Donald Bobbitt, president of the University of Arkansas System, has had four more years added to his contract. The board of trustees approved the extension as well as a $10,000 raise and a $25,000 increase in deferred compensation. Bobbitt began his term November 1, 2011. Previously, he served as provost and vice president for academic affairs at the University of Texas at Arlington. Read more.
In other people news:
The University of Saint Francis in Indiana will have a new leader beginning in the 2020-21 school year. Eric Albert Zimmer will succeed Sister M. Elise Kriss, who is retiring. Read more.
The University of Iowa has lost another arrow in its diversity quiver with the departure of Tracy Peterson, the College of Engineering’s diversity and outreach programs director, to Penn State University. Read more.
