Business students learning about transportation topics at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville will pursue degrees in the newly renamed J.B. Hunt Transport Department of Supply Chain Management.
The 10-member University of Arkansas Board of Trustees approved the name change Thursday after Charles Robinson, UA's interim chancellor, described an unspecified gift from the Lowell-based company.
"Proceeds from the gift will be used to support students from underrepresented communities and also to support our faculty," Robinson told trustees at their meeting in Batesville.
The formal board resolution describes the company's founders, J.B. Hunt and Johnelle Hunt, as "respected and admired business leaders from Cleburne County, Ark., who exemplify the visionary entrepreneurial mindset" of the state and region.
In 2007, the UA opened a five-story building on campus known as the J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. Center for Academic Excellence. A baseball facility is also named in honor of the J.B. and Johnelle Hunt family.