University of Arkansas System

Trustee Thomas “Tommy” E. Boyer, of Fayetteville, passed away Feb. 19. He was 84. Boyer was appointed to the Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas in 2017 by Gov. Asa Hutchinson. He graduated from the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, in 1964, where he was also an All-American basketball player. He retired from the Eastman Kodak Company in 1989, and founded Micro Images in Amarillo, Texas. Within two years, Micro Images had become the largest Kodak document imaging systems broker … [Read more...] about UA System Statements on Trustee Boyer’s Passing

LITTLE ROCK (Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025) — University of Arkansas System President Jay B. Silveria today announced four finalists in the national search for the next chancellor of the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB). Selected with the help of an advisory search committee chaired by Perry Stuckey, a UAPB alum, Pine Bluff native and retired senior vice president at Eastman Chemical Co., the finalists will each visit campus this month for meetings with students, faculty, staff and … [Read more...] about Four Finalists Selected in National Search for Next UAPB Chancellor

(Monday, Jan. 27, 2025) LITTLE ROCK — University of Arkansas System President Lt. Gen. (retired) Jay B. Silveria was honored Monday on the floor of the Arkansas Senate with the passing of a resolution that welcomed the new president to Arkansas to lead the state’s largest university system. Sen. Clarke Tucker introduced the senate resolution during the 95th General Assembly and called the Silveria family “new neighbors,” as the UA System – Cammack Campus reside within the district he … [Read more...] about President Silveria Honored with Senate Resolution

LITTLE ROCK (Jan. 27, 2025) – The Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas will hold its regularly scheduled board meetings in person and via videoconference Jan. 29-30 at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock (UALR). The meetings will be held in Ledbetter Assembly Hall of the UA - Little Rock Donaghey Student Center, located at 2801 S. University Ave. in Little Rock. *Please note that the Jan. 29 meetings will begin with an executive session at 12:30 p.m. with the videoconference … [Read more...] about UA Trustees to Meet Jan. 29-30 at UA – Little Rock

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