Paul Beran, top administrator since 2006 at the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith, will leave the university Aug. 31 for a new job in South Dakota.
Beran is leaving to become the executive director and chief executive officer of the South Dakota Higher Education Board of Regents, UAFS announced Friday.
University of Arkansas System President Donald Bobbitt will appoint a search committee to find the school’s next chancellor. Bobbitt said an interim chancellor will be named and that he hopes a new chancellor will be hired by July 1 of next year after a national search.
Bobbitt said it will be important for the next chancellor to have an interest in and experience in economic development, noting the university’s role in the Fort Smith community.
Read Saturday's Arkansas Democrat-Gazette for full details.