LITTLE ROCK — Philander Smith to get tech funds
Philander Smith College will get $750,000 in federal funds to upgrade its technological and security infrastructure.
The money will be used to enhance security for the college’s dormitory, student union center and campus as a whole.
Updated technological equipment and support are needed for the college to meet the needs of the students and operate efficiently, the college said in a news release.
Philander Smith College in Little Rock is the only United Negro College Fund member institution in the state.
The bill that included these funds passed the Senate last week and passed the House two weeks ago. It now needs to be signed by President Barack Obama.
UA graduate dean search pared to 4
FAYETTEVILLE - A search committee has selected four people to be interviewed for dean of the graduate school and international education at the University of Arkansas.
They will visit UA in January for interviews with the chancellor, provost, search committee and other groups. And each candidate will speak at Giffels Auditorium from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. on the day of theirvisits. The public can attend the Giffels Auditorium events.
The four candidates and the dates of their visits are:
Brad Bartel, Jan. 20. He is president of Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colo.
Bill Curington, Jan. 25. Curington is the senior associate dean for academic programs and research in the UA Sam M. Walton College of Business.
George Justice, Jan. 26. Justice is interim vice provost for advanced studies and interim dean of the graduate school at the University of Missouri in Columbia.
Pamela Knox, Jan. 28. Knox is associate vice chancellor for academic affairs over graduate education, academic research and international education for the Tennessee Board of Regents and is a tenured professor in the Tennessee State University department of psychology.
More information about the four candidates is available at: graddean.uark.edu/?page_ id=62.
Arkansas Baptist elects board chief
Lonnie Williams, associate vice chancellor for student affairs at Arkansas State University, has been elected chairman of the Arkansas Baptist College board of trustees.
Before he became associate vice chancellor, Williams has worked in several student-affairs positions at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville and was responsible for developing and organizing the Black Alumni Society of the Arkansas Alumni Association of the University of Arkansas.
Williams is from Stephens in south Arkansas.
He joined the Arkansas Baptist College board of trustees as a member in 2005. Arkansas Baptist College is a private college in Little Rock.
Harding awards 2 education Ph.D.s
SEARCY - Bruce W. Bryant and Lonnie E. Myers became the first to receive the doctor of education degree from Harding University on Saturday.
Bryant, principal at Morrilton Junior High school, successfully defended his dissertation titled “Perceptions of Teachers to Mentoring and Induction in the State of Arkansas” to earn the doctorate degree with an emphasis in educational leadership.
Myers, an assistant superintendent in the Van Buren School District in Van Buren, successfully defended his dissertation titled “Principals’ Perceptions of Factors Affecting Teacher Collaboration in Secondary Schools.” He also earned the doctorate with an emphasis in educational leadership.
Bryant and Myers were among more than 350 graduates at commencement exercises Saturday on campus in Benson Auditorium.
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