Last week the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education approved the appointment of OCU LAW alumna Raquel Schmitz ‘99 as the vice chancellor for administration. Schmitz will be responsible for general agency administration, operational oversight of the chancellor’s office and overall coordination of work related to the coordinating board and agency advisory councils.

Schmitz served for five years as the chief of staff at Southeastern Oklahoma State University in Durant, Okla., serving as the primary liaison between the university’s president and its faculty, staff, students, state and federal legislators and other education entities. She was responsible for managing the president’s office budget, served on the university’s executive cabinet and managing meetings and special projects for the president. She also was an English and humanities instructor at the university and has worked as the general counsel law clerk for the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education.

Schmitz graduated from Oklahoma State University in 1992 with a bachelor’s degree in English and received a master’s degree in English literature from Texas Woman’s University in 1994.