LITTLE ROCK (Jan. 24, 2022) – The Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas will hold its regularly scheduled board meetings in person and via videoconference Jan. 26-27 originating at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. The meetings will begin at 12:30 p.m. on Jan. 26 and 8:45 a.m. on Jan. 27 originating at the Ledbetter Assembly Hall of the Donaghey Student Center on the UA Little Rock campus. *Please note that Wedneday’s meetings will begin with an executive session at … [Read more...] about UA Trustees to Meet Jan. 26-27 at UA Little Rock

LITTLE ROCK (Monday, Nov. 22, 2021) — University of Arkansas System President Dr. Donald R. Bobbitt has named a search committee to assist him in finding the next vice president of the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture (UADA). Dr. Mark J. Cochran, vice president for agriculture since 2011, retired Sept. 30 and Chuck Culver, assistant vice president and director of external relations at UADA, has been leading the division as interim vice president since Oct. 1. Bobbitt … [Read more...] about Search Committee Announced to Find Next Division of Agriculture Chief

LITTLE ROCK (Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2021) — University of Arkansas System President Dr. Donald R. Bobbitt will recommend Brian Shonk, Ed.D., currently vice chancellor for academic affairs at the University of Arkansas Community College at Batesville (UACCB), as next chancellor of the two-year institution. Former Chancellor Deborah Frazier, who was named chancellor at UACCB in 2007, retired May 31 and Zachary Perrine has been leading the institution as interim chancellor since June 1. Bobbitt and … [Read more...] about Bobbitt to Recommend Shonk as Next Chancellor at UACCB

LITTLE ROCK (Nov. 15, 2021) – The Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas will hold its regularly scheduled board meetings in person and via videoconference Nov. 17-18 originating at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB). The meetings will begin at 1 p.m. on Nov. 17 and 9 a.m. on Nov. 18 originating at the UAPB STEM building, located at 1524 L.A. "Prexy" Davis Dr., in Pine Bluff. *Please note that Wedneday’s meetings will begin with an executive session at 1 p.m., with … [Read more...] about UA Trustees to Meet Nov. 17-18 at UAPB

LITTLE ROCK (Monday, Nov. 1, 2021) — University of Arkansas System President Dr. Donald R. Bobbitt has named Alex Barker, Ph.D., immediate past president of the American Anthropological Association, as the new director of the Arkansas Archeological Survey (AAS). Longtime AAS Director George Sabo, III, who joined the UA System entity in 1979 and became director in 2013, retired June 30. Melissa Zabecki, Ph.D., state archaeologist at the AAS, was named interim and has been leading the Survey … [Read more...] about Bobbitt Selects Barker to Lead Arkansas Archeological Survey Beginning Jan. 1