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OSU/A&M Regents approve personnel actions

Friday, October 23, 2026

Media Contact: Shannon Rigsby | Associate Director of Public Information | 405-744-9081 | shannon.rigsby@okstate.edu

Numerous Oklahoma State University personnel actions were approved during the OSU/A&M Board of Regents meeting on Friday on the Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology campus in Okmulgee.


New appointments


College of Veterinary Medicine

  • Brent Hague, visiting assistant professor and section chief, Clinical Sciences
  • Michelle Kordupel, clinical assistant professor, Clinical Sciences
  • Marina Liles, assistant professor, Clinical Sciences
  • Kaitlyn McEnaney, clinical assistant professor, Clinical Sciences
  • Michael Pruitt, visiting assistant professor and section chief, Clinical Sciences
  • Charles Reynolds, clinical assistant professor, Clinical Sciences

              Center for Health Sciences

              • Derek Bolt, clinical assistant professor, Emergency Medicine
              • Erin Broderick, clinical assistant professor, Emergency Medicine
              • Rakael Brown, clinical assistant professor, Emergency Medicine
              • Thomas DiGiovanna, clinical assistant professor, Emergency Medicine
              • Jonathon Johnston, clinical assistant professor, Emergency Medicine
              • Laila Khan, clinical assistant professor, Emergency Medicine
              • Candy Lindsey, clinical assistant professor, Emergency Medicine
              • Dana Pentecost, clinical assistant professor, Emergency Medicine
              • Jason Beaver, clinical assistant professor, Physician Assistant Studies

                Changes in appointment


                College of Arts and Sciences

                • Asya Cooley, appointed to the Don and Cathey Humphreys Endowed Chair for the College of Arts and Sciences, Media & Strategic Communications

                  College of Education and Human Sciences

                  • Darcy McMaughan, promotion to associate dean for faculty affairs, graduate education and research, HES Research Services

                    College of Veterinary Medicine

                    • Julianne McCready, moving to tenure track as assistant professor, Clinical Sciences

                    System Operations

                    • Charles McCann, appointment to chief information officer, Enterprise Information Technology

                    Retirements


                    • Betty Simkins, retirement effective Jan 10, 2027, Spears School of Business, Department of Finance
                    • Jerry Saliki, retirement effective March 10, 2027, College of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Veterinary Pathobiology