NorthWest Arkansas Community College will name a college building in honor of Dr. Becky Paneitz, Ric Clifford, chairman of the college’s board of trustees said Monday (June 10).
Clifford read a proclamation at Paneitz’s final board meeting Monday stating the student center will be named after Paneitz.
The Student Center was the first building project undertaken after Paneitz assumed the college’s chief executive role in 2003. Paneitz is retiring June 30 after serving a decade as NWACC president.
Other structures constructed during her tenure include what was Benton County’s first multistory parking garage, the Shewmaker Center for Global Business Development and the Center for Health Professions. Recently, work has begun to transform the former Highlands Oncology building into the Melba Shewmaker Southern Region National Child Protection Training Center.
During the board’s May 13 meeting, the trustees granted Paneitz status as President Emerita.