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PETIT JEAN MOUNTAIN, Ark. (March 29, 2022) — After a national search, the Winthrop Rockefeller Institute board of directors has named Janet Harris as the next executive director/chief executive officer of the nonprofit. She will assume the role on April 1. Harris will succeed current executive director/CEO Dr. Marta Loyd, who retires March 31. Harris has served at the Winthrop Rockefeller Institute (the Institute) since 2016, first as director of programs, followed by a promotion to chief … [Read more...] about Winthrop Rockefeller Institute Board of Directors Names Harris as Executive Director/CEO

LITTLE ROCK (March 25, 2022) – University of Arkansas System President Dr. Donald R. Bobbitt today issued a statement in honor of longtime University of Arkansas contributor Kaneaster Hodges, Jr., who passed away March 23. A native of Newport, Hodges Jr. is a former U.S. senator and president and board member of the Walton Family Charitable Support Foundation, and he is an alumnus of the U of A School of Law. He has served on the Pryor Center Advisory Board, the university’s Board of Advisors, … [Read more...] about UA System President Issues Statement in Honor of the Passing of UA Contributor Hodges Jr.

LITTLE ROCK (March 11, 2022) – The Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas will hold its regularly scheduled board meetings in person and via videoconference March 16-17 originating at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). The meetings will begin at 12:30 p.m. on March 16 and 8:45 a.m. on March 17, originating at the UAMS Hospital Gallery Lobby. *Please note that Wedneday’s meetings will begin with an executive session at 12:30 p.m., with the videoconference of the … [Read more...] about UA Trustees to Meet March 16-17 at UAMS

LITTLE ROCK (Monday, March 7, 2022) — A search committee to find the next vice president for agriculture for the University of Arkansas System named two internal candidates as finalists who will participate in formal interviews and public presentations during the next month. The finalists are Deacue Fields, Ph.D., dean of the Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, and Jean-François Meullenet, Ph.D., head of the Arkansas … [Read more...] about Fields, Meullenet Named as Finalists in UA System VP for Agriculture Search

LITTLE ROCK (Monday, Feb. 28, 2022) — University of Arkansas System President Dr. Donald R. Bobbitt named Tara Smith, of North Little Rock, to take over as chief financial officer of the UA System beginning March 1. Smith is currently the finance and procurement lead with the UA System’s ongoing enterprise resource planning (ERP) project implementation, and was previously the CFO/vice chancellor for finance at the University of Arkansas Pulaski Technical College and deputy director at the … [Read more...] about Bobbitt Names Smith to Take Over UA System Chief Financial Officer Post

In keeping with a recent effort to review and update Board of Trustees policies to align with current law and practice, below are Board Policy amendments planned for presentation to UA System trustees at the March 16-17 regular Board meeting. Feedback regarding the proposed changes can be submitted to feedback@uasys.edu or through the General Counsel’s Office. Click the links below to view the proposed changes in red. The proposed policy amendments include: Revised Board Policy 230.1 Authority … [Read more...] about Policy Updates Proposed for March 16-17 Board Meeting

Students from across the University of Arkansas System are invited to submit applications for mini-grants awarded through an endowment honoring James L. “Skip” Rutherford III upon his retirement as dean of the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service in 2021. Grants of up to $1,000 will be awarded to students for expenses such as technology, conference registration, interview expenses, travel, test preparation, books, equipment or other supplies where a student can demonstrate … [Read more...] about Applications Invited for Student Grants from Endowment Honoring Retired Clinton School Dean

LITTLE ROCK (Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022) — The Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas elected new officers at its Jan. 26-27 regularly scheduled meeting, and C.C. “Cliff” Gibson III, of Monticello, will serve as chairman of the 10-member board for the upcoming year. Gibson, other officers and members of a new slate of Board committees appointed by Gibson will start their new roles beginning March 1. In addition to Gibson being elected as chairman, the trustees voted for Morril Harriman to … [Read more...] about Gibson to Chair UA Board; Other Officers and Committees Set for Coming Year

NORTH LITTLE ROCK (Jan. 13, 2022) — Margaret Ellibee, Ph.D., chancellor of University of Arkansas Pulaski Technical College, today announced her retirement from the college, effective June 30, 2022. Dr. Ellibee has led the college since becoming president of then-Pulaski Technical College on Aug. 1, 2012. Her title changed to chancellor with the college’s merger with the University of Arkansas System Feb. 1, 2017. READ MORE FROM UA-PTC The University of Arkansas System will be leading a … [Read more...] about UA – Pulaski Tech Chancellor Ellibee to Retire June 30

LITTLE ROCK (Friday, Feb. 4, 2022) — University of Arkansas System President Dr. Donald R. Bobbitt has named a search committee to assist in finding the next chancellor at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Interim Chancellor Charles F. Robinson, Ph.D., has been leading the campus since he was appointed by Bobbitt in August 2021. The committee, which includes faculty, staff and supporters of the university, will advise Bobbitt as he considers candidates to serve as the next chief … [Read more...] about UA System President Announces Committee to Aid in Flagship Chancellor Search