Interim Chancellor Laura Clark
University of Arkansas System President Jay B. Silveria named Laura Clark, UAHT vice chancellor for academics, as interim chancellor effective July 1, 2025.
Clark has served at the campus for nearly 30 years, including as dean of health professions before becoming vice chancellor for academics. She also served as practical nursing program director, Arkansas Rural Nursing Education Consortium (ARNEC) program chair, Certified Nurse Assistant program chair, and as a full-time practical nursing instructor. In 2013, Clark was named the Outstanding Faculty Member of the Year. She began her career as an emergency room and critical care nurse at Howard Memorial Hospital in Nashville and as a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit nurse at Arkansas Children’s Hospital in Little Rock.
As vice chancellor for academics, Clark led the reactivation of the paramedic program and was actively involved in the college joining ARNEC. Under Clark’s direction, the college initiated the associate of applied science Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN)-to-Registured Nurse (RN) degree, including expanding the curriculum design to an evening program on the Texarkana campus. Clark also was instrumental in the design, development and implementation of the campus textbook program and provided insight and oversight into the creation of the Hope and Texarkana Collegiate Academies. She also managed absorption of the Secondary Career and Technical Education Centers on both UAHT campuses, endeavors that greatly expanded access to higher education and workforce training in the region. More recently, Clark developed and guided the approval of the James Black School of Bladesmithing, making historic arts a unique addition to the UAHT curriculum, and helped UAHT design, develop and launch the state’s first solar education lab.