Chuck Welch, who has been president of the Arkansas State University System for more than a decade, will step down in January to become the president and chief executive officer of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities.
Photo: Jerry Morgan, member, ASU System Board of Trustees LITTLE ROCK, Ark. Gov. Asa Hutchinson has appointed Jerry Morgan of Jonesboro, a 1992 graduate of
Photo: Gov. Asa Hutchinson signs Act 18 of 2021 as Arkansas State University System President Chuck Welch looks on.
LITTLE ROCK – Gov. Asa Hutchinson has signed Act 18 of the 93rd General Assembly of Arkansas, which officially makes Henderson State University in Arkadelphia the seventh institution of the Arkansas State University System.
Act 18 also expands the ASU System Board of Trustees from five members to seven. The additional members will be appointed by the governor.
The transition was previously approved by the Henderson Board of Trustees on Nov. 21, 2019, the ASU System Board of Trustees on Dec. 6, 2019, and the Higher Learning Commission on Nov. 5. Henderson, founded in 1890, will remain a separately accredited institution and becomes the second four-year institution in the ASU System.