Arkansas Business

The University of Arkansas' board of trustees on Thursday voted 5-2 to hire Dr. Allen Meadors as the university's next president.

The board reached the decision after meeting in executive session, then reconvening in public to vote on whether to offer the contract. Two board members, Kay Hinkle and Bobby Reynolds, voted against the measure to negotiate a contract with Meadors.

UCA ended its interview process on Saturday.

Meadors is chancellor at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke. He would take over the position left vacant by the August resignation of former president Lu Hardin.  

Others interviewed for the post were Dean Bresciani, former vice president for student affairs at Texas A&M University; Bernie Patterson, provost and vice president for academic affairs at Oklahoma City University; and Aaron Podolefsky, president of the University of Central Missouri.