- Southwestern Oklahoma State University has several new faculty and administrators during the 2008-09 year and several employees have had a change in their administrative or faculty status.

- Several Southwestern Oklahoma State University faculty members were honored for their years of service during the SWOSU Faculty and Administration Workshop held August 18 on the Weatherford campus.

- Two Southwestern Oklahoma State University staff members have been recognized for their design work in a national competition of college and university athletic programs.

- Laura Smith is the new director of student health services at Southwestern Oklahoma State University in Weatherford.

- Southwestern Oklahoma State University won 12 awards at a state-wide competition at the recent Oklahoma College Public Relations Association state conference.

- Dr. Jill Jones, English professor and chair of the Department of Language and Literature at Southwestern Oklahoma State University, recently participated in the 71st National Leadership Forum for Women Leaders at the National Center for Higher Education in Washington, D.C.

- Southwestern Oklahoma State University in Weatherford has called upon its own ultra-successful men’s basketball coach to take an even larger responsibility as the school’s new director of athletics.

- Southwestern Oklahoma State University’s Department of Kinesiology recently held a Personal Trainer Certification Workshop through the National Exercise Trainer Association.

- The Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribal College Strategic Planning Committee held its second meeting on June 21 at the Southwestern Oklahoma State University Wellness Center on the Weatherford campus.

- Eight Southwestern Oklahoma State University faculty members were awarded promotions, and four faculty members received tenure at a recent meeting of the Regional University System of Oklahoma (RUSO) Regents.