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Florence Johnson arrived at the University of Arkansas in the fall of 1990 as a work-study student.
Thirty years later, the assistant vice chancellor for university housing is retiring, the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports.
"Flo has had an amazing career at the University of Arkansas, and what a difference she has made here," says Suzanne McCray, vice provost for enrollment management and dean of admissions.
"Can we not talk her into a few more years?" Johnson studied sociology in her first years at the university and went on to work in housing, overseeing the community life of the growing number of residential students.
During her time at housing, she oversaw "sweeping technological change," as the Democrat-Gazette puts it, "a paradigm shift in what students expect from campus housing, and the creation of new buildings that exemplify an aspirational student-first philosophy."
In the early 1990s, Johnson helped save Fulbright Hall, which was on the verge of closing.
Under threat of closing, Johnson told the Fulbright Hall team that they were free to do what they felt they should to save their hall.
Heather Schneller, who worked with Johnson in the early 1990s, says Johnson had a "no-nonsense focus on helping students succeed."
"By keeping silent, you might miss an
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