Access the faculty handbook to learn more about the promotion and tenure process. The following individuals were promoted to professor at Arkansas Tech: *Dr. Anwar A. Bhuiyan, Department of Physical Sciences *Dr. Peter Dykema, Department of History and Political Science *Dr. Marcel B. Finan, Department of Mathematics *Dr. David Middleton, Department of Computer and Information Science *Dr. Hanna E. Norton, Department of Speech, Theatre and Journalism *Philip Parker, Department of Music *Dr. Carey Roberts, Department of History and Political Science *Dr. Timothy Smith, Department of Music *Dr. Donna R. White, Department of English and World Languages *Dr. Jeff Woods, Department of History and Political Science The following individuals were promoted to associate professor at Arkansas Tech: *Dr. Carey Bosold, Department of Nursing *Anthony A. Caton, Department of Speech, Theatre and Journalism *Karen K. Cox, Department of Nursing *Dr. Cynthia Jacobs, Department of Biological Sciences *Dr. Timothy W. Leggett, Department of Curriculum and Instruction The following individuals were granted tenure and promoted to associate professor at Tech: *Dr. Christine E. Austin, Department of College Student Personnel *Tracy Cole, Department of Accounting and Economics *Dr. Marc A. Fusaro, Department of Accounting and Economics *Dr. Christopher Giroir, Department of College Student Personnel *Dr. M. Diane Gleason, Department of History and Political Science *Dr. Julie Mikles-Schluterman, Department of Behavioral Sciences The following individuals were granted tenure at Arkansas Tech: *Dr. Sangki Lee, Department of Speech, Theatre and Journalism *Dr. Malcolm R. Rainey, Department of Agriculture Also on Thursday, the Arkansas Tech Board of Trustees approved the hiring of AMR Architects, Inc., of Little Rock to serve as the architecture firm for the construction of a planned new student support and administrative facility on the Russellville campus. Initial plans are for the new building to be constructed on the parcel of land currently occupied by Bryan Hall, a former residence hall that was constructed in 1955 and now provides administrative office space for the university. The new four-story student support and administrative facility would be home to such operations as admissions, budget, financial aid, human resources, internal audit and administrative services, payroll, the registrar’s office and student accounts. In addition, Army ROTC students and instructors as well as students and staff involved in the federally-funded TRIO programs at Arkansas Tech — Student Support Services and Upward Bound — would utilize the proposed new facility. The space created on the first floor of the Doc Bryan Student Services Building by some of the moves listed above would allow the Health and Wellness Center (currently located in Dean Hall), the Disability Services and Testing Center (currently located in Bryan Hall) and the Office of Public Safety (currently located in a structure adjacent to Bryan Hall) to move to the Doc Bryan Student Services Building, which opened in 1998. In order to make room for the new student support facility, Bryan Hall would be demolished under a proposed capital projects plan for the Russellville campus. In other business on Thursday, the Arkansas Tech Board of Trustees approved: *an expenditure of $19,678 from the athletic unappropriated fund balance to complete construction and furnishings for the renovated Tech Field intercollegiate baseball facility; *an expenditure of $71,500 from the unappropriated educational and general fund balance for a campus beautification project on Cenntennial Plaza that will include benches and pavers recognizing donors to the Century Forward Circle at Arkansas Tech; *a letter of notification to reconfigure the Associate of Applied Science degree in medical assistant to meet the requirements of Act 747 of 2011 and transfer administrative oversight of that program from the main campus in Russellville to Arkansas Tech-Ozark Campus; *a letter of notification to establish a human resource management option within the Associate of Applied Science degree in business technology at Arkansas Tech-Ozark Campus. In personnel matters related to full-time employees, the Arkansas Tech Board of Trustees approved the hiring of: *Joshua D. Durey, instructor for the Arkansas Tech English Language Institute, effective Feb. 1, 2013; *Cory Kendall, construction technology faculty at Arkansas Tech Career Center in Russellville, effective Feb. 1, 2013; *Bruce Lazarus, director of the Arkansas Tech Math and Science Institute and director of Project Lead the Way at Arkansas Tech, effective March 4, 2013; *Kao Vang, academic advisor and Upward Bound target school liaison, effective Jan. 16, 2013. Trustees accepted the resignation of: *Dr. Julius Marpaung, assistant professor of electrical engineering, effective Jan. 14, 2013; Trustees accepted the retirements of: *Larry Thornton, horticulture faculty at Arkansas Tech Career Center in Russellville, effective June 6, 2013. *Connie Zimmer, associate professor of secondary education and member of the Arkansas Tech faculty for the past 22 years, effective Aug. 10, 2013.]]>
