February 18, 2019
By Paragon News Director Paul Joseph –
SWOSU’s Garrett King has been elected to a national board of directors.
King, assistant to the president and director of institutional advancement at Southwestern Oklahoma State University in Weatherford, has been elected to the Board of Directors of America’s Public Television Stations (APTS).
King is one of six newly elected trustees and will begin his term on February 25.
King has served or is serving on the governing boards of the Oklahoma Educational Television Authority (OETA) and the OETA Foundation, Inc., Friends of the Weatherford Public Library, Weatherford Community Habitat for Humanity, Weatherford Food & Resources Center, and HOBY Oklahoma.
Before coming to SWOSU, King served on the personal staff of U.S. Representative Frank D. Lucas where his work focused on issues related to education, agriculture, Indian affairs, energy, transportation and the environment.
King was raised on a peanut farm in the Oakdale Community near Eakly in northern Caddo County where his family has lived and worked since 1890. He is a 2004 graduate of Binger-Oney Public Schools and a 2008 alumnus of SWOSU where he studied history and political science. He holds an M. Ed. in social sciences and is currently a Ph. D. candidate in history at the University of Swansea in Wales.
In a news release, King said it was an honor to serve and represent Oklahoma on the America’s Public Television Stations governing board.
King said the adherence to specific qualities for over five decades has made OETA the most-watched public television station in America. Public television is uniquely positioned to provide its viewers quality programming in history, culture and civic affairs.
King’s role at SWOSU is the institution’s chief advancement officer with the SWOSU Foundation, Inc. He leads a team that works every day to develop private investment in the university’s mission and to engage SWOSU’s alumni, emeriti and friends.
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