President Shrum’s leadership draws praise as she marks first year in office
On the one-year anniversary of her presidency, we look back at Dr. Shrum’s first year at the helm of the OSU system through the words of students, faculty and staff.
Oklahoma State University’s commencement ceremonies returned indoors Saturday for the first time in two years as Chancellor Allison Garrett of the State’s Regents for Higher Education delivered the keynote address. OSU President Kayse Shrum presided over her first graduation, making the 143rd commencement the first all-female-led ceremony in OSU’s history.
Lifelong Oklahoma State University supporter Dean Stringer is ensuring the humanities have a strong presence at OSU with a gift to create an endowed chair for the new Oklahoma State University Center for the Humanities.
Oklahoma State University set a new monthly record for research funding in September with more than $10 million in grant funding awarded across campus.
Through her first three months, OSU’s first female president has opened a new music school and the state’s first aerospace institute in the midst of a conference realignment and a pandemic that couldn’t stop a record enrollment class from returning to campus.
For Dr. Kayse Shrum, public-impact research is a core focus in her new role as president of Oklahoma State University. To learn more, Dr. Kenneth Sewell, vice president for research at OSU, sat down with Shrum to discuss her life, research and vision for the future.
Oklahoma State University President Kayse Shrum has recommended the appointment of respected business and public policy executive Jerome Loughridge to serve as a strategic advisor overseeing the operations of the OSU system campuses in Stillwater, Tulsa, Oklahoma City and Okmulgee, with a combined enrollment of over 34,000.
