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Turmoil in Rearview, Arkansas PBS Foundation Adds 3 Members


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The Arkansas PBS Foundation has a new name, a new board president and new board members as it supports a bigger role than ever for Arkansas PBS, formerly the Arkansas Educational Television Network.
The Conway-based network proved “just how essential and valuable the network is to the citizens of Arkansas” through a pandemic year of educational services, including curriculums for students learning at home and development programs for readjusting teachers.
The foundation has a relatively new executive director, Marge Betley, after it healed a rift with its parent network that widened over the firing of longtime foundation COO Mona Dixon in 2019. ....

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Jones-Branch Among 52 Higher Ed Leaders Named ACE Fellows


Jones-Branch Among 52 Higher Ed Leaders Named ACE Fellows
03/05/2021
JONESBORO – The American Council on Education has selected 52 emerging college and university leaders for the 2021-22 class of its ACE Fellows Program, including Dr. Cherisse Jones-Branch, a faculty member at Arkansas State University since 2003.
Jones-Branch, the James and Wanda Lee Vaughn Professor of History, became dean of the reestablished Graduate School at A-State last July.
“I am deeply honored and humbled to be selected as an ACE Fellow and excited about the opportunity to learn more about how higher education functions,” she said.  “I am further proud to represent A-State as I engage in a robust and diverse network of college and university leaders from around the country and the world.”  ....

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