Northwest Arkansas Community College president gets contract extension

Jorgenson requests no pay increase from panel

BENTONVILLE -- A three-year contract extension that takes effect July 1 for Northwest Arkansas Community College's president does not include a salary increase.

The board approved Evelyn Jorgenson's contract extension April 11 following a review and evaluation process. The college released a copy of the contract this week.

Jorgenson requested the board not give her a raise from her salary of $187,594, according to Steven Hinds, the college's executive director of public relations and marketing.

Jorgenson began as president in July 2013. Her first-year salary was $182,131. She previously spent 16 years as president of Moberly Area Community College in Moberly, Mo.

Her new contract will continue providing Jorgenson an $18,000 annual housing allowance, as her first contract did.

The college's foundation also will continue providing Jorgenson a vehicle for business use and will provide her $30,000 per year "as a business allowance to be used solely for the benefit of the college," according to the contract.

That $30,000 will cover, among other things, membership dues for civic clubs and other similar organizations.

Jorgenson's contract also provides her 20 vacation days, in addition to holidays, and five days per year she may use to conduct "outside consulting," as long as that work doesn't interfere with her duties at the college.

The contract also prohibits the president from making any kind of contribution to a partisan political campaign for a public office that could influence, or be influenced by, the college.

NW News on 04/30/2016

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