Dr. Janet Cunningham serves as the 19th president of Northwestern Oklahoma State University. As president, she has led many new initiatives such as the development of an enrollment management plan, increasing the number of nationally accredited academic programs, and leading the effort to join the NCAA. Through her leadership, NWOSU was approved for its first doctoral program.

Cunningham likes to spend her time reading, crafting, gardening, and being with her grandchildren. Her family members in attendance at the Gala were her son and daughter-in-law Drew and Ashley Cunningham, her sister-in-l...