Four members of the Arkansas Tech University community will serve as officers for ATU Staff Senate on the Russellville campus during the 2026-27 academic year.
Melissa South is ATU Staff Senate president, while Kate Darr is serving as vice president, Andrea Eubanks is fulfilling the role of secretary and Nick Schluterman is reporter.
South is director of development in the ATU Division of Advancement. Darr is executive assistant to the director of athletics in the ATU Department of Athletics. Eubanks is executive assistant to the executive vice president for academic affairs and provost in the ATU Division of Academic Affairs. Schluterman is assistant help desk manager in the ATU Office of Information Systems.
According to the ATU Staff Senate website, the organization’s mission is “to fairly represent Arkansas Tech University’s non-faculty employees and to serve in an advisory capacity to the president with respect to all matters concerning our diverse staff.”
The officers are joined on ATU Staff Senate by the following senators elected by their peers from ATU divisions: Nichole Edwards, Amanda Gardner, Connie Herring, Adrianna McNeely, Piper Orio-Dettling and Scott Tomlin (ATU Division of Academic Affairs); Lillyann Copeland, Matt Fraser, Bonnie Freeman, Traci Halsted, Austin Norman, Cody Parson and Zach Turney (ATU Division of Administration and Finance); Amy Anderson and Cesiley Rideau (ATU Department of Athletics); Giselle Torres (ATU Office of the President/Legal Counsel/ATU Office of Human Resources); Joceline Argueta, Megan Bell, Jenna Bradley and Shelly Hall (ATU Division of Student Affairs); and Hailey Addison and Madisyn Chance (at-large senators).
Learn more about ATU Staff Senate at www.atu.edu/staffsenate.
