With plans to announce its new president in May, the Northern Oklahoma College Board of Regents named its three finalists for the position on Wednesday, April 25, following an executive session during their regularly scheduled regents meeting.“After narrowing down the strong national pool of applicants in a previous board meeting, the Board of Regents, serving at the presidential search committee, interviewed five highly qualified candidates during this first-round,” Chairman Brad Fox, said in a news release. “The Regents are happy to announce the top three finalists who will move forward in the second-round interviews.”The finalists (in alphabetical order) are Dr. Trevor C. Lane, State Specialist and Associate Professor at Washington State University; Ms. Diana Watkins, Interim President and Chief Academic Officer at Northern Oklahoma College; and Dr. Patrick Wilson, Executive Director of Online & Extended Learning at New Mexico Highlands University.The NOC Board of Regents will conduct in-person interviews with the finalists during an executive session at a May 15 special board meeting on the NOC Tonkawa campus. Finalists will also have an opportunity to tour each campus location that day. The next regularly scheduled board meeting will be Wednesday, May 22 at 2 p.m. on the NOC Enid campus. The Board plans on announcing the next President for Northern Oklahoma College following an executive session that day.Link to Full Candidate Bios: https://www.noc. edu/2024/04/25/noc-regentsselect- three-finalists-for-presidents- position/ ...
