Two Northwestern Oklahoma State University faculty members, KeEra Byrd, instructor of nursing; and Garret Lahr, chair of the division of business and instructor of business, recently earned their doctoral degrees.

Byrd earned a Doctor of Nursing Practice degree in April 2022 from Walden University in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Lahr earned a Doctor of Business Administration degree in March 2022 from the University of Phoenix in Phoenix, Arizona.

Byrd's dissertation is titled "Developing Resiliency Knowledge in New Graduate Nurses Through Self-Care Education." The purpose of her research was to un...