Office of the President


Dr. Joe Wiley

Dr. Joe Wiley

 

Family:

  • wife Glenda, one son, Tommy and daughter Jeana

 

Spiritual:

  • Attended the 7th and Beech Church of Christ in Durant, Okla.
  • Deacon and Elder (4 years) at the 7th and Beech Church of Christ.
  • Attends the Owasso Church of Christ in Owasso, Okla.

 

Service:

  • Traveled to China on three occasions on mission trips where he also served as a technical consultant to the State Commission on Science and Technology
  • Member of Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education Council of Presidents where he currently serves as Secretary of the Council and Chair of the Subcommittee on Innovation and Technology
  • Claremore Regional Hospital Board of Trustees
  • Claremore Ethics Board
  • Mathematical Association of America
  • Association of Computing Machinery

 

Academic Background:

  • Post-doctoral fellowship in computer science at the University of Colorado
  • PhD in mathematics from the University of Arkansas
  • Masters of Science from the University of Arkansas
  • Bachelor of Science degree from Southeastern Oklahoma State University

 

Leadership:

  • President of Rogers State University in northeastern Oklahoma
  • Under his leadership RSU became a four-year institution and has seen the enrollment grow 65 percent since 2000.
  • Executive Vice President and Vice President for Academic Affairs at Southeastern Oklahoma State University in Durant, Okla.
  • Professor and Chairman of the Department of Computer Science, Southeastern Oklahoma State University

 

Awards:

  • John L. Blackburn Award for Exemplary Administrative Leadership from the American Association of University Administrators (AAUA)
  • Four-time recipient of the Kellogg Foundation Leadership Training Grant by the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education