G. David Gearhart


G. David Gearhart was the fifth chancellor of the University of Arkansas. He succeeded John A. White on July 1, 2008, followingyears of service to the university in his capacity as vice chancellor for university advancement. As chancellor, Dr. Gearhart instituted the first tuition freeze inyears and implemented a 220 million campus building renovation and refurbishment plan, as well as a campuswide energy savings plan. He has also undertaken a renewed emphasis on the arts on campus, including the establishment of the All Steinway Campus. Under his leadership campus enrollment increased by more thanpercent in two years, record research awards were recorded, and the university was reclassified by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching as RUVHresearch universityvery high, the foundations top research classification.

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