University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff
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| Established | 1873 |
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| Type | Public University |
| Chancellor | Lawrence A.Davis, Jr. |
| President | B. Alan Sugg |
| Location | Pine Bluff, Arkansas, United States |
| Campus | Urban |
| Colors | black and gold |
| Mascot | Golden Lions |
| Website | www.uapb.edu |
The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, is a historically black university located in Pine Bluff, Arkansas.
The university, commonly referred to as "UAPB", was founded in 1873 as the Branch Normal College; it was nominally part of the "normal" (education) department of Arkansas Industrial University, later the University of Arkansas, but was operated separately due to segregation. It later became a land-grant college under the 1890 Morrill Land-Grant Colleges Act. The school severed its ties with the University of Arkansas and became Arkansas Agricultural, Mechanical & Normal (AM&N) College in 1927; it moved to its current campus location in 1929. The school re-joined what is now the University of Arkansas System in 1972, this time as a full-fledged campus, gaining its current name and university status in the process.
Since 1988, the university has gained recognition as a leading research institution in aquaculture studies, offering the state's only comprehensive program in this field, and supporting a growing regional industry throughout the Mid-South (according to the school, aquaculture is a $167 million industry in Arkansas alone and approximately $1.2 billion in the Mississippi Delta region). UAPB is a member school of the Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund.
[edit] Athletics
Arkansas-Pine Bluff's colors are black and gold and their nickname is the Golden Lions. UAPB sports teams participate in NCAA Division I (I-AA for football) in the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC).
UAPB's most famous athletic alumnus is arguably former Pittsburgh Steelers defensive lineman, L.C. Greenwood, a member of the famous Steel Curtain defense.
A successful 2006 campaign (including a 7-3 record) is sending the Lions to the the SWAC Championship game for the first time in the school's history. The game will take place on Dec. 16 in Montgomery.
[edit] External links
| Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) |
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| Alabama A&M • Alabama State • Alcorn State • Arkansas – Pine Bluff • Grambling State • Jackson State • Mississippi Valley State • Prairie View A&M • Southern • Texas Southern |
| Public Colleges and Universities in Arkansas |
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| Arkansas • Arkansas-Fort Smith • Arkansas-Little Rock • Arkansas-Monticello • Arkansas-Medical Sciences • Arkansas-Pine Bluff • Arkansas State • Arkansas Tech • Central Arkansas • Henderson State • Southern Arkansas |
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