Celebrate the Investiture of Chancellor Charles Robinson
Chancellor Robinson talks with students during Welcome Weeks.
The campus community is invited to a party celebrating the formal investiture of the University of Arkansas' seventh chancellor — Charles F. Robinson — on April 20 inside the Arkansas Union.
Due to impending rainy weather the SOOIE Fair has been cancelled, along with the performance from Funk Factory.The investiture student celebration will still be held inside the Arkansas Union rooms 507-511 from noon to 1 p.m. Students will be able to partake in free food, t-shirts, stickers and more. A large group photo with Chancellor Robinson will take place at 1 p.m. prior to the investiture ceremony.
Robinson will take a large photo with all students, faculty and staff in attendance at the party at 1 p.m. before heading over to the Faulkner Performing Arts Center for the formal investiture ceremony at 2 p.m. You can represent your area of campus during the photo by wearing shirts that represent your department, program, the U of A or the Razorbacks.
Robinson was selected as the seventh chancellor of the U of A on Nov. 16, 2022, and is the first Black chancellor, first director of the U of A African and African American Studies Program to become chancellor and the only U of A vice chancellor for Academic and Student Affairs to become chancellor.
An investiture ceremony is one of the oldest traditions in academia and involves formally installing an individual into a campus leadership position and presenting them with symbols of their authority and responsibilities. The ceremony itself will include greetings from leaders of several groups and remarks from Robinson, who will speak about the 150 Forward strategic planning process and share observations on this moment relative to the university's land-grant mission.
The formal investiture ceremony will be at 2 p.m. in the Faulkner Performing Arts Center, which will likely be at capacity. The formal ceremony will be livestreamed on the university's YouTube channel, and there will be overflow viewing available in Arkansas Union rooms 507-514.
Post your messages of congratulations and well wishes to Chancellor Robinson on your favorite social media outlet using hashtags #UARK, #7thChancellor, #CharlesFRobinson.
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Contacts
Scott Flanagin, executive director for communications
Division of Student Affairs
479-575-6785,
sflanagi@uark.edu
John Thomas, director of core communications
University Relations
479-575-7430,
jfthomas@uark.edu
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