Provost

Dr. Christina Drale has been named interim executive vice chancellor and provost at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, effective Nov. 1.

Dr. David Belcher, who served as provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock from 2003 to 2011, passed away Sunday, June 17, at the age of 60 after a two-year battle with brain cancer. 

A new academic leader will soon bring the University of Arkansas at Little Rock closer to its goal of preparing students for success in the 21st century workforce. Dr. Velmer Burton Jr. is set to become UA Little Rock’s executive vice chancellor and provost on July 1.

Four finalists for the provost and vice chancellor of academic affairs position at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock will visit campus beginning the week of Monday, April 17. 

Dr. Deborah Baldwin, associate provost of collections and archives and director of the Center for Arkansas History and Culture, has been named the interim provost and vice chancellor of academic affairs for the University of Arkansas at Little Rock.

The University of Arkansas at Little Rock launched its Diversity and Inclusion Initiative with a recital by renowned pianist Dr. Dena Kay Jones Friday, Oct. 7. 

When Dr. Zulma Toro thinks about the many ways the University of Arkansas at Little Rock is making a difference in the lives of its students, there is one story that remains close to her heart.

In the 2001 movie “Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring,” the character Samwise Gamgee realized that when he was about to take one more step from the Shire, he would be the farthest from home he had ever been.

Paula Casey planned to be a lawyer for as long as she could remember, even though her mother had other ideas.

UALR will honor some of its top faculty at the 2016 Faculty Excellence Awards Ceremony on Thursday, April 14, at the George W. Donaghey College of Engineering and Information Technology Auditorium.