Blake Rickman has been appointed to serve as the vice chancellor for university advancement at the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith and as executive director of the UAFS Foundation. read more >
University of Arkansas System President Donald Bobbitt on Friday announced the an advisory committee to help find the next chancellor of the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith. read more >
The University of Arkansas System announced Thursday the appointment of Edward Serna as interim chancellor at the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith. read more >
Tyler B. Clark has been hired as the new executive director of the Single Parent Scholarship Fund of Northwest Arkansas in Fayetteville. read more >
In 2006, Paul Beran was appointed as the second chancellor of the University of Arkansas-Fort Smith. read more >
Anne Liebst has been named director of the Boreham Library at the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith, succeeding Bob Frizzell, who retired at the end of 2016. read more >
Ro Di Brezzo, vice provost for faculty development and enhancement at the University of Arkansas, has been appointed interim vice provost for diversity and inclusion for one year. read more >
The University of Arkansas at Fort Smith has received two workforce development grants totaling nearly $2 million from the Arkansas Department of Higher Education. read more >
The University of Arkansas at Fort Smith and the Arkansas Colleges of Health Education, also in Fort Smith, have signed a memorandum of understanding to collaboratively pursue research efforts. read more >
Andrea Angel has been named associate vice chancellor for alumni and development by the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. read more >
Bradley Sheriff has been named vice chancellor for finance and administration at the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith effective May 9. read more >
The University of Arkansas at Fort Smith, which leads economic development efforts in the Fort Smith region, established the Family Enterprise Center 10 years ago to provide support to family businesses. read more >
Job creation is a key to future economic development and those new jobs will only occur if there is an educated and qualified workforce waiting for them. read more >
Ashok Subramanian, who is currently the dean and a professor of business at Buena Vista University in Iowa, has been hired as dean of the College of Business at the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith. read more >
Sheena Howell, who has worked as director of development for Trojan Athletics at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock for the past year, has been named director of development and external relations for UALR’s College of Business. read more >
Dave Stevens has been promoted to dean of students at the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith. read more >
Little Rock’s Noble Impact, the nonprofit that works in partnership with the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service to promote social-based student entrepreneurship, will screen the award-winning documentary “Most Likely to Succeed” in Fort Smith and Little Rock. read more >
Universities across the state are expanding and strengthening their online degree programs in an attempt to attract some of the 300,000-plus potential students who can’t attend campus classes. read more >
As senior director of major and planned gifts, Rodney Parks leads a staff of five at the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith Foundation. He is responsible for growing the university’s donor base in the areas of planned giving, major gifts, annual giving and advancement services. read more >
Elizabeth Underwood has been promoted to associate vice chancellor for government and university relations at the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith. Before her promotion last month, Underwood served as UAFS’ executive director for government and community relations and also spent seven years as the university’s director of alumni affairs. read more >
