LITTLE ROCK – Charles E. Scharlau, former chairman and CEO of Southwestern Energy Company and past chairman of the Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas, will donate $5 million to create an endowed chair in presidential leadership at the University of Arkansas System, it was announced today at a regular meeting of the UA board. Scharlau, who served 10 years on the board of trustees before also serving as a member and chairman of the board of directors of the University of Arkansas … [Read more...] about Former Board Chair Funds UA System Chair in Presidential Leadership

The Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas will meet Sept. 10-11 in the Calvin R. Ledbetter Jr. Assembly Hall of the Donaghey Student Center at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. The committee meetings will begin Sept. 10 at 1:30 p.m. with the regular session Board meeting beginning Sept. 11 at 8:30 a.m. The tentative schedule is: Thursday, September 10, 2015                         1:30 p.m.          Chair Opens Regular Session                         1:30 p.m.*        … [Read more...] about UA Board of Trustees to Meet Sept. 10-11 at UALR

The University of Arkansas System has named G. Keith Pinchback, Ed.D., as the fourth chancellor at Phillips Community College of the University of Arkansas (PCCUA). Pinchback, of Searcy, has served as vice chancellor of institutional advancement at Arkansas State University-Beebe since 2001. He is expected to take over leadership at PCCUA on July 1. He succeeds longtime PCCUA Chancellor Steven Murray, Ed.D., who is retiring June 30 after serving 35 years at the institution in many roles, … [Read more...] about UA System Names Pinchback to Lead PCCUA

The University of Arkansas System has named G. Keith Pinchback, Ed.D., as the fourth chancellor at Phillips Community College of the University of Arkansas (PCCUA). Pinchback, of Searcy, has served as vice chancellor of institutional advancement at Arkansas State University-Beebe since 2001. He is expected to take over leadership at PCCUA on July 1. He succeeds longtime PCCUA Chancellor Steven Murray, Ed.D., who is retiring June 30 after serving 35 years at the institution in many roles, … [Read more...] about UA System Names Pinchback to Lead PCCUA

The Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas will hold a special telephone conference call at 2 p.m. on June 3 from the University of Arkansas System office in Little Rock. The Board will convene via teleconference call and will immediately go into executive session to consider early retirement agreements and salaries over line item maximum.  The agenda includes: EXECUTIVE SESSION 1.  Consideration of Request for Approval of Early Retirement Agreement, UAPB (Action) 2.  … [Read more...] about UA Board of Trustees to Hold Teleconference Meeting June 3