Conversations with the President

Dr. David Surratt on Student Affairs and the 2022 Fall Semester

The University of Oklahoma Season 1 Episode 4

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