Evelyn Jorgenson

Northwest Arkansas Community College in Bentonville named Grant Hodges, a state representative from Rogers, as the college’s executive director in charge of community, government relations and marketing. read more >

Northwest Arkansas Community College, now the largest two-year institution in the state after reporting enrollment of 7,761 in 2016, hopes to break ground on an auxiliary campus in Springdale and recently opened Brightwater: A Center for the Study of Food at a renovated Tyson Foods plant on Eighth Street in Bentonville. read more >

Maria Markham, the director of the Arkansas Department of Higher Education, said the metrics for the state’s new funding formula for colleges and universities should be finalized later this month. read more >

An education resource to help navigate the leadership of the largest Arkansas companies or institutions. read more >

Evelyn Jorgenson became Northwest Arkansas Community College’s third president on July 1. She succeeded Becky Paneitz. Before coming to Bentonville last year to head NWACC, Jorgenson had spent the previous 26 years at Moberly Area Community College in Missouri and had been that school’s president since 1996. read more >

Contract terms for NorthWest Arkansas Community College President Dr. Evelyn Jorgenson were approved Thursday by the school’s board of trustees. Jorgenson will be paid a base salary of $176,826 per year. read more >

Northwest Arkansas Community College’s board of trustees has agreed to pursue a contract with Evelyn Jorgenson to become the college’s next president. read more >