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UAPB's most famous athletic alumnus is arguably former [[Pittsburgh Steelers]] defensive lineman, [[L.C. Greenwood]], a member of the famous [[Steel Curtain]] defense. |
UAPB's most famous athletic alumnus is arguably former [[Pittsburgh Steelers]] defensive lineman, [[L.C. Greenwood]], a member of the famous [[Steel Curtain]] defense. |
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The Lion's have had a great 2006 season 7-3 and are going to the [[SWAC]] championship for the first time on December 16, in Montgomery Alabama. |
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==External links== |
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Revision as of 03:10, 12 November 2006
| University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff Seal | |
| Type | Public University |
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| Established | 1873 |
| Chancellor | Lawrence A.Davis, Jr. |
| President | B. Alan Sugg |
| Location | , , |
| 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.
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.
The Lion's have had a great 2006 season 7-3 and are going to the SWAC championship for the first time on December 16, in Montgomery Alabama.
External links
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