PETIT JEAN MOUNTAIN, Ark. (March 29, 2022) — After a national search, the Winthrop Rockefeller Institute board of directors has named Janet Harris as the next executive director/chief executive officer of the nonprofit. She will assume the role on April 1. Harris will succeed current executive director/CEO Dr. Marta Loyd, who retires March 31. Harris has served at the Winthrop Rockefeller Institute (the Institute) since 2016, first as director of programs, followed by a promotion to chief … [Read more...] about Winthrop Rockefeller Institute Board of Directors Names Harris as Executive Director/CEO

LITTLE ROCK (March 25, 2022) – University of Arkansas System President Dr. Donald R. Bobbitt today issued a statement in honor of longtime University of Arkansas contributor Kaneaster Hodges, Jr., who passed away March 23. A native of Newport, Hodges Jr. is a former U.S. senator and president and board member of the Walton Family Charitable Support Foundation, and he is an alumnus of the U of A School of Law. He has served on the Pryor Center Advisory Board, the university’s Board of … [Read more...] about UA System President Issues Statement in Honor of the Passing of UA Contributor Hodges Jr.

LITTLE ROCK (March 11, 2022) – The Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas will hold its regularly scheduled board meetings in person and via videoconference March 16-17 originating at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). The meetings will begin at 12:30 p.m. on March 16 and 8:45 a.m. on March 17, originating at the UAMS Hospital Gallery Lobby. *Please note that Wedneday’s meetings will begin with an executive session at 12:30 p.m., with the videoconference of … [Read more...] about UA Trustees to Meet March 16-17 at UAMS

LITTLE ROCK (Monday, March 7, 2022) — A search committee to find the next vice president for agriculture for the University of Arkansas System named two internal candidates as finalists who will participate in formal interviews and public presentations during the next month. The finalists are Deacue Fields, Ph.D., dean of the Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, and Jean-François Meullenet, Ph.D., head of the Arkansas … [Read more...] about Fields, Meullenet Named as Finalists in UA System VP for Agriculture Search

LITTLE ROCK (Monday, Feb. 28, 2022) — University of Arkansas System President Dr. Donald R. Bobbitt named Tara Smith, of North Little Rock, to take over as chief financial officer of the UA System beginning March 1. Smith is currently the finance and procurement lead with the UA System’s ongoing enterprise resource planning (ERP) project implementation, and was previously the CFO/vice chancellor for finance at the University of Arkansas Pulaski Technical College and deputy director at the … [Read more...] about Bobbitt Names Smith to Take Over UA System Chief Financial Officer Post