LITTLE ROCK (Friday, Dec. 20, 2024) — University of Arkansas System institutions have received more than $21.7 million to boost workforce development and training efforts through the Higher Industry Readiness through Educational Development (HIRED) program, Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced Thursday. The announcement was part of a two-track awarding process through HIRED, using funding that was established by the Workforce Initiative Act of 2015. In total, $88 million was available … [Read more...] about UA System Campuses Awarded More Than $21 Million in State Workforce Grants

LITTLE ROCK (Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2024) — University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Chancellor Charles F. Robinson, Ph.D., today agreed to an extension of his employment agreement with the university through Dec. 31, 2027. The agreement comes after the Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas voted unanimously to negotiate a contract extension with Robinson at its regular meeting on Nov. 22. Robinson signed a three-year agreement to serve as chancellor of the university following a national … [Read more...] about U of A Chancellor Robinson’s Employment Agreement Extended Through 2027

LITTLE ROCK (Friday, Dec. 6, 2024) – The Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas has called a special meeting to be held via videoconference and in person at 10 a.m. today, originating at the UA System - Cammack Campus in Little Rock. While the Board is expected to immediately go into an executive session at 10 a.m., the public portion of the meeting will be available on Zoom and any action taken will be announced publicly at its conclusion. Members of the media and the general public … [Read more...] about UA Trustees Call Special Meeting Dec. 6 at 10 a.m.

FAYETTEVILLE — The Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas honored UA System President Dr. Donald R. Bobbitt at its regularly scheduled meeting on the U of A campus in Fayetteville by passing a resolution that honors his distinguished career, names him President Emeritus, and approves the naming of the presidential house on the UA System - Cammack Campus "The Bobbitt House." READ THE RESOLUTION The Nov. 21-22 regular meetings were the last of Bobbitt's 13-year career.   … [Read more...] about UA Trustees Honor Bobbitt at Final Board Meeting

LITTLE ROCK (Nov. 19, 2024) – The Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas will hold its regularly scheduled board meetings in person and via videoconference Nov. 21-22 at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. The meetings will be held in Waldrip Hall of the Don Tyson Center for Agricultural Sciences at 1371 W. Altheimer Dr. in Fayetteville. *Please note that the Nov. 21 meetings will begin with an executive session at 12:30 p.m. with the videoconference of the regular session … [Read more...] about UA Trustees to Meet Nov. 21-22 at UA, Fayetteville