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LITTLE ROCK (Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025) — A website has launched and the position has been comprehensively profiled as the search for a new chancellor at the University of Arkansas – East Arkansas Community College (UA-EACC) is now officially taking candidates to lead the University of Arkansas System’s newest two-year college. Current UA-EACC Chancellor Cathie Cline, Ed.D., announced last August her plans to retire July 1 after more than 25 years of service to the institution. Chris Thomason, … [Read more...] about UA-EACC Chancellor Advisory Search Committee Launches National Search

LITTLE ROCK (Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2025) – The Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas today unanimously approved UA System President Jay B. Silveria’s recommendation to name Ricky Tompkins, Ed.D., as the next chancellor at University of Arkansas Hope-Texarkana (UAHT). The UA Board called a special meeting held in person and via Zoom at the UA System – Cammack Campus in Little Rock to consider the recommendation. Tompkins, currently the vice president for technical education and workforce … [Read more...] about UA Board Approves Tompkins as UAHT Chancellor

LITTLE ROCK (Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2025) – The Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas has called a special meeting regarding the search for the next chancellor of the University of Arkansas Hope-Texarkana (UAHT) to be held via videoconference and in person at 4 p.m. today (Dec. 17), originating at the UA System - Cammack Campus in Little Rock. While the Board is expected to immediately go into an executive session at 4 p.m., the public portion of the meeting, which will be available on … [Read more...] about UA Trustees Call Special Dec. 17 at 4 p.m.

LITTLE ROCK (Monday, Dec. 8, 2025) – The Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas will gather four times between Dec. 9-18 via videoconference and in person to visit with finalists for the chancellor position at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) who are making their previously scheduled and announced campus visits. The board will meet Dec. 9 at 8:45 a.m., Dec. 12 at 8:45 a.m., Dec. 16 at 8:45 a.m., and Dec. 18 at 8:45 a.m. While the Board is expected to immediately … [Read more...] about UA Trustees to Meet for Series of UAMS Chancellor Finalist Interviews

LITTLE ROCK (Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025) – University of Arkansas System President Jay B. Silveria today announced the selection of four finalists in the search for the next chancellor of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). Selected with the help of an advisory search committee chaired by William J. Steinbach, M.D., UAMS Chair of Pediatrics and Associate Dean of Child Health, the finalists will visit campus starting next week for meetings with faculty, staff, administrators and … [Read more...] about Four Finalists Announced in UAMS Chancellor Search

LITTLE ROCK (Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2025) – University of Arkansas System President Jay B. Silveria today announced the formation of an advisory committee to assist in the search for the next chancellor of University of Arkansas - East Arkansas Community College (UA-EACC). Current UA-EACC Chancellor Cathie Cline, Ed.D., informed Silveria last August of her plans to retire July 1 after more than 25 years of service to the institution. Chris Thomason, vice president for strategic and community college … [Read more...] about UA System Announces UA-EACC Chancellor Advisory Search Committee

LITTLE ROCK (Friday, Nov. 21, 2025) – University of Arkansas System President Jay B. Silveria has announced that Stuart Flynn, currently dean of academic affairs at Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences & the Arts (ASMSA), has been named interim executive director at the state’s residential high school and will begin that role Jan. 1, 2026. Current ASMSA Executive Director Corey Alderdice announced in June his plans to step down in December after 13 years of leadership at the school. A … [Read more...] about Academic Affairs Dean Flynn Named Interim Executive Director at ASMSA

LITTLE ROCK (Friday, Nov. 14, 2025) — The Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas will hold its regularly scheduled board meetings in person and via videoconference Nov. 19-20 at the University of Arkansas - East Arkansas Community College (UA-EACC) in Forrest City. The meetings will be held at the Fine Arts Center on campus, located at 1700 Newcastle Rd., in Forrest City. *Please note that the Nov. 19 meetings will begin with an executive session at Noon with the videoconference of … [Read more...] about UA Trustees to Meet Nov. 19-20 at UA-EACC

LITTLE ROCK (Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025) – The University of Arkansas System today named three finalists in the search for the next chancellor at the University of Arkansas Hope-Texarkana (UAHT), and each will visit campus to hold public forums later this month. The finalists in order of (Hope) campus visits include (bios below): Laura Clark, vice chancellor for academics and interim chancellor, UAHT, (Nov. 14) Ricky Tompkins, Ed.D., vice president for technical education and workforce … [Read more...] about Three Finalists Selected in UAHT Chancellor Search

Two University of Arkansas System colleges have been named as a pair of 200 institutions nationally that are eligible to compete for the $1 million Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence, the nation’s premier recognition of high achievement and performance among two-year colleges. University of Arkansas Rich Mountain, in Mena, and University of Arkansas Community College at Batesville (UACCB) are among the top 20 percent of colleges nationwide named to the roster of colleges eligible to … [Read more...] about Two UA System Colleges Among Nation’s Top 200 Eligible for Aspen Prize