Peterson Selected as New UAPB AD (Movers & Shakers)

Chris Peterson, Vice Chancellor and Director of Athletics at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff.

Chris Peterson has been named the next vice chancellor and director of athletics at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff. Peterson served as athletics director at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock for 14 years before leaving in 2014. He officially began at UAPB on Jan. 23.

Peterson “ushered in a new era in Trojan athletics with the opening of the Jack Stephens Center,” UAPB said in the release announcing his appointment. In addition, he has served in a number of roles in college athletics and has won numerous awards. Peterson served on the Division I NCAA Recruiting & Personnel Issues Cabinet from 2008-2010 and the NCAA Division I Administrative Cabinet from 2010-2014. UA Little Rock’s Faculty Senate recognized Peterson for his commitment to academic achievement, and in 2003, UA Little Rock was recognized as the top Division I-AAA university in the nation for improving the graduation rates of its student-athletes, an increase of 33% compared with the previous academic year.

“Peterson presided over arguably the greatest season in UA-Little Rock’s history in 2010-11 as it was one of just 12 Division I institutions out of 347 to have its men’s basketball, women’s basketball and baseball programs reach the NCAA Tournament,” UAPB said. “It was Peterson’s relationship with the late Little Rock philanthropist Jack Stephens that led to the $22.4 million gift — the largest in UA-Little Rock’s history — for the construction of the Center named in his honor.”

UAPB also noted Peterson’s role in bringing the 2008 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship to central Arkansas. He was named Under Armour Central Region Athletic Director of the Year by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics in 2010.

Aimee Prince

Aimee Prince has been announced as the inaugural executive director of the Conway Public Schools Foundation.

Prince most recently served as interim executive director of the United Way of Central Arkansas.

Scott Roulier, the David Trimble Sr. Professor of Political Philosophy at Lyon College in Batesville, has been named a Fulbright U.S. Scholar. The award, from the U.S. State Department and the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board, will allow Roulier to teach at the Centre for Environmental Planning & Technology in Ahmedabad, India, and to research the Sabarmati Riverfront Development Project.

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