To open spring semester, the leadership of Campus Faculty is hosting a panel discussion Wednesday featuring the leaders of nine colleges of the University of Arkansas. The topic is "State of the Colleges."

The program is 3:30-5 p.m. today, Jan. 30, at the E.J. Ball Courtroom in the School of Law.

All faculty members on the Fayetteville campus and others who may have an interest in the topic are encouraged to attend this special event.

All deans or their top representatives will deliver brief remarks then take questions. In their prepared comments, they will briefly describe their colleges. This will be followed by a moderated panel discussion of their colleges' priorities, challenges and strengths.

The panel moderator will be Campus Faculty Vice Chair Kevin Brady, an associate professor of curriculum and instruction. Campus Faculty Chair Fran Hagstrom, an associate professor of communication disorders, will introduce the program and moderate audience questions.

Featured will be leaders of the Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences, Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design, J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences, Sam M. Walton College of Business, College of Education and Health Professions, College of Engineering, Honors College, School of Law and the Graduate School and International Education.