It is a huge responsibility to be chosen as the artist to celebrate the legacy of one’s accomplishments and especially one so kind and generous and humble. Chancellor Robinson and the University could have chosen any number of artists to applaud these accomplishments, so I am greatly honored to have been chosen to memorialize this great legacy. I'm especially proud because this is my eighth commission from the University of Arkansas.
Please let me introduce you to the University of Arkansas Chancellor Charles F. Robinson. Charles F. Robinson is the seventh chancellor of the University of Arkansas. He leads the university’s land-grant mission to provide opportunity and transform lives through education, research and service. Robinson has served the University of Arkansas for more than 23 years, beginning as an assistant professor of history in 1999. Teaching and mentoring students has always been a priority, even as he was promoted to positions of increasing leadership and responsibility, including serving as provost and executive vice chancellor for Academic and Student Affairs. In this role, he enhanced communication and coordination of the university’s academic and student affairs endeavors in order to support a more holistic approach to student success on campus. He has also served the university as vice provost for diversity and vice chancellor for Student Affairs, and as director of the African and African American Studies Program. (Excerpts from the University webpage). As you can see in the last image my art can hardly reach the heights of such a great man. Comments are closed.
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AuthorMike Wimmer is a portrait artist Living, Teaching and Painting in Savannah, Georgia Archives
June 2024
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