A MESSAGE FROM THE CHANCELLOR

I invite you to share in our vision for the University of Arkansas as we work to emerge as a nationally competitive, student-centered research university serving Arkansas and the world. It's a vision that comes closer to realization with each passing year, thanks to an enormously talented faculty, bright and hard-working students, a dedicated staff, and a network of enthusiastic alumni and devoted friends across the state, nation and world.

And it's a vision that's contingent upon making rapid progress toward our five institutional goals:

• Strengthening academic quality and reputation by enhancing and developing programs of excellence in teaching, research and outreach;
• Increasing the size and quality of our student body;
• Enhancing diversity among our faculty, students, and staff;
• Increasing public financial support, particularly that provided by the state and federal government;
• Increasing private gift support from alumni, friends, corporations, foundations and other organizations.

To be sure, the University of Arkansas already is one of the nation's great public research universities. It has a proud legacy of internationally significant scientific and intellectual accomplishment in many academic fields. It also enjoys a reputation of being a great teaching university and has produced over 115,000 graduates over its 130-year history who have provided leadership in their professions. In addition, the University creatively harnesses its intellectual capital to reach out to Arkansans and others through myriad outreach and public service programs, making life better for everyone.

This year, we are taking two major steps to improve our University's capacity for serving as an economic engine and cultural and intellectual resource to Arkansas and the world. The 2010 Commissioncomprised of 92 distinguished Arkansansreleased its first report, Making the Case: The Impact of the University of Arkansas on the Future of the State of Arkansas, designed to increase public understanding and support. We also launched our Campaign for the Twenty-First Century, intended to raise $500 million in private gift support by June 30, 2004. As this book goes to press, we have exceeded that goal by $110 million, and we have defined a new goal of $900 million and are extending the campaign to June 30, 2005.

I invite you to use this catalog of the University Arkansas and become better acquainted with who we are and where we're going. On behalf of the University of Arkansas community, I also invite your support and involvement as we create a better future for the people we serve.

Sincerely,

John A. White
Chancellor

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