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UAPB to host Regional AIDS Summit

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PINE BLUFF, Ark. – The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB) will host the Campaign To End AIDS (C2EA) Southwest Regional Summit June 8-9 in the John M. Ross theatre of...

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June 1 deadline for 2012 LIONS program applications

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PINE BLUFF, Ark. – Incoming freshmen have the chance to acclimate to college life and earn credits at the same time in the 2012 Learning Institute and Opportunities for New...

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COMPASS test prep offered

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PINE BLUFF, Ark. – The Division of Continuing Education and Graduate Studies at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB) is offering a preparation class for the reading...

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A Day to Remember in Pine Bluff

For most of us, Memorial Day 2012 Pine Bluff marks the beginning of a season of summer fun. But don’t let the real meaning of the holiday get lost amidst the barbecues and...

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Dr. Johnson to be welcomed with Convocation, Reception

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PINE BLUFF, Ark. – The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff and University of Arkansas System will welcome Interim Chancellor Dr. Calvin Johnson with a Convocation and reception...

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Small Business/Micro-Enterprise Training Offered

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PINE BLUFF, Ark. – Realizing the dream of small business ownership is within reach through Small Business/Micro-Enterprise training offered by the Economic Research and...

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AmericanTowns Heroes: Willow Rosenthal Helps City Slickers Become Urban Farmers

This local hero turned empty lots into blooming plots to help revitalize a community and created a model that city officials hope will be duplicated nationally. When Willow...

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Beginning Estate Planning Workshop May 24 at UAPB

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Carol Sanders | School of Agriculture, Fisheries and Human Sciences PINE BLUFF, Ark. – A beginning estate planning workshop aimed at small and socially disadvantaged...

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Owasoyo chosen to serve on study abroad panel

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PINE BLUFF, Ark. – Mrs. Philomena Owasoyo, International/Graduate Admissions Officer in the Office of Admissions was chosen to serve as a national selection panelist to...

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Adult Education students to receive GEDs May 15

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PINE BLUFF, Ark. – Students in the Adult Education Department at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB) will receive their GED during the Arkansas High School Diploma...

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Beginning Estate Planning Workshop May 23 in Eudora

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Carol Sanders | School of Agriculture, Fisheries and Human Sciences PINE BLUFF, Ark. – A beginning estate planning workshop aimed at small and socially disadvantaged...

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Beginning Estate Planning Workshop May 23 in Dermott

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Carol Sanders |School of Agriculture, Fisheries and Human Sciences PINE BLUFF, Ark. – A beginning estate planning workshop aimed at small and socially disadvantaged farmers...

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Miss UAPB enters Ebony Campus Queen competition

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PINE BLUFF, Ark. – Jamie Rachelle Robbins, Miss University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB) 2011-2012 has entered EBONY’s annual HBCU Campus Queens competition for a...

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Broughton receives full scholarship to Clinton School of Public Service

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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Kent J. Broughton, II, a senior graduating with a degree in Political Science at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB) has received a full...

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UAPB student admitted to New England Law School

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BOSTON, Mass. – Cecilia Nuby, a senior graduating with a degree in Accounting from the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB) will be enrolled full time at the New England...

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Student receives Gore-Crawford Graduate Scholarship

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PINE BLUFF, Ark. – Mariam Kaleem, senior Biology major at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB) has been awarded the Gore-Crawford Graduate Scholarship from Alpha...

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May 15 Reporting Deadline to Keep NAP Coverage

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Carol Sanders | School of Agriculture, Fisheries and Human Sciences PINE BLUFF, Ark. – Farmers and producers should circle May 15 on their calendars, says Dr. Henry...

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Wind Symphony to perform at First Presbyterian Church

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PINE BLUFF, Ark. – The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB) Wind Symphony, under the direction of Professor John Graham, will be in concert Sunday, May 6 in the...

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Chancellor Davis gives address at Sunrise Service

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PINE BLUFF, Ark. – To a near capacity crowd in the newly named Cross-Phipps Lecture Hall, University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff Chancellor Dr. Lawrence A. Davis, Jr. made one...

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Changing the expectation of limitation

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Blind NASA engineer addresses ARK-LSAMP Participants Tisha Arnold | Public Information LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Undergraduate students from the Arkansas Louis Stokes Alliance...

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Joycelyn Elders to address Spring 2012 graduates

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PINE BLUFF, Ark. – Dr. Joycelyn Elders, former U.S. Surgeon General will give the keynote address to the Spring 2012 graduating class of the University of Arkansas at Pine...

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UAPB student accepted to medical school

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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Adrienne Hatchett, a graduating senior Biology major at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB) has been accepted to the University of Arkansas for...

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Nutrition program open house set for May 3 at UAPB

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Bobbie Crockett | School of Agriculture, Fisheries and Human Sciences The Nutrition and Dietetics Program at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff will host its second...

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UAPB Child Development Center Children Helping Other Children

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Carol Sanders | School of Agriculture, Fisheries and Human Sciences PINE BLUFF, Ark. – Children at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff Child Development Center (CDC)...

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UAPB to honor retirees May 3

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PINE BLUFF, Ark. – Six University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB) employees will be honored during the Annual Retiree Celebration Thursday, May 3 at 6:30 P. M. at Harbor Oaks...

