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LITTLE ROCK - The Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas will meet Thursday afternoon, January 31, 2013 and Friday, February 1, 2013, in the James H. Hamlen II Boardroom in the Jackson T. Stephens Spine and Neurosciences Institute at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. Board committee meetings will begin at 1:00 p.m. on Thursday afternoon with the regular session beginning Friday at 8:30 a.m. Click here to view the meeting agenda. The tentative schedule is as … [Read more...] about UA Board of Trustees to Meet Jan. 31-Feb. 1

LITTLE ROCK - Dr. Michael Moore, senior vice provost and dean of undergraduate studies at the University of Texas at Arlington, has been named vice president for academic affairs at the University of Arkansas System. Moore will provide leadership for the system in all aspects of academic affairs, including working closely with UA System campuses and divisions to coordinate online education and distance learning initiatives. As senior vice provost at UT Arlington, Moore oversaw the development … [Read more...] about UA System Names New Vice President for Academic Affairs

LITTLE ROCK - The Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas will meet Thursday afternoon November 1, 2012 and Friday November 2, 2012, in Rooms 507-511 of the Arkansas Union at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. The committee meetings will begin at 1:00 p.m. on Thursday afternoon with the regular session Board meeting beginning Friday at 8:30 a.m. or at the conclusion or adjournment of the committee meetings. The tentative schedule is as follows: November 1, 2012 1:00 p.m.     … [Read more...] about UA Board of Trustees to meet Nov. 1-2

The Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas will meet Thursday afternoon September 6, 2012 and Friday September 7, 2012 in Meetings Rooms A, B and C of Donaghey Student Center at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, 2801 South University Avenue, Little Rock, Arkansas. The committee meetings will begin at 1:30 p.m. on Thursday afternoon with the regular session Board meeting beginning Friday at 8:30 a.m. or at the conclusion or adjournment of the committee meetings. The tentative … [Read more...] about Board of Trustees to Meet Sept. 6-7

LITTLE ROCK – University of Arkansas System President Donald R. Bobbitt today announced the formation of an advisory search committee to assist in finding a new chancellor at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff. The committee includes members representing UAPB students, faculty, staff and alumni, along with members of the Pine Bluff community. Dr. Robert McGehee, a UAPB alumnus, Pine Bluff native and dean of the Graduate School at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, will serve … [Read more...] about Advisory committee formed to assist in UAPB chancellor search

LITTLE ROCK - The Buildings and Grounds Committee of the Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas will meet, via telephone conference call, on Tuesday, July 24, 2012 at 9:00 a.m. Click here for a list of agenda items to be considered by the Committee. The media and other interested persons may observe the proceedings in the Cammack Conference Room of the University of Arkansas System Office, 2404 North University Avenue in Little Rock, or in the Heritage Conference Room of the … [Read more...] about UA Board Committee to Meet

The Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas will meet on Thursday, May 24, 2012, at 10:00 a.m. in the Boardroom of the Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences and the Arts at 200 Whittington Avenue in Hot Springs, Arkansas.  The University Hospital-Board of Trustees Joint Committee will meet at 8:30 a.m., the Audit Committee will meet at 9:15 a.m., and the Buildings and Grounds Committee will meet at 9:45 a.m. on that date at the same location.  The schedule is as follows: May 24, … [Read more...] about UA Board to meet Thursday in Hot Springs

LITTLE ROCK - University of Arkansas System President Dr. Donald R. Bobbitt will recommend Corey Alderdice, assistant director for admissions and public relations at the Gatton Academy of Mathematics and Science in Bowling Green, Ky., to be the new director of the Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences and the Arts. Alderdice was identified through a national search conducted by Bobbitt and an advisory committee of faculty, staff, parents and other supporters of ASMSA. Bobbitt will recommend … [Read more...] about Bobbitt to recommend Alderdice as new director of ASMSA

LITTLE ROCK - The Internet and other distance learning tools aren’t going to demolish the institution of the university that has been in place since the 11th century, Dr. Donald Bobbitt, president of the University of Arkansas System, told educators and administrators from UA campuses gathered for a symposium at UALR in April. But he said the explosion of online universities offering enormous convenience for students juggling busy lives will require brick and mortar schools to adapt and … [Read more...] about Symposium explores online learning strategies

LITTLE ROCK - The Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas will meet at 5:30 p.m. today, April 19, 2012, via telephone conference call. The media and other interested persons may observe the proceedings at the University of Arkansas System Office, 2404 North University Avenue in Little Rock. The agenda items to be considered by the board include: University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences 1.         Consideration of Request for Approval of Memorandum of Understanding with Central … [Read more...] about UA Board calls special meeting