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Lance J. Newbold

Lieutenant Colonel (Ret) US Army

Vice President for Student Affairs

Rose State College

Lance Newbold, a native of Boone, Iowa, has been the Vice President for Student Affairs for Rose State College since January 2017.  He is a 1985 graduate of Central College, Pella, Iowa with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Management and earned a Master of Science in Logistics Management from the Air Force Institute of Technology in 1995.  Lance spent 26 years of active service in the US Army primarily in Maintenance and Logistics assignments serving overseas assignments in Korea, Germany (twice), the United Kingdom, Kuwait, and Iraq.  His terminal assignment in the Army was as the Professor of Military Science at the University of Central Oklahoma’s Army ROTC Broncho Battalion from 2007-2011.  In February 2012, he joined Rose State College as the Coordinator of Veteran Services, later becoming the Director of Veteran Services and Academic Advisement.  He is a Past President (2016-17) of the Oklahoma Association of Veterans Coordinators and Counselors, served on the Board of Directors for the Oklahoma State Accrediting Agency (January 2017-June 2019) and currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Del City Chamber of Commerce.  He is married to the former Margell Curry of Huntsville, AL and they have two boys, Tristan, a 2019 graduate of Oklahoma State University and Cade, a senior at the University of Central Oklahoma.