ASU chancellor resigns, provost promoted

JONESBORO -- Tim Hudson resigned Aug. 2 as chancellor of Arkansas State University after four years of service on the Jonesboro campus.

Charles Welch, president of the ASU System, named Lynita Cooksey, provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs and research, as the acting chancellor.

"I want to thank Dr. Tim Hudson for his service to Arkansas State University," Welch said. "A-State experienced many significant milestones during his tenure, including the most academically talented freshman classes in university history, record numbers of graduating students, record annual fundraising totals, creation of a public-private partnership with New York Institute of Technology to bring an osteopathic medical school to the A-State campus, completion of multiple major capital projects including the Humanities Building, and unprecedented institutional successes in intercollegiate athletics."

Hudson, who was appointed chancellor in 2012, also resigned as a professor of the College of Business.

Cooksey is a 1979 graduate of Arkansas State. She became vice chancellor and provost in 2012 and held several other leadership roles after joining the A-State faculty in 1993.

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