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UAPB to offer lifeguard training classes

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PINE BLUFF, Ark. – The division of Graduate Studies and Continuing Education has collaborated with the Department of Health, Physical Education and Recreation (HPER) and the...

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Vesper Choir to present Spring Concert May 4

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PINE BLUFF, Ark. – The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff Vesper Choir, directed by Dr. Michael J. Bates, is performing its Spring 2012 Concert on Friday, May 4, 2012 at...

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Bishop Thompson to speak for Founders Convocation

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PINE BLUFF, Ark. – Bishop Chester Thompson, AM&N alumnus and Senior Pastor of the Zion Hill Baptist Church at Camden, Arkansas, will be the convocation speaker at 3 p.m....

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Sunrise Service to feature Chancellor Davis, Historical Markers

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PINE BLUFF, Ark. – Chancellor Lawrence A. Davis, Jr., will be the speaker Sunday, April 29th, during the sunrise service for the 139th Founders’ Day Celebration at the...

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Lecture Hall to be named for Harry Cross, Della Phipps

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PINE BLUFF, Ark. – As part of the 139th Founders’ Celebration at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB), Caldwell Hall auditorium will be named the Cross-Phipps...

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Dr. Amanze Ihedioha Joins UAPB Human Sciences Department

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Carol Sanders | School of Agriculture, Fisheries and Human Sciences     PINE BLUFF, Ark. – Dr. Amanze Ihedioha has joined the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff...

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Calvin Johnson to serve as interim chancellor of UAPB

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Ben Beaumont | University of Arkansas System LITTLE ROCK – University of Arkansas System President Dr. Donald R. Bobbitt has named Dr. Calvin Johnson to serve as the...

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Last Chance in Arkansas for Free Legal Help in Filing Track A Claims

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Carol Sanders | School of Agriculture, Fisheries and Human Sciences     PINE BLUFF, Ark. – April 27 is the last day in Arkansas that Black farmers can obtain free legal...

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Disney Animator, Children’s Author to present during lyceum event

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PINE BLUFF, Ark. – The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB) will host Daniel Holom, Christian Children’s Author and Mark Henn, animator for Walt Disney Feature...

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UAPB preparing for Farrakhan visit

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PINE BLUFF, Ark. – The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB) is preparing to host the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan Monday, April 16 at 6:30 pm for the Empowering the...

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139th Founders’ Celebration to begin April 25

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Pine Bluff, Ark – The 139th Founders’ Celebration at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB) will run April 25-29 with the theme for this year’s celebration is,...

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April 16 last day to register for Educational Access Conference

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PINE BLUFF, Ark. – April 16 is the last day to register for the 19th Annual Mary E. Benjamin Educational Access Conference. The conference will be held April 18 through...

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ADHE awards 8,000 Academic Challenge Scholarships to recent high school grads

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Brandi Hinkle | Arkansas Department of Higher Education LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Earlier this week, the Arkansas Department of Higher Education began notifying high school...

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Louis Farrakhan to speak for SGA Lecture Series

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PINE BLUFF, Ark. – The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan will be the guest speaker for the Empowering the Next Generation of Leaders lecture series at the University of...

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More than 250K to be awarded at Honors Convocation

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PINE BLUFF, Ark. – University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB) students that continue to commit themselves to academic excellence will be recognized by parents and scholarship...

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UAPB Celebrates August Wilson with Symposium and Production

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PINE BLUFF, Ark. – During National Library Week Celebration (April 8 – 14), the Department of English, Theatre & Mass Communications, in partnership with the John...

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Student Art Sale to begin April 5

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PINE BLUFF, Ark. – The Howard Woodruff Art Guild (HWAG), a student run organization of the Art Department at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, will hold its annual art...

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Donna Brazile to speak for Rockefeller Lecture Series at UAPB

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PINE BLUFF, Ark. – Donna Brazile will be the guest presenter for the Winthrop Rockefeller Distinguished Lecture Series at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB)...

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Lion Fever Day set for April 13

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PINE BLUFF, Ark. – Junior and Senior High School students from around the state will visit the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB) for Lion Fever Day Friday, April 13....

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Supreme Court to Conduct Oral Argument at UAPB

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Karolyn Bond | Public Education Coordinator | ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE COURTS, SUPREME COURT OF ARKANSAS The Arkansas Supreme Court will conduct oral arguments in...

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University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff visits Clemson School of Computing

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Clemson, SC – The Clemson School of Computing recently hosted a visit by students and Dr. Jessie Walker, Chair of Computer Science, from the University of Arkansas at Pine...

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Educational Access Conference to focus on Problem-Based Learning

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PINE BLUFF, Ark. – The University of Arkansas Pine Bluff (UAPB) will host its 19th Annual Mary E. Benjamin Educational Access Conference Wednesday, April 18 through...

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Spring Career Fair set for April 4

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PINE BLUFF, Ark. – The Office of Career Services will host the 2012 Spring UAPB Career Day and Teacher Education Fair to be held on Wednesday, April 4 from 12:00 p.m. –...

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UAPB hires new Physical Plant Director

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PINE BLUFF, Ark. – Robert Wall, Jr. has been appointed the new Physical Plant Director at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB). Robert Wall comes to UAPB after...

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Ronald McNair Scholars Program to Host Graduate School Informational Day

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PINE BLUFF, Ark. – The Ronald E. McNair Scholars Program at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff will be hosting Graduate School Informational Day on Thursday, April 19,...

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