UALR names Baldwin to interim provost post

The University of Arkansas at Little Rock named an interim provost and vice chancellor of academic affairs on Tuesday.

UALR Chancellor Andrew Rogerson said in an email to the campus community that Deborah Baldwin will serve as interim provost for the spring 2017 semester. She will succeed Zulma Toro, who will lead Central Connecticut State University in New Britain, Conn., beginning Jan. 3.

"This will allow the University time to search for a permanent Provost with an anticipated start date of July 1, 2017," Rogerson wrote in the email.

He added Baldwin, who's an associate provost of collections and archives and is the director of the Center for Arkansas History and Culture, will not be a candidate for the permanent provost's position.

Baldwin has had several jobs at the university, including serving as chairman of the history department for six years and dean of the College of Arts, Humanities and Sciences for nearly two decades, according to the email. Through it all, she has continued to teach and has managed graduate student work with the community, Rogerson wrote in the email.

Her current salary of $146,248 annually will increase to $195,000 for the interim period, a university spokesman said.

It was unclear Tuesday whether the university would hire a search firm to help fill the provost position.

Metro on 12/14/2016

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