The following Board Policy amendments will be proposed for consideration at the next regular meeting of the Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas on May 24-25 at the University of Arkansas Community College at Rich Mountain. Feedback can be submitted by email to feedback@uasys.edu. Act 778 of 2023, which deletes most of the Higher Education Compensation and Classification Act, will eliminate the classified employee designation for public higher education institutions.  Beginning … [Read more...] about Board Policy Amendments Proposed for May Board Meeting

LITTLE ROCK (April 18, 2023) – The Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas has called a special meeting to be held in person and via videoconference at noon on April 19 originating at UA System - Cammack Campus in Little Rock. The meeting will be held to address three action items including a retrenchment proposal at University of Arkansas at Little Rock, a solar services agreement for a systemwide solar project, and the selection of a design firm for the Hathaway Howard Fine Arts … [Read more...] about UA Trustees Call April 19 Special Meeting

LITTLE ROCK (March 9, 2023) – The Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas will hold its regularly scheduled board meetings in person and via videoconference March 14-15 at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). The meetings will be held at the Hospital Lobby Gallery inside the UAMS Hospital in Little Rock. *Please note that the March 14 meetings will begin with an executive session at 12:30 p.m. with the videoconference of the regular session expected to begin … [Read more...] about Trustees to Hold Meetings March 14-15 at UAMS

LITTLE ROCK (Friday, March 3, 2023) — The Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas elected new officers at its Jan. 25-26 regularly scheduled meeting and Morril Harriman will serve as chairman of the 10-member board during the upcoming year. Kevin Crass, a senior partner in the Litigation Practice Group at Friday, Eldredge & Clark, LLP in Little Rock, also has been appointed by Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders to the Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas for a … [Read more...] about Harriman to Chair UA Board; Crass Appointed, Other Officers and Committees Set

LITTLE ROCK (Friday, Feb. 24, 2023) – The University of Arkansas at Little Rock and the Winthrop Rockefeller Institute (the Institute) are pleased to announce two Winthrop Rockefeller Distinguished Lectures in March 2023. Kim Zetter, an award-winning journalist and investigative reporter, will give a talk on cybersecurity and national security with a focus on election security at 4:30 p.m. Monday, March 13, in the Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall in the Fine Arts Building at UA Little Rock. A … [Read more...] about Winthrop Rockefeller Distinguished Lecture Series: Two Free Central Arkansas Events March 13 and 17