While Oklahoma State University officials continued to refuse to answer questions about the reasons for the sudden resignation this week of OSU President Kayse Shrum, OSU/A&M regents named an interim president on Friday morning.

Oklahoma State University has named Dr. James Hess as interim president following the abrupt resignation of Dr. Kayse Shrum earlier this week.

Oklahoma State is having a shakeup at the top. On Wednesday, the OSU Board of Regents announced it has accepted university president Kayse Shrum’s resignation. Shrum began her tenure as OSU’s president in July 2021 but has decided to end her tenure after roughly three and a half years.