BENTONVILLE -- Evelyn Jorgenson, president of Northwest Arkansas Community College, will retire next year, according to a news release.
Jorgenson has been president for 7.5 years and has worked in education for 48 years. She will retire when her contract ends June 30, 2022.
"Although I continue to have great passion and energy for the students of Northwest Arkansas Community College and the enormously faithful and talented faculty and staff, including cabinet members, I've decided that it is time for me to recognize that life is short and it is time for others to carry the mission of the college forward," she said in a statement.
Jorgenson oversaw the creation of the college's Washington County facility in Springdale; the culinary school, Brightwater: A Center for the Study of Food; and the Integrated Design Lab, which combines design, art and construction, among other projects.
The college Board of Trustees is meeting this afternoon and is expected to discuss a succession plan.