Officer to Professor, Interim Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, research office.

RETIREMENT: James Chioke, mathematics, June 1, 2015; James Davis, political science​, June 1, 2015; Chrwan Ho, management science & information systems, June 1, 2015.