Debbie Archer | School of Agriculture, Fisheries and Human Sciences PINE BLUFF, Ark. – Dr. Carole R. Engle, director of the Aquaculture/Fisheries Center of Excellence at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB), has received the United States Aquaculture Society Distinguished Service Award. The award recognizes individuals who have made outstanding personal contributions to…
Bobbie Handcock | School of Agriculture, Fisheries and Human Sciences PINE BLUFF, AR. —The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff has pledged to join the Institute of International Education (IIE)’s Generation Study Abroad initiative to double the number of American students who study abroad by the end of the decade. UAPB has committed to increasing…
Carol Sanders | School of Agriculture, Fisheries and Human Sciences PINE BLUFF, Ark. – A vegetable production meeting aimed at commercial vegetable growers is scheduled for 9 a.m., Thursday, March 13, at the Cooperative Extension Service Jefferson County office, 500 South Idaho Street, in Pine Bluff. Although the targeted audiences are commercial growers, those selling…
Carol Sanders | School of Agriculture, Fisheries and Human Sciences PINE BLUFF, Ark. – The application deadline to be selected as a USDA/1890 National Scholar has been extended to March 14, 2014. Launched in 1992, the program awards scholarships to students attending 1890 Historically Black Land-Grant Universities and pursuing bachelor’s degrees in agriculture, food or…
Carol Sanders | School of Agriculture, Fisheries and Human Sciences PINE BLUFF, Ark. – Succession planning is one way to help keep the next generation on the farm and meet the financial needs of all the family members, says Dr. David Fernandez, University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff Cooperative Extension Program livestock management specialist. “There…
PINE BLUFF, Ark. – The Office of Student Involvement and Leadership at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB) will host their annual Women’s Day Celebration with a focus on women loving themselves. The theme resonated from a discussion that talked about the different aspects of women. “[The planning committee] originally wanted to discuss…
Carol Sanders | School of Agriculture, Fisheries and Human Sciences PINE BLUFF, Ark. – Keeping good records and analyzing them provides ranchers an opportunity to fine-tune their ranch’s management and to increase profits, says Dr. David Fernandez, Cooperative Extension Program livestock specialist at the University of Arkansas…
PINE BLUFF, Ark. – For over three decades, one name was synonymous with the Chancellor’s Office at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, Liz Strickland. Everyone who needed to make a connection with the Chancellor knew who to call. Not standing on formalities with title or handles, when they heard the voice on the…
Leaders for Advancement and Research established PINE BLUFF, Ark. – University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff Chancellor Dr. Laurence B. Alexander has been implementing his vision of increasing the institution in size and stature. Part of that vision includes the placement of leaders in key positions – Dr. Mary E. Benjamin as vice chancellor of…
PINE BLUFF, Ark. – Alexis Cole believes community service is one of the biggest components of being Miss University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff. She wanted to coordinate a community service project that would not only reach out beyond the campus but expand on a global level. This led her to host a Shoes 4 Africa fashion…
PINE BLUFF, Ark. – The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff will host its annual Youth Motivation Task Force (YMTF) program February 23-25. With the theme, From the Classroom to the Boardroom…Students in Transition, YMTF has become one of the most significant and exhilarating programs provided for UAPB students. The goal of the program is…
Carol Sanders | School of Agriculture, Fisheries and Human Sciences PINE BLUFF, Ark. – Audrey Rowe, Administrator for the Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) will deliver the S.A. Haley Memorial Lecture at the 58th Annual Life Conference, Friday, Feb. 28, at the Pine Bluff Convention Center. Dr. Idonia L. Trotter, Executive Director of the…
