University of Arkansas System President Donald Bobbitt is expected to make an announcement regarding his selection of an interim chancellor for the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff within the next two weeks, according to a spokesman.
The interim chancellor will succeed outgoing Chancellor Lawrence A. Davis, Jr., who will retire effective May 25.
“He is headed towards a selection,” U of A System director of communications Ben Beaumont said Thursday. “He is in the final stages of making a selection and an announcement may come next week.”
Beaumont confirmed that the U of A System will hire a search firm and assemble a committee of campus employees, students and local leaders to determine what type of person people want as the long-term replacement for Davis.
Beaumont said that Bobbitt hopes to have a permanent chancellor for UAPB by July 2013.