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ASU Board of Trustees to meet December 8 in Beebe

Arkansas State University System

The Arkansas State University Board of Trustees meets December eighth at ASU-Beebe.  The resolutions include approving the name of the combined Colleges of Humanities and Social Sciences, Media and Communication, and Fine Arts as the College of Liberal Arts and Communication. 

New degrees to be considered by the board are a master’s degree in Athletic Training and a Doctor of Nursing Practice in Jonesboro.

In Mountain Home, the Board will consider an Associate of Applied Science degree in Programming/Mobile Development, a Technical Certificate in Programming/Mobile Development, and a Certificate of Proficiency in Programming/Mobile Development. 

The Board will also consider naming the new graduate residential complex in Jonesboro as The Circle, and the individual halls will be known as Gaines Hall, Richmond Hall, Smith Hall, and Strickland Hall. 

The Board will also consider naming the new undergraduate residence complex in Jonesboro as Pack Place. 

The Board will also confer an honorary doctorate to the late Robert M. “Bob” Wood.

The complete agenda can be found here

Johnathan Reaves is the News Director for KASU Public Radio. As part of an Air Force Family, he moved to Arkansas from Minot, North Dakota in 1986. He was first bitten by the radio bug after he graduated from Gosnell High School in 1992. While working on his undergraduate degree, he worked at KOSE, a small 1,000 watt AM commercial station in Osceola, Arkansas. Upon graduation from Arkansas State University in 1996 with a degree in Radio-Television Broadcast News, he decided that he wanted to stay in radio news. He moved to Stuttgart, Arkansas and worked for East Arkansas Broadcasters as news director and was there for 16 years.