After a long day of deliberations, the Oklahoma A&M Board of Regents voted unanimously late on Friday night to appoint Dr. Kayse Shrum as the 19th president of Oklahoma State University.
President Designee Shrum will be the third OSU graduate to hold the office, joining her predecessor Burns Hargis and Oliver S. Willham, who served as president from 1952-66.
Shrum will also be the first woman to hold the title of president at OSU and the first woman to lead a research institution in Oklahoma.
“I am humbled and honored by this announcement,” Shrum said in OSU’s release.