Provost

Three students in the Neighborhood Studies course are researching a community problem and identifying possible solutions.

Dr. Zulma Toro, provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs at UALR, joins a diverse panel discussing immigration reform in Arkansas, Wednesday, Aug. 28, at the Clinton School of Public Service near the Clinton Presidential Library.

UALR will honor its top faculty in the areas of teaching, research, and public service at the annual Faculty Excellence Awards April 12.

A reception welcoming two of UALR’s newest administrators to campus will be held Thursday, Feb. 28.

After an extensive search, Dr. Zulma Toro-Ramos was selected as provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs. Toro-Ramos will assume the new position Jan. 7, 2013.

The three finalists for the position of provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs will start arriving for on-campus interviews beginning Thursday, Oct. 18.

UALR’s Department of Psychology, with funding from the Office of the Provost, will present “Culture, Ethnicity, and Children’s Learning,” a lecture by Dr. William S. Hall, at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 17, in the UALR Engineering and Information Technology Auditorium.

UALR Chancellor Joel E. Anderson announced today that David O. Belcher, provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs at UALR, has accepted the position of chancellor at Western Carolina University in Cullowhee, N.C.

Dr. David Belcher, UALR provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs, has announced new appointments and reassignments in the Provost’s Office.

UALR faculty welcome 25 new members this fall, including seven new nursing instructors in the growing program that is addressing one of Arkansas’ most profound health care needs. Enrollment in UALR’s Department of Nursing is expected to break enrollment records this semester.