DURANT, Okla. -- ­ As previously announced, the position of President of Southeastern Oklahoma State University is being re-advertised this summer by the Regional University System of Oklahoma (RUSO) Board of Regents.

The deadline for applications for the position is August 31, 2007.

Print/online advertisements appeared in The Chronicle of Higher Education during the month of June.  Additional advertising in July and August is scheduled in the Dallas Morning News, Academic Careers Online, Inside Higher Ed, Higher Ed Jobs, and the Chronicle, as well as the Oklahoman, Tulsa World, Durant Daily Democrat, and Sherman-Denison Herald Democrat.

RUSO has also mailed 610 letters requesting nominations for the position to 228 institutions of higher education in Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas, and Louisiana.              

Regent Ann Holloway, chair of the SOSU Presidential Search Committee, will be scheduling meetings for that committee in the near future. 

RUSO is seeking a replacement for Dr. Glen D. Johnson, who served as Southeastern president for the past 9 1Ž2 years. Johnson assumed his new duties as Chancellor of the Oklahoma State System for Higher Education on Jan. 17, 2007.

Dr. Jesse Snowden is currently serving as Interim President at Southeastern. 

In April, RUSO named two finalists for the Southeastern presidency. However, at a special RUSO board meeting on April 14, the regents were unable to reach a consensus and decided to continue the process.

The nine-member RUSO board governs the following regional institutions:

Southeastern Oklahoma State University, East Central University, Northeastern State University, Northwestern Oklahoma State University, Southwestern Oklahoma State University, and the University of Central Oklahoma.