OSU/A&M Regents approve personnel actions
Friday, December 5, 2025
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Numerous Oklahoma State University personnel actions were approved during the OSU/A&M Board of Regents meeting Friday on the OSU campus.
New Appointments
- Brent Clark, appointment to professor (action confers tenure), department head, and to the N. Malone Mitchell Jr. Chair in Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurship
- Arun Datta, assistant professor, Management and Legal Studies
- Andrew Meyer, assistant professor, Marketing and International Business
- Eric Morris, head football coach, Athletics
- Cheryl Nelson, clinical assistant professor, Community Health Sciences, Counseling and Counseling Psychology
- Alyssa Turner, clinical assistant professor, Community Health Sciences, Counseling and Counseling Psychology
- Steven Fowler, associate professor of practice, Materials, Mechatronics and Manufacturing Engineering
OSU-Oklahoma City
- Amanda Kenney, instructor, Health Sciences
- Hope Knight, instructor, Health Sciences
Center for Health Sciences
- Micah Relic, clinical assistant professor, OB/GYN
- Saura Douglas, clinical assistant professor, Physician’s Assistant Program
Change in Appointment
- James Knapp, reappointment to the T. Boone Pickens Distinguished Chair of Geoscience, Geology
- John Veenstra, appointment to the Van Weathers Chair, Academic Affairs
OSUIT
- Heather Ortiz, change in position title to assistant vice president of Academic Affairs, executive dean, Academic Affairs
Retirements
- Robert Matts, March 31, 2026, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Eugene Senat, Feb. 1, 2026, Media and Strategic Communications
- Howard Potter, July 1, 2026, Music
- Ellis Nuckolls, Jan. 5, 2026, Materials, Mechatronics and Manufacturing Engineering
- Kimie Leigh, Dec. 12, 2025, Early Care and Child Development (OSU-OKC)