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University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff
Established	1873
Type:	Public University
Chancellor:	Lawrence A.Davis, Jr.
President:	B. Alan Sugg
Undergraduates:	3,232
Postgraduates:	99
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, commonly referred to as UAPB is a historically black university located in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. Founded in 1873, it is the oldest African American university, and the second oldest public institution in the state in Arkansas after the University of Arkansas.

Contents 1 History 2 Student Life 3 Residential Life 4 Athletics 5 Notable People 6 References 7 External links

The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, 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 amendments to Morrill Land-Grant Colleges Act, which required states which did not open their land-grant university to all races to establish a separate land-grant university for each race. 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.

There are many opportunities for students at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff to become involved in and "connect" to the university. They include Student Organizations, Intramural, Lyceum Programs, Intercollegiate Activities, University Standing Committees, and Residence Hall Programs. At the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, students are encouraged to develop in a holistic manner and this requires involvement outside the classroom.^{[citation needed]}

Living on campus makes it easy to meet other students, become involved in campus organizations and activities, and helps ease your transition to college life. Because the experience offers so many opportunities, freshmen are required to live in one of the University's campus residence halls.

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 SWAC Championship game for the first time. The game was played on Dec. 16 in Birmingham, Alabama. 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]

• L.C. Greenwood (1969) - football player
• Smokie Norful (1995) - gospel singer and pianist
• Mark Bradley (2005) - football player
• Dante Wesley (2002) - football player
• Wiley Branton (1950) - attorney and civil rights activist

• Official website
• University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff Aquaculture & Fisheries Program

v • d • e Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC)
Alabama A&M • Alabama State • Alcorn State • Arkansas – Pine Bluff • Grambling State • Jackson State • Mississippi Valley State • Prairie View A&M • Southern • Texas Southern

v • d • e Public Colleges and Universities in Arkansas
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

v • d • e Historically Black Colleges and Universities

Alabama A&M  • Alabama State  • Albany State  • Alcorn State  • Allen  • Arkansas Baptist  • Arkansas, Pine Bluff  • Benedict  • Bennett  • Bethune-Cookman  • Bishop  • Bluefield State  • Bowie State  • Central State  • Cheyney  • Claflin  • Clark Atlanta  • Coahoma CC  • Concordia, Selma  • Coppin State  • Delaware State  • Denmark Technical  • Dillard  • Edward Waters  • Elizabeth City State  • Fayetteville State  • Fisk  • Florida A&M  • Florida Memorial  • Fort Valley State  • Gadsen State CC  • Grambling State  • Hampton  • Harris-Stowe  • Hinds CC (Utica campus)  • Howard  • Huston-Tillotson  • Interdenominational Theological Center  • Jackson State  • Jarvis Christian  • Johnson C. Smith  • Kentucky State  • Knoxville  • Lane  • Langston  • LeMoyne-Owen  • Lewis College of Business  • Lincoln, Missouri  • Lincoln, Pennsylvania  • Livingstone  • Maryland, Eastern Shore  • Medgar Evers  • Meharry Medical College  • Miles  • Mississippi Valley State  • Morehouse  • Morehouse School of Medicine  • Morgan State  • Morris Brown  • Morris  • Mount Hermon Female Seminary  • Norfolk State  • N.C. A&T  • N.C. Central  • Oakwood  • Paine  • Paul Quinn  • Philander Smith  • Prairie View A&M  • Rust  • Saint Paul's  • Savannah State  • Selma  • Shaw  • Shelton State CC  • South Carolina State  • Southern  • Southern (New Orleans)  • Southern (Shreveport)  • Southwestern Christian  • Spelman  • St. Augustine's  • Stillman  • Storer  • Straight  • Talladega  • Tennessee State  • Texas College  • Texas Southern  • Tougaloo  • Tuskegee  • UDC  • UVI  • Virginia State  • Virginia Union  • Virginia, Lynchburg  • Voorhees  • West Virginia State  • Wilberforce  • Wiley  • Winston-Salem State  • Xavier (Louisiana)

Coordinates: 34°14′32″N 92°01′13″W / 34.242273, -92.020347