OSU Considering Move To 4-Day Work Week.

STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) -- Oklahoma State University could switch temporarily to a four-day work week as university officials look for ways to reduce energy costs.

Under the proposal, OSU employees would work four 10-hour days instead of the standard five 8-hour days from July 7 through August 10.

After that, the campus would revert to a five-day work week. The fall semester at OSU will start on August 18.

The proposal will be discussed as an informational item when the university's regents meet on June 20.

Last week, OSU President Burns Hargis said an energy conservation plan at the school already has resulted in a savings of about $1.4 million for OSU.

Hargis says more than $1 million of those savings came on OSU's main campus in Stillwater from last October through February.