ACCOUNTING PROFESSOR KRIS ALLEE NAMED FACULTY DIRECTOR OF WALTON HONORS PROGRAM

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark., Sept. 7 -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news release:

Dr. Kris Allee, professor of accounting and Doyle Z. Williams Chair in Professional Accounting in the Sam M. Walton College of Business, was recently named faculty director of the Walton Honors Program.

In this leadership role, Allee will work with faculty across all Walton College majors, building on his years of teaching and mentoring honors students. He will continue in his faculty role in the William Dillard Department of Accounting while serving as faculty director.

"I'm honored and excited to serve as faculty director of the Walton Honors Program," Allee said. "Having taught more than 1,300 students in Honors Accounting, I have seen firstha...