Published: June 23, 2009 10:39 am      

Interim president named at SOSU

DURANT — Dr. Larry Minks was named interim president of Southeastern Oklahoma State University today by the Board of Regents of the Regional University System of Oklahoma (RUSO).

The action was taken at the RUSO monthly board meeting, held on the campus of the University of Central Oklahoma in Edmond.

Sheridan McCaffree, executive director of RUSO, said the board of regents, at its regularly scheduled July meeting, will work on formulating a plan for the naming of a permanent president.

Minks’ appointment as interim president begins July 1, 2009. He has served as executive vice president for academic affairs at Southeastern since Jan. 31, 2008.

Minks replaces Dr. Michael Turner, who resigned his position as Southeastern president on June 1 (effective June 30, 2009), citing family considerations. Turner became Southeastern’s 18th president on Jan. 1, 2008.

Prior to coming to Southeastern, Minks was vice president for academic affairs at Rogers State University in Claremore. He has 34 years of higher education administrative/teaching experience, including two stints at Southeastern: from 1976-81, Minks was Assistant Professor of Business Administration and Management; from 1981-83 he was Director of the Center for Organizational Effectiveness and Associate Professor of Business Administration and Management; and from 1996-99, he served as Chair and Professor of the Management and Marketing Department, as well as MBA Program Director.

Minks joined Rogers State in 1999, and served as assistant vice president for academic affairs/instruction and then associate vice president for academic affairs. He has also held teaching/administrative positions at Ohio Northern University, Longwood College (Virginia), and Brescia College (Kentucky).

Minks earned his Ed.D. in Business Teaching at the University of Northern Colorado and his M.B.A. and B.B.A. in Business at Eastern New Mexico University.