Central Arkansas issued the following announcement on Jan. 5.
From serving as UCA's first director of minority affairs to starting the Minority Mentorship Program, retired official Ronnie Williams reflects on his tenure at the university.
Standing in front of a building on the University of Central Arkansas campus, Ronnie Williams smiled and looked up dazedly at the name carved in stone: Ronnie Williams Student Center.
"I still get chill bumps," Williams said last month, shaking his head in disbelief. "I am so incredibly humbled by this recognition. For the board and president to think that I did something to warrant that kind of recognition is humbling and I am just so thankful. I didn't see that one coming."
In August 2021, the university's board of trustees decided to recognize Williams' three decades in executive administration by renaming the campus student center in his honor. Williams retired last year.
Williams was the first Black person to serve at the executive level at the university, beginning his tenure in 1980 as assistant dean of students and retiring as the vice president of student services and chief diversity officer.
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Source: Central Arkansas
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