LITTLE ROCK (Sept. 9, 2024) – The Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas will hold its regularly scheduled board meetings in person and via videoconference Sept. 11-12 at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB). The meetings will be held at the STEM Building and Conference Center, 1350 L.A. "Prexy" Davis Dr., in Pine Bluff. *Please note that the Sept. 11 meetings will begin with an executive session at 12:30 p.m. with the videoconference of the regular session expected to … [Read more...] about UA Trustees to Meet Sept. 11-12 at UAPB

LITTLE ROCK (Friday, August 9, 2024) – The Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas will gather Aug. 12-13 at the Winthrop Rockefeller Institute atop Petit Jean Mountain in Morrilton for its annual retreat. In addition to its annual informal gathering for educational sessions, the Board has called a special meeting Aug. 12 at 5:15 p.m. to consider a timely property item brought by University of Arkansas at Little Rock. … [Read more...] about UA Trustees to Retreat Aug. 12-13 at Rockefeller Institute

As part of the periodic review of Board of Trustees Policies to ensure alignment with current law and practice, the following is a summary of proposed policy changes to be presented to the Board at the September 11-12 meeting at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff. Red-lined versions of the policy drafts are linked. Revised Board Policy 505.6 Withholding of Diplomas, Transcripts, and Registration The U.S. Department of Education released, on October 24, 2023, its final rules to … [Read more...] about Board Policy Revisions Proposed for Sept. Meeting

LITTLE ROCK (Wednesday, July 31, 2024) — University of Arkansas System President Dr. Donald R. Bobbitt has named an advisory search committee to assist in identifying the next chancellor at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB). Former Chancellor Laurence Alexander, Ph.D,  left the position June 30 to become chancellor at University of Michigan – Flint. Dr. Andrea Stewart, vice president for academic affairs at UAPB, was named interim chancellor and began that role July 1. The … [Read more...] about Bobbitt Announces Committee to Aid UAPB Chancellor Search

LITTLE ROCK (Thursday, July 18, 2024) – The Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas has called a special meeting to be held via videoconference and in person at 3:30 p.m. today (July 18) originating at the UA System - Cammack Campus in Little Rock. The purpose of the meeting is to consider the recent retirement announcement of UA System President Dr. Donald R. Bobbitt, which was made July 16, and to plan for a national search for the next president. The UA Board is expected to go into … [Read more...] about UA Trustees Call Special Meeting for July 18