<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/about/news/purinton-named-a-state-vice-chancellor-for-intercollegiate-athletics.html" dsn="news"><featured>0</featured><pubDate>05/04/2022</pubDate><title>Purinton Named A-State Vice Chancellor for Intercollegiate Athletics</title><description>Arkansas State University System President Dr. Chuck Welch announced Wednesday that Jeff Purinton, a highly-respected and veteran athletics administrator who most recently spent the last seven years as part of the Alabama Athletics Department’s executive staff, has been named the Red Wolves’ Vice Chancellor for Intercollegiate Athletics.</description><author/><image><img src="/images/news/imported/vice-chancellor-for-intercollegiate-athletics-purinton-receives-contract-extension-shareimage.webp" alt="Purinton Named A-State Vice Chancellor for Intercollegiate Athletics"/></image><showImage>no</showImage><imageWidth>narrow</imageWidth></item>