University of Arkansas System

LITTLE ROCK - Arkansas Governor Mike Beebe on Friday named Reynie Rutledge to the Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas. A Searcy native, Rutledge is chairman and CEO of First Security Bank. He earned his undergraduate and master's degrees from the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, and currently serves on both the Sam M. Walton College of Business Executive Advisory Board and the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Foundation Board. He will fill the remainder of a 10-year … [Read more...] about Rutledge Named to UA Board of Trustees

LITTLE ROCK - University of Arkansas System President Dr. Donald R. Bobbitt will nominate Dr. Laurence B. Alexander, associate dean of the Graduate School and director of the Office of Minority Programs at the University of Florida, to serve as the next chancellor of the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff. Alexander was among the finalists in a nationwide search for a new chancellor conducted by Bobbitt and an advisory search committee of UAPB faculty, staff, alumni and supporters. Bobbitt … [Read more...] about Bobbitt to Nominate Alexander as New UAPB chancellor

LITTLE ROCK - University of Arkansas System President Dr. Donald R. Bobbitt will nominate Dr. Laurence B. Alexander, associate dean of the Graduate School and director of the Office of Minority Programs at the University of Florida, to serve as the next chancellor of the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff. Alexander was among the finalists in a nationwide search for a new chancellor conducted by Bobbitt and an advisory search committee of UAPB faculty, staff, alumni and supporters. Bobbitt … [Read more...] about Bobbitt to Nominate Alexander as New UAPB chancellor

Phillips Community College of the University of Arkansas (PCCUA) is among a select group of 25 finalists in the national spotlight for innovation and promising practices among two-year colleges nationwide. PCCUA has campuses in Helena-West Helena, DeWitt and Stuttgart. Sponsored by the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC), the newly established Awards of Excellence will be awarded annually. Winners in each of five categories will be named April 23 in San Francisco during the AACC … [Read more...] about PCCUA Among 25 National Finalists in Awards of Excellence Program

LITTLE ROCK - The Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas will meet Thursday afternoon, January 31, 2013 and Friday, February 1, 2013, in the James H. Hamlen II Boardroom in the Jackson T. Stephens Spine and Neurosciences Institute at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. Board committee meetings will begin at 1:00 p.m. on Thursday afternoon with the regular session beginning Friday at 8:30 a.m. Click here to view the meeting agenda. The tentative schedule is as … [Read more...] about UA Board of Trustees to Meet Jan. 31-Feb. 1