ICE and UAPB Inspire Future Engineers: Jefferson County Students Build Model Rockets with Parents and UAPB Professor

Jefferson County, Arkansas, middle and high school students and their parents built model Estes Journey Launch Rockets at the Ivy Center for Education’s (ICE) program for Future Engineers at The Generator on Main Street in Pine Bluff, AR. The program is part of a March hybrid in-person and Zoom workshop with plans to lead to a model rocket launch experience for the community. Dr. Sederick Charles Rice, a University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB) STEM professor, led the seminar by sharing Estes Journey Launch Rocket kits with scholars present and asked their parents to help with the build experience.

UAPB Plans Fall ’23 Launch of New Engineering and Cybersecurity Degree Programs

Beginning Fall 2023, the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB) will offer two new degree programs, pending approval by the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board at its July 28 meeting. In May, the University of Arkansas System Board of Trustees voted to approve a Bachelor of Science in Engineering and a Bachelor of Science in Cybersecurity. These innovative and in-demand programs will expand the university’s science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education pathways.