Conversations with the President

President Joe Harroz is joined by Vice President of Student Affairs and Dean of Students, Dr. David Surratt, to discuss the start of the 2022 fall semester at the University of Oklahoma. With OU welcoming a record class of 4,700 incoming students, Dr. Surratt discusses the impact his office has on students in and out of the classroom as well as programming and resources for life after graduation. Later, President Harroz is joined by research scientist at the OU School of Meteorology, Matthew Flournoy, to discuss his supercell research and its impact on the community at-large. (0:00 – 4:47) OU achievements (4:48 – 8:10) Dr. Surratt joins to discuss the 2022 incoming class and Camp Crimson (8:11 – 10:43) Surratt's background (11:00 – 13:33) Student Affairs' role in the OU strategic plan (13:34 – 16:25) How Student Affairs has grown since Harroz and Surrat were at OU (16:26 – 22:56) Career development within Student Affairs (24:18 – 27:06) Flournoy's introduction and background (27:10) Flournoy's research on supercells (27:51) The recent TORUS study (30:18) The goal of supercell research (33:29) Harroz congratulates Dwight W. Birdwell for receiving the Medal of Honor (34:45) Harroz's final thoughts going into the fall semester

President Joe Harroz is joined by the Vice President of Research and Partnerships, Tomás Díaz de la Rubia, to discuss all things research at the University of Oklahoma. Díaz de la Rubia has been in his position at OU since 2020 and has overseen research growth through his expertise in strategy and consulting. Harroz and Díaz de la Rubia go through each of the four verticals of research and dive into the horizontals that accentuate each field of research. Later, Harroz is joined by the men's golf coach Ryan Hybl to discuss the recent men's golf season as well as the outlook of the program over the next few years. First Things First: (0:00 – 4:23) Harroz OU announcements (4:24 – 6:06) Tomás Díaz de la Rubia introduction (6:07 – 9:30) Díaz de la Rubia discusses when he took the job at OU and his strategy on research (9:31 – 10:55) Harroz and Díaz de la Rubia introduce the research verticals (10:56 – 14:15) Aerospace & National Security Defense Vertical and the relationship with the National Weather Center (14:16 –16:33 ) Energy and Environmental Sustainability vertical (16:34 – 18:38) Díaz de la Rubia discusses the Future of Health vertical (18:39 – 20:30) Díaz de la Rubia discusses the Society and Community Transformation vertical (20:31 – 24:46) Harroz and Díaz de la Rubia discuss the horizontals that supplement the research verticals (24:47 – 26:48) How OU research's performance since Díaz de la Rubia joined in 2020 (26:49 – 28:19) On the importance of partnerships when it comes to research at a university (28:20 – 29:20) Projecting the next five years of OU research (29:21 – 31:40) Closing thoughts with Díaz de la Rubia (31:45 – 33:31) Harroz goes through spring/summer sports' accomplishments (33:32) Harroz's conversation with Men's Golf coach Ryan Hybl

President Joe Harroz sits down with three graduating students – Parker Primrose, Devin Brown and Shannon Ehrhardt -- as they reflect on their experiences at the University of Oklahoma. Following the conversation with the students, Harroz is joined by the women's gymnastics coach K.J. Kindler, who just won her fifth national title as OU's coach. First Things First: Giving Day update [00:33 – 1:47] Spring Game reaction & K.J. Kindler tease [1:48 – 3:28] Conversation with the President: Introducing the guests [3:29 – 5:39] What brought you to OU? [5:40 – 13:57] What was a defining moment for you at OU? [13:58 – 24:18] What is Harroz's motivation? [24:19 – 26:19] Harroz's favorite experience as an Alpha Tau Omega member [26:19 – 28:59] What piece of advice does each student have upon graduation [29:00 – 36:04] Farewells [36:05 – 37:20] And Finally: K.J. Kindler joins the show [37:22] Kindler on her recent championship win [37:57 – 42:10] Harroz on going to Washington D.C. with the gymnastics team [42:11 – 42:59] Spring semester athletics program wrap-up [42:59]

For the first episode of “Conversations with the President,” OU President Joseph Harroz, Jr. sat down with Coach Brent Venables. Venables became the 23rd head coach of the University of Oklahoma's football program on December 5th, 2021. Harroz and Venables discuss the pivotal moments before the head coaching job was offered and the electric energy of OU's impromptu pep rally to welcome the Venables family home to Norman. The two go on to discuss the dynamic changes in collegiate athletics, particularly in football, and how Venables' role as a mentor and coach has grown.