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Thursday, May 22, 2008

Making History

On May 21, OSU alumnus Boone Pickens announced a $100 million gift to Oklahoma State University for endowed academic chairs before a crowd of more than 3,000 OSU faculty, staff, students and friends. Speakers included OSU President Burns Hargis, Oklahoma Governor Brad Henry, Boone Pickens, OSU Faculty Council Chair Bob Miller and OSU student Courtney Timmons.

 
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Wednesday, January 9, 2008

Hargis: Recycling and sustainability

Mr. Hargis, as you may or may not be aware, OSU recently received a very poor grade for sustainability. What are your thoughts on a recycle program that has campuswide recycling for items such as plastics, all papers and aluminum cans? Do you support this idea?
— Wes Haddox, SGA recycling vice chairman

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Hargis: Family health benefits

Could you please address your plans to deal with a crisis in the cost of family health benefits at OSU?
— Thad Leffingwell, psychology professor

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Hargis: How will you raise salaries?

What do you plan to do or do you plan to raise staff salaries significantly?
— Sarah Sloan, senior unit assistant, Office of Engineering Research

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Hargis: On bringing leaders to campus for speaking engagements

As an example, the University of Oklahoma has the money and the contacts to invite national and world leaders to campus. Seems to me Oklahoma State University students, faculty and staff are missing out. How will you rectify this problem?
— Richard W. Hawkins, programming analyst, Institutional Research and Information Management

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Hargis: Avoiding tuition increases?

How are you going to work to avoid tuition increases?
— The Daily O’Collegian

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Hargis: How important is research at OSU?

How important is research at OSU, as far as you’re concerned?
— The Daily O’Collegian

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Hargis: Qualifications to be president of OSU

What would you say to people who may question whether you are qualified to run a research university?
— The Daily O’Collegian

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Hargis: How long do you plan to serve as president?

How long do you plan to serve as president?
— The Daily O’Collegian

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Hargis: How do you see relations between OSU and Stillwater?

How do you see relations between OSU and Stillwater and how do you think relations can be improved?
— The Daily O’Collegian

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Hargis: What’s your favorite color?

Future OSU president Burns Hargis answers questions from The Daily O’Collegian staff members.

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Hargis: Thoughts on student press and the First Amendment?

Future OSU president Burns Hargis answers questions from The Daily O’Collegian staff members.

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Hargis: Anything else?

Future OSU president Burns Hargis answered questions from The Daily O’Collegian staff members.

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Wednesday, December 5, 2007

President Burns Hargis Open Forum

Before being unanimously approved by the Oklahoma A&M Board of Regents as OSU’s 18th president, V. Burns Hargis held an open forum with OSU faculty, staff and students at the Student Union Theater.
Hargis, a 62-year-old Oklahoma City businessman, resigned his position on the OSU board last July in order to apply for the university’s presidency.
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