University of Arkansas alumni and friends will have the opportunity to spend an evening with Chancellor G. David Gearhart in Houston.
Dr. Gearhart will give a short presentation on the current state of the University along with future plans. He will be available afterward to address questions from the audience. He has identified Houston as one of the cities that the university is focusing on for recruiting prospective students. While in Houston, he will visit schools and alumni throughout the area.
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Dr. Gearhart became the chancellor on July 1, 2008, following 10 years of service to the university as vice chancellor for university advancement. Previously he was senior vice president of Penn State University, during which time he was named a Fulbright Scholar, studying at Oxford University in Oxford, England.
His Bachelor of Arts degree is from Westminster College in Missouri. Both his law degree and his doctor of education degree are from the University of Arkansas. He is a native of Fayetteville.
Prior to being appointed chancellor, he oversaw the Campaign for the Twenty-First Century, the most successful capital campaign in Arkansas history, which raised more than $1 billion for academic programs.
As chancellor, Dr. Gearhart instituted the first tuition freeze in 24 years and implemented a $220 million campus building renovation and refurbishment plan, as well as a campus-wide energy savings plan. He has also undertaken a renewed emphasis on the arts on campus, including the establishment of the “All Steinway Campus.”
Dr. Gearhart has additionally implemented a major cost savings program that has already resulted in over $13 million in cost reduction and savings to the flagship campus. Campus enrollment has also grown by more than 10 percent in the last two years to almost 21,500 students. At the same time, diversity in the student body has increased significantly.
