Starting August 1,  John Mark Day is joining DePauw University as the new vice president for student affairs and dean of students.

Day spent seven years as the director of leadership and campus life at Oklahoma State University; he supervised student engagement initiatives such as fraternity and sorority life, student activities, the Student Government Association, orientation, international students and scholars, career development, and student basic needs.

Before Oklahoma, he worked 12 years at Texas Christian University, working his way up the director of the first-year experience. He also a member of Pi Kappa Phi fraternity and advised the TCU chapter.

Day has achieved two masters and a doctorate. While attending Dallas Theological Seminary, he obtained a master's in media and communication with a focus on theology. His other master's is in journalism, which he earned at Texas Christian University. His doctorate in education, he earned at Vanderbilt University.