Secretary of State donates papers to UCA

Sharon Priest, the former Arkansas Secretary of State, will donate her papers to the UCA Archives at a ceremony today at 2 p.m. in the Mirror Room of McAlister Hall on the UCA campus.

Priest was the first woman elected to the office of Secretary of State in Arkansas. She served two terms as Secretary of State, from 1994 to 2002. Previously she held several leadership positions in the City of Little Rock, including mayor, vice-mayor and director. She currently serves as executive director of the Little Rock Downtown Partnership.