From the ASU System
The Arkansas State University System Board of Trustees in a special meeting Monday, April 27, voted to appoint Shane Broadway, system vice president for university relations, to the additional role of interim chancellor of ASU Three Rivers in Malvern.
Dr. Steve Rook announced April 23 that he would resign as chancellor of ASU Three Rivers to become president of Connors State College in Warner, Okla., effective July 1 after spending 10 years leading the institution.
Broadway joined the ASU System in January 2015 after serving as director of the Arkansas Department of Higher Education under Gov. Mike Beebe and Gov. Asa Hutchinson for four years. He organizes government-related affairs and advocates government activities for the ASU System.
“We appreciate Shane’s willingness to step into this leadership role at Three Rivers,” said Dr. Robin Myers, interim president of the ASU System. “Shane is a known, trusted colleague for our Three Rivers team and has also been heavily involved in its workforce development partnership with the Saline County Career and Technical Campus.
Broadway, who will begin serving in his additional duties at Three Rivers effective May 15, said he was honored to serve during the transition at Three Rivers.
“This is an important time for Three Rivers, and I look forward to working closer with the team there and serving our students,” said Broadway, who received an honorary Associate of Arts degree from the institution when it was Ouachita Technical College in 2011. “I want to thank Steve and Connie Rook for their service and contributions to Three Rivers and the Malvern community.”
Broadway served three terms in the Arkansas House of Representative representing Saline County, and two terms in the Arkansas Senate for Pulaski and Saline counties. He was elected Speaker of the House by his colleagues in 2001, becoming the youngest Speaker of the House in Arkansas history.
He previously served as chairman of the 15-state Southern Legislative Conference and as chairman of the SLC’s Education Committee. Governor Beebe appointed Broadway to the advisory board of the Southern Regional Education Board in 2007.
At the start of the meeting, Chair Robert Rudolph Jr. made a statement on behalf of the board regarding an incident on the Arkansas State campus in Jonesboro.
“We want to acknowledge there was a shooting incident Saturday night at a social gathering on the Arkansas State campus which was not sanctioned by the university. Our thoughts are with the four individuals who were injured, and we’re grateful there were no serious injuries,” he said. “We’re thankful to our campus police and other local law enforcement who responded, and now have turned over the investigation to the Arkansas State Police. A-State will also review all the circumstances of the event. Campus alert systems kept students informed, and we are committed to doing everything possible to keep our campuses safe.”
In other business, the board approved Arkansas State to confer the honorary degree of Doctor of Public Service to Jo Ann Nalley, who has spent 54 years leading the university’s childhood services program.
During her career, Nalley secured more than $256 million in state and federal grants to support childhood services programs statewide and has been recognized with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the university. Nalley will receive the designation at the A-State spring commencement on May 9.
The board also approved ASU-Mountain Home to apply for a federal grant from the Recreation Trails Program to support enhancements to the James and Sally Moore Recreational Trail.
The three-mile trail, developed in partnership between ASUMH and the City of Mountain Home, winds through the college campus and connects to the Mountain Home Greenway Trail System. The trail includes sculptured art and solar-powered lighting.
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