糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Announces CHASSE Leadership Change聽
The University of Arkansas at Little Rock has announced that Dr. Sarah Beth Estes, dean of the College of Humanities, Arts, Social Sciences, and Education (CHASSE), will depart the university to become the dean of Fairmount College of Arts and Sciences at Wichita State University, effective July 2025.聽
Dean Estes joined the faculty at 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock in 2006, and over the past decade in administrative leadership roles, has championed innovation, student success, and community engagement.
As the founding dean of CHASSE, she unified programs and faculty to establish two schools, the School of Literary and Performing Arts and the School of Human Inquiry, combining disciplines in new ways to better serve students and connect learning to workforce opportunities.
Under her leadership, CHASSE saw the largest increase in new student enrollment across all colleges in Fall 2024 and raised more than $8 million in private support. A strong advocate for educator preparation, Dean Estes also secured nearly $500,000 from Forward Arkansas to launch a paid, year-long teacher residency program and helped secure a $3.5 million gift to endow the School of Education directorship鈥攁dvancing student success and academic innovation.
鈥淒ean Estes has been a valued member of the Provost鈥檚 leadership team,鈥� said Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Ann Bain. 鈥淲e are grateful for her contributions and wish her all the best as she embarks on this new opportunity at Wichita State.鈥�
An interim dean for CHASSE will be announced to serve during the 2025-26 academic year while 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock conducts a national search for the next dean.