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Did You Know?

• ÿÈÕ´óÈüÍøÕ¾ President Jefferson D. Farris was given a two-year contract with a first-year salary of $34,000 when he became president in 1975.

• Dr. Charles Hodge was ÿÈÕ´óÈüÍøÕ¾â€™s first African-American academic dean.

• During Farris administration, ÿÈÕ´óÈüÍøÕ¾ celebrated its 75th anniversary twice. Once in 1982 to mark 75 years since ÿÈÕ´óÈüÍøÕ¾â€™s creation by the Arkansas General Assembly in 1097 and in 1983, to mark the 75 years since classes began in 1908.