Don and Mark talk with Phil Rice and Ashley Nichols of Align Strategies. Align helps companies attract amazing talent and outstanding clients through holistic alignment at the convergence of talent, client, and industry. Phil Rice, CEO and Discovery Specialist at Align, is an accomplished entrepreneur, creator, alignment strategist, and certified yoga instructor. With his background in business, the arts, and yoga meditation practices, he approaches problem solving in a business context in a uniquely holistic way. As co-founder of Align, he helps companies be good by emphasizing holistic align ..read more

Don and Mark talk with Allison D. Garrett, who took office as chancellor the Oklahoma State System of Higher Education on Nov. 8, 2021. Garrett leads a state system comprised of 25 state colleges and universities, 11 constituent agencies, one university center, and independent colleges and universities coordinated with the state system. She reports to a constitutional board whose nine members are appointed by the governor and confirmed by the Senate. Garrett provides leadership on matters relating to standards for Oklahoma higher education, courses and programs of study, budget allocations for ..read more

Don and Mark review events in higher ed and their work from 2021, and they give a preview of what's ahead in 2022 ..read more

Don and Mark talk with Randy Beutler. Randy served as president of Southwestern Oklahoma State University from 2010 to 2021, making him the fourth longest-service president of that institution. Before that, he had served as vice president for public policy and student leadership at SWOSU and earlier as a history and government teacher at Weatherford High School. He served as member and later majority whip of the Oklahoma House of Representatives. Read more about Randy here and here ..read more

Don and Mark interview Joe Hight. Joe is the Edith Kinney Gaylord Endowed Chair of Journalism Ethics in the Department of Mass Communication at the University of Central Oklahoma. He also is director of the Oklahoma Journalism Hall of Fame, a statewide organization that is based at UCO. View his full bio ..read more

Don and Mark discuss reinventing board governance in times of dramatic change ..read more

Don and Mark discuss the virtue of patience in an impatient world ..read more

Don and Mark discuss maintaining relevance and clarity in a time of change and challenge ..read more

Don and Mark interview Regent Ann Holloway, member of the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education. Read more about Ann here ..read more