University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff

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University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff

University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff Seal

Established 1873
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.

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UAPB Golden Lions
UAPB Golden Lions

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 7-2 conference record) sent the Lions to the the SWAC Championship game for the first time in the school's history. The game was played on Dec. 16 in Montgomery. The Alabama A&M Bulldogs defeated the Lions 22 to 13 to claim the conference championship. The Lions finished the season with an overall record of 8-4. [1]

